Certified Pharmacy Tech - Home Infusion

Summary The Pharmacy Technician is a certified pharmacy technician position who supports pharmacy services by assembling and participating in the distribution of medications. This position will assist the department’s professional staff, under direct supervision, in numerous aspects of ordering, receiving, storage, distribution, and monitoring medication use. This position will also require knowledge of USP 797 and sterile compounding.

Job Description

Baptist Health is looking for a Certified Pharmacy Technician to join our Home Infusion at 1700 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, KY! Packages and labels all medication per department guidelines; prepares unit of use medication when appropriate. Performs necessary calculations accurately. Delivers medication to appropriate healthcare professional or family/caregiver in an accurate timely fashion. Assists the pharmacist in maintaining the security of medications. Restocks emergency boxes. Performs medication inquiries on patient medication profiles in response to questions. Adheres to infection control policies and protocols and maintains a safe and clean pharmacy. Performs station inspections for assigned areas, orders needed medications, checks in and stocks ordered medications. Rotates stock to avoid product out dates. Ensures a smooth workflow by completing all assigned tasks prior to the end of shift. Familiarity with medication formulary and standard abbreviations. Assists in training new staff when assigned. Ability to prioritize workflow by patient impact. Maintains a working knowledge of appropriate regulatory body (i.e. The Joint Commission, ACHC, or DNV) and federal/state laws and regulations for nonsterile and sterile compounding and for hazardous compounding. If trained, prepares sterile compounds in accordance with department guidelines and applicable USP standards, local and federal regulations and utilizing strict aseptic technique for final verification by a pharmacist. If trained, may order medication from drug wholesaler when needed; identifies and communicates backorders; maintains appropriate inventory. Ability to identify stock needed to compound sterile products; work with materials management to keep supplies in stock; ability to order necessary supplies to maintain appropriate inventory. Serves as a mentor for new pharmacy employees regarding processes involving sterile compounding, including but not limited to, overseeing training of new staff, students, and residents. Works on cost containment of compounded sterile products by minimizing expirations, providing alternative product suggestions, and providing alternatives to accommodate drug shortages. Performs environmental testing of the sterile compounding environment, with appropriate action taken and documented per departmental procedure based on results. Serves as a leader in the use of automation in the IV room if applicable. Trains new staff and adjusts practices according to department need. Minimum Requirements High school diploma or equivalent required. 1 year of job-related experience. Registration with Kentucky Board of Pharmacy (KY hospitals), you must have registration upon hire. Additional licensure in non-resident states may be required within 6 months of hire. Nationally certified as a pharmacy technician. Work Experience Education If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. 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