Principal Duties and Responsibilities and Shift:
The shift hours would be every Saturday and Sunday rotating one weekend days 7:00am to 3:30pm and the next weekend worked will be evenings 2:30pm to 11:00pm
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May input patient medication orders on departmental computer system, ensuring that orders are verified by a pharmacist prior to dispensing.
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Provides training to new technicians in job duties, procedures and techniques.
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Monitors and documents trainee performance, identifying areas for improvement and reports to designated pharmacist/lead technician and/or pharmacy technician supervisor.
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Fills and delivers medication orders/prescriptions for hospital inpatients and outpatients. Fills standing inpatient medication orders in individual cassettes following computer-generated lists and fills new orders/prescriptions from physician orders.
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Delivers cassettes and individual medications to units and collects new medication orders according to established procedures and schedules.
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Prepares patient medications in accordance with established protocols, methods, and techniques.
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Measures, mixes, and compounds automated TPNs, irrigations, chemotherapy drugs, and parenteral and oral medications in specified volumes, dosages, and concentrations.
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Prepares special dilutions of non-controlled and controlled substances, IV, and research study medications as needed. Labels and records manufactured medications as required.
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Receives and fills pharmaceutical supply requests for nursing units, satellite locations, and other areas.
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Monitors, restocks, and rotates supplies, including controlled substances, removing and replacing outdated products, and processing related patient charges and credits.
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Restocks emergency code cart trays and prepares and maintains corresponding logs and records.
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Assists nursing staff in completing scheduled controlled substance inventory.
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Performs all automated dispensing functions. Provides training to new technicians in job duties, procedures, and techniques.
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Prepares and maintains related logs and records.
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Maintains neatness and organization of work area.
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Answers, screens, and routes telephone calls as needed.
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Refers any medical/drug information questions or administrative inquiries to the pharmacist.
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Performs quality controls checks of medication orders and doses distributed following established procedures and schedules.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:-
Ability to operate independently.
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Ability to apply effective techniques and processes resulting in nearly zero errors or defects.
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Extensive knowledge of complex hospital medication use system.
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Ability to recognize and escalate problems.
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Strong communication and organizational skills.
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Proficient knowledge of basic computer skills.
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Strong attention to detail.
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Non–sterile compounding path.
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Pediatric pharmaceutical calculations.
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Complex Non-sterile compounding AND/OR Sterile compounding path.
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Pediatric pharmaceutical calculations.
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Sterile compounding.
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Patient-specific sterile refill batch fulfillment, patient-specific new sterile order fulfillment.
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At least one of the following: Non-patient specific ICU batch fill, ED Pharmacy Tech, Infusion Clinic, parenteral nutrition or chemotherapy.
Requirements:-
Current registration as a Pharmacy Technician by the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy.
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Current certification by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or National Healthcare Association.
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Minimum 2 years of Pharmacy Technician experience, including at least 1 year in a hospital setting.
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High School Diploma or equivalent.
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Completion of a Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy approved training program or a minimum of 500 hours worked as a pharmacy technician trainee.
Boston Children’s Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits.