PHARMACY TECHNICIAN I
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Sparrow
Lansing, MI, US
Summary
Prepare and dispense medications and pharmaceutical supplies under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. Responsibilities include managing IV admixtures, restocking medication cabinets, and assisting with outpatient prescription billing.
Job Description
Job Opportunity
Job ID: 54535
Positions Location: Lansing, MI Job Description General Purpose of Job: Prepare
Description:
Positions Location: Lansing, MI
Job Description
General Purpose of Job:
Prepare medication and pharmaceutical supplies for dispensing upon receiving prescriptions from physician or other qualified prescriber under the supervision of a registered pharmacist and according to established procedures.
Essential Duties:
This job description is intended to cover the minimum essential duties assigned on a regular basis. Caregivers may be asked to perform additional duties as assigned by their leader. Leadership has the right to alter or modify the duties of the position.
- Fills medication orders and stock requests and restock Pyxis medication cabinets. Maintain adequate stock levels in the department of all drugs and supplies to facilitate the processing of requests.
- Provides accurate, efficient, and friendly service to the nursing units. Supports and assists the other members of the decentralized team. Completes the functions identified in the decentralized job descriptions and assist all associates with all other functions to assure complete, timely and accurate pharmacy services.
- Support the IV admixture service by ensuring that all IV solutions are prepared and delivered to the correct units in a timely manner, prepares STAT and new orders immediately, assists in labeling premixed solutions and piggyback medications; helps keep the IV room clean and well stocked, works closely with the nursing units; and ensures that discontinued IV solutions are removed promptly from the nursing unit and are returned to the pharmacy.
- Assists in the filling and billing of Outpatient prescriptions: waits on customers at the pharmacy window; enters patients, insurances, and prescriptions into the Outpatient computer system; and fills new and refill prescriptions for checking by a pharmacist. Assists with the reconciliation and posting of insurance payments.
- Ensures that all patient medication drawers are accurately and completely stocked: completes cart filling quickly and accurately; ensures that new medication orders are quickly filled and the medications placed in the appropriate drawers or specified location; reviews the expiration dates of all items placed in the carts or delivered to the units; updates patient medication drawers and files from ADT reports.
- Works closely with the other members of the Pharmacy team to provide accurate and efficient service to department customers. Willingly and cheerfully assists other Pharmacy Associates as the workload and staffing requires. Is actively involved in the training and mentoring of new Associates or assists in this training by supporting, encouraging, and assisting new Associates whenever possible.
- Serves as a representative of the Pharmacy to all department customers. Displays responsibility in helping to provide quality, compassionate, cost-effective pharmaceutical care to all customers. Is aware of the department’s overall goals and objectives and works to promote and support these goals.
- Compounding of Non-sterile medications up to and including Moderate Compounding as defined by USP<795> and Sterile medications up to and including Medium Risk as defined by USP <797>
- Compounding caregivers adhere to the prescription or medical order for the strength, quality and purity of compounding preparations. Compounded products are packaged, labeled and dispensed according to current laws and regulations.
- Cross-trained to assist and cover for Medication Control Clerk
Job Requirements
| General Requirements | • Valid State of Michigan Pharmacy Technician License in good standing with the State of Michigan • Preferred- Successful completion of the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam |
| Work Experience | • Preferred- Experience as a pharmacy technician for at least 2 years. |
| Education | • High School Diploma or GED • Preferred- High school graduate and 2 years college training in a science curriculum |
| Specialized Knowledge and Skills | • Demonstrates ability to use a keyboard as may be required to perform the essential duties of the job. |
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
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Job Family
Clinical Professional/Technical/Allied Health
Requirements:
| Shift | Days |
| Degree Type / Education Level | High School / GED |
| Status | Part-time Benefit Eligible |
| Facility | Sparrow Hospital |
| Experience Level | New Grad |
As Mid-Michigan’s premier healthcare organization and the region’s largest private employer, University of Michigan Health-Sparrow provides quality care to hundreds of thousands of people each year. With 526 providers at 115 sites of care across the region, Sparrow is your community health partner in Mid-Michigan, no matter what town or county you call home.
Our mission is to provide the best possible care to every patient, every time. What does that mean?
It means we bring critical care to rural communities. We keep your kids healthy at our primary care practices. We help you get active at our fitness and recreation centers in Lansing and Charlotte. We provide world-class care to patients fighting cancer at the flagship Herbert-Herman Cancer Center and deliver the most advanced treatment for a healthy heart at the Thoracic Cardiovascular Institute. We welcome your new little ones into the world at the Mother Baby Center, where we deliver 4,000 babies a year. And we provide the best emergency care in Mid-Michigan as the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center.
We’re committed to providing the best care for patients like you — and your family and friends in Mid-Michigan — because supporting the health of our community is what matters to us most.
Founded
1896
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Lansing, Michigan
As Mid-Michigan’s premier healthcare organization and the region’s largest private employer, University of Michigan Health-Sparrow provides quality care to hundreds of thousands of people each year. With 526 providers at 115 sites of care across the region, Sparrow is your community health partner in Mid-Michigan, no matter what town or county you call home.
Our mission is to provide the best possible care to every patient, every time. What does that mean?
It means we bring critical care to rural communities. We keep your kids healthy at our primary care practices. We help you get active at our fitness and recreation centers in Lansing and Charlotte. We provide world-class care to patients fighting cancer at the flagship Herbert-Herman Cancer Center and deliver the most advanced treatment for a healthy heart at the Thoracic Cardiovascular Institute. We welcome your new little ones into the world at the Mother Baby Center, where we deliver 4,000 babies a year. And we provide the best emergency care in Mid-Michigan as the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center.
We’re committed to providing the best care for patients like you — and your family and friends in Mid-Michigan — because supporting the health of our community is what matters to us most.
Founded
1896
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Lansing, Michigan
