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MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City

Worker Type:

PRN

Job Highlights:

• Department: Pharmacy

• Schedule: PRN, Variable Shift, one weekend per month

• Starting Pay: 20.08 for Inpatient; 21.89 for Sterile Compounding (Offers are based on years of experience and equity for this role.)

• Shift Differentials: Evenings-1.25, Nights-1.50, Weekends-1.25

• Location: SSM Health – St. Mary’s Hospital Jefferson City, Missouri

Job Summary:

Assist pharmacists following established procedures and policies. Prepares sterile compounded IV, irrigation, and chemotherapy solutions to be checked by a pharmacist. Works only under the supervision of a registered pharmacist and may not perform duties that can legally be performed only by a registered pharmacist.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Compounds, packages, and labels drugs. Maintains all required records and utilizes a computer system to run labels. Consults with a pharmacist and monitors for duplicate or conflicting entries. Complies with all sterile compounding regulations, standards, and policies. (i.e. USP 797 and USP 800). Calculates dosage volumes, converting between metric and apothecary equivalents.

• Helps to ensure accurate documentation and billing to ensure compliance. Works with pharmacist and prescriber to resolve rejections and/or questions to facilitate the timely disposition of orders.

• Maintains a safe, clean, and sterile work area in accordance with established policies and procedures. Performs and documents daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning practices and environmental testing. Disposes of all materials per policies and procedures that are used when mixing hazardous or non-hazardous IVs.

• Follows all procedures for documenting and dispensing controlled substances. Handles controlled substances in a manner that ensures accountability and security.

• Assures medications are available for patients by assisting in inventory control including ordering, checking in orders, stocking shelves, updating the inventory system, rotating stock, and processing recalls.

• Conducts periodic inspections where sterile compounding components are stored in the pharmacy for outdated and unusable components and quarantining them in a separate area from usable stock.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

• One year experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois

• Pharmacy Technician, Registered - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

• And

• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) - Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)

• Or

• Certified Pharmacy Technician (ExCPT/CPhT) - National Healthcareer Association (NHA)

State of Work Location: Missouri

• Pharmacy Technician - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

• Or

• MO Registration Application and Finger Print Process Complete AT TIME OF HIRE - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

• And

• FUTURE - Pharmacy Technician, Registered within 6 months - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

State of Work Location: Oklahoma

• Technician - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy

State of Work Location: Wisconsin

• Pharmacy Technician, Registered - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

• Or

• WI Registration Application Process Complete AT TIME OF HIRE - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

• And

• FUTURE - Pharmacy Technician, Registered within 6 Months - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

Work Shift:

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

3901000011 Pharmacy

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

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