Steven Balash
Rochester,NY
Summary
Driven Pharmacy Technician with 14 years of experience and success in working within fast-paced hospital pharmacy settings. Highly proficient in accurately filling and labeling prescriptions, maintaining drug inventories and updating pharmacy records. Safety-orientated with good relationship-building skills and multitasking skills. Excited to bring experience and record of excellence in healthcare service to hospital pharmacy.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Registered Pharmacy Technician
Investigational Drug Services, URMC
02.2022 - Current
- Main IV room sterile medication compounder.
- Maintaining small independent IV room to guarantee it sustains USP 797 sterile preparation standards and passes bi-annual certification.
- Performs proper and safe USP 800 hazardous drug preparation.
- Answering incoming phone calls and addressing questions from research coordinators and healthcare providers.
- Calculating dosage, filling prescriptions, and preparing prescription labels with absolute accuracy.
- Accepting shipments, labeling and inventorying study medication to keep accurate records and accountability.
- Entering and processing patients' prescriptions into internal Vestigo research system.
- Performing wide range of pharmacy operations with strong commitment to accuracy, efficiency and service quality.
Certified Pharmacy Technician Supervisor
Inpatient Pharmacy, URMC
01.2016 - 01.2022
- Supervised pharmacy technicians in USP 797 sterile IV compounding room and USP 795 non-sterile compounding room.
- Worked with fellow supervisors and pharmacy administration to vet applicant resumes and interview/hire pharmacy technicians, interns and pharmacists.
- Work with IV room trainer to assure that IV room technicians were properly and carry out best patient safety and quality care practices.
- Implementation of Omni-cell IV Soft Assist, IV X, and Healthcare Robotics large production robots.
- Delegation, production and aseptic testing of many standard doses of IV products and narcotics such as fentanyl, midazolam, morphine and hydromorphone bags and PCA's.
- Introductory 3 month, 6 month and yearly technician reviews.
- Solved pharmacy/patient problems in-person or over telephone by providing assistance with placing orders, navigating systems, and locating items and medications.
- Maintained proper drug storage procedures, registries, and records for controlled and standard drugs.
- Helped pharmacists clear problematic prescriptions and address healthcare provider questions to keep pharmacy safe and efficient.
Registered Certified Pharmacy Technician
Inpatient Pharmacy, URMC
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Answered incoming phone calls and addressed questions from customers and healthcare providers.
- Resolved routine/non-routine issues like Pyxis medication machines, eRecord computer system, inventory and customer service issues.
- Prepared intravenous solutions, admixtures, respiratory drugs, and other solutions using aseptic techniques.
- Performed wide range of pharmacy operations with strong commitment to accuracy, efficiency and service quality.
- Located and measured medications according to prescription information, making modifications as instructed by pharmacists and providers.
- Counted, measured and compounded medications following standard procedures.
- Restocked automated medication dispensing equipment.
Education
Associate of Science - Math/Science
Jefferson Community College
Watertown, NYSkills
- Regulatory Compliance and Drug Safety
- Workflow Optimization and Staff Development
- Intravenous Admixture Preparation and Aseptic Techniques
- Drug Inventory Management
- FDA Drug Safety Guidelines
- Patient Safety and Confidentiality
- New Hire Onboarding
Timeline
Licensed Registered Pharmacy Technician
Investigational Drug Services, URMC
02.2022 - Current
Certified Pharmacy Technician Supervisor
Inpatient Pharmacy, URMC
01.2016 - 01.2022
Registered Certified Pharmacy Technician
Inpatient Pharmacy, URMC
01.2014 - 01.2016
Associate of Science - Math/Science
Jefferson Community College
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