Pharmacy Technician Prime Healthcare - St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
05.2022 - Current
Interpret and process medication orders under supervision of a pharmacist.
Deliver patient-specific medications throughout the hospital to each unit.
Refill Omnicells on each unit of the hospital so that the par quantity is never below what it should be.
Maintain knowledge of the Omnicells so that if a problem were to occur, I can be of assistance to the nurses.
Make patient-specific IV's in a sterile IV room with proper sterile garbing.
Transfer medication from vials to sterile, disposable syringes using aseptic techniques.
Batch large numbers of snap-together IV's in the sterile IV room with proper sterile garbing.
Calculate drip rates to determine when the next IV bags are due.
Clean the sterile IV room weekly and monthly with disinfectant and sporicide, following the 797-guidelines.
Assigned sections of the pharmacy to thoroughly look through medications each month and discard expires.
Assigned units throughout the hospital to check crash carts monthly to ensure the pharmacy-specific drawers are in date.
Part of the Diversion Committee with the PIC.
In charge of working through the weekly Proactive C.S. Vault Report and the weekly Random Audits as part of the Diversion Monitoring Program.
Obtain access to the online Protenus drug diversion platform for anesthesia narcotics used during surgeries in the OR's.
Weekly narcotic counts are sent to my work email so I can ensure they are being inventoried weekly.
Answer pharmacy phone calls if pharmacists are busy.
Refill operating room Omnicell machines after OR staff have left for the day.
Inventory my assigned OR machine once a month.
Retrieve supplies such as IV fluids, medications, and IV room garbing materials, and restock the pharmacy.
Assist pharmacists with monthly CII safe count.
Place medications that have gotten low in stock on the order book so that the designated pharmacists can order them as soon as possible.
Assist with training new staff members on pharmacy operations and processes.
Follow proper disposal procedures for expired or unused medications.
Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
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