PHARMACY ACCURACY TECH

Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, assists in the provision of pharmaceutical care to various customers by verifying the medication packaging process and outcomes.  This position performs a final verification step prior to medication distribution and offsets increased staffing of pharmacists. Practices within the scope of state and federal regulations. 

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:  

• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a pharmacy technician required, preferred to have 6 months with Saint Alphonsus. 

• Must be licensed as a Certified Pharmacy Technician with the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy. 

• National Certification (CPhT, ExCPT or equivalent) required. Pass the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) Product Verification Technician Certification within 6 months. 

• Previous lead or supervisory experience preferred. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

•  Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Organization's Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions. 

• Verifies work for accuracy produced by other pharmacy technicians.  

• Serves as a Charge/lead when on duty as an Accuracy technician. 

• Provides some functional supervision of technicians. 

• Ensures required departmental functions are completed to provide effective and efficient service. 

• Assesses workflows and adjust available human resources to create optimal efficiencies. 

• Audits the process and outcomes in the direction of improvement in efficiencies and error reduction to patients. 

• Assists the pharmacist in preparing medications, which includes various material resource management, dispensing, clerical, and billing duties. 

• Demonstrates active leadership in quality assurance and continuous quality improvement activities. 

• Precepting duties, as required. 

• Mentors technicians in learning new tasks. 

• Meets accuracy standards and completes yearly validation audits. Completion of specialized in-house training and competencies.   

• Knows the Idaho rules that endorse technician checking tasks performed in their job.