Pharmacy Technician - Part Time bei Clarke County Hospital

Key Accountability  (Operational)

• Demonstrates a commitment to the development and achievement of common goals within the department and hospital system
• Encourages and provides constructive feedback to identify opportunities for improvement within the department
• Integrates and demonstrates Standards of Behavior and Expectations for Personal and Service Excellence to guide behaviors, while adhering to the policies and procedures of Clarke County Hospital
• Inspects pharmaceutical supplies, storage, and utilization on assigned patient care areas
• Maintains a neat, clean, orderly, and secure department and work area
• Ensures the timely and proper filing of all records
• Demonstrates the ability to consistently meet the department work schedule
• Acts as a receptionist greets visitors and answers phone
• Participate on hospital committees
• Demonstrates a commitment to the improvement of patient care, customer satisfaction, and team member performance

Key Accountability (Procurement Functions)

• Ensures the appropriate preparation and dispersal of medications in accordance with facility, state, and national laws and regulations
• Manage Pyxis inventory, including accurate selection and loading of medications, organize according to safety initiatives, evaluate medication use trends to maintain appropriate par levels, ensure removal of expired/damaged products in a timely manner, and resolve discrepancies
• Ensures proper medication storage for medications including those that require refrigerator and freezer storage
• Records refrigerator and freezer temperatures daily
• Prepares a patient cart fill for each designated day

Key Accountability (Compliance)

• Maintains professional growth and development
• Ensures the appropriate preparation and dispersal of medications in accordance with facility, state, and national laws and regulations
• Complies with appropriate procedures in the pharmacy in accordance with facility, state, and national laws and regulations
• Assures compliance with HIPAA, OSHA and other state and federal regulations guiding healthcare
• Adheres to policies and procedures of Clarke County Hospital
• Prioritizes the importance of preventing errors, accidents, and infections within the workplace and reports potential or actual concerns immediately
• Completes all competency and skills assessment requirements  

Key Accountability (Billing/Charging/340B)

• Accurately reviews, organizes and codes patient and hospital records for data entry and patient billing
• Optimizes medication availability through the careful coordination of medication supply with medication needs by analyzing upcoming patient needs, managing inventory and awareness of timelines to obtain medication
• Maintains a relationship with key suppliers to assure timely medication delivery
• Analyzes surgery records and compares them to Pyxis records to charge medications appropriately
• Looks at patient payment data to assess 340B eligibility for medications obtained for patients prospective to their visit
• Looks at orphan drug data to assess 340B eligibility for medications obtained for patients prospective to their visit
• Coordinates information with the billing office to answer questions about patient charges

Shifts: 24 hours per week - 3, 8 hour shifts - Monday, Tuesday, and flexible on other day.