Pharmacy Technician Talent Requisition Job

: As a patient-focused organization, the University of Utah Health Sciences exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. The Health Sciences Center seeks faculty and staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, diversity, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission.

Position Summary:

This position provides the technical functions associated with the delivery of pharmaceutical care by maintaining proper stock levels in all pharmacy locations, compounding or otherwise preparing, filling, pricing, and delivering pharmaceuticals or other related items. The incumbent may perform duties such as typing prescriptions, completing reports, operating and maintaining automated dispensing devices, inputting computer data, and providing all aspects of customer service that are required to provide Pharmacy Department services. This position completes the essential functions of the job under the direct supervision of a Pharmacist.

Essential Functions:

- Prevent and resolve problems. Committed to quality improvement in daily operations.
- Educate and train new employees, student, interns, and colleagues.
- Prioritize and organize daily work for optimal operations of pharmacy. Management of time and workload.
- Invested in quality improvement initiatives for patient care, operational processed, etc.
- Provide excellent customer service: Answering telephones, face-to-face interaction with physician, patients, nurses, and other customers.
- Demonstrate fiscal responsibility through capturing charges and billing third party payers.
- Conduct medication order processing, order entry and prescription filling.
- Operates automation effectively.
- Collaborates with pharmacist, technicians, and other health care professionals.
- Controls inventory.
- Maintains inventory of investigational drugs, processes appropriate documentation of investigational drug orders.
- Repackages and labels medication to accommodate any dispensing procedure specific to an investigational study.
- Prepares sterile and compound drug products.
- Handles controlled substances appropriately.
- Manages financial interactions with integrity and accuracy.
- Participates in department/center/clinical activities (includes staff meetings, committees, etc.)

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

- Ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined above.
- Ability to provide care appropriate to the population served.
- Familiarity with medical terminology.
- May determine options from a variety of pre-established departmental policies and procedures, but cannot act outside of these unless authorized to do so by a Pharmacist.
- May vary work routines according to patient care priorities.
- Major problems encountered by incumbents include first line screening for medication order errors, drug or allergy contraindications, and processing non-formulary drug requests.
- Challenges encountered may include problem solving for operation and maintenance of all automated systems in the Pharmacy Department.
- Performing the essential duties of this position may involve standing for extended periods of time and/or handling heavy or bulky supply containers.
- Knowledge and ability to perform mathematical calculations for extemporaneous compounding and special dose preparation, rectifying drug distribution errors, reconciling billing and administration records, etc.

Qualifications:
Required
- Current Pharmacy Technician licensure in the State of Utah.

Prefered
- Retail or hospital pharmacy experience
- Some positions prefer IV or compounding experience

Requirements: