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Southern Illinois Health Hiring for PHARM TECH TRAINEE at Murphysboro, IL Full Time
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Full Job Description
Overview:
Your Career. Our Company. Together, We Grow.
$14/hr minimum – $17.50/hr maximum (range increases based on education, experience and certifications)
Safety
Record Keeping
Roles and Responsibilities
Pharmacy Operations
Pharmacy Practice
Clinical Pharmacy Services
Quality Improvement, Regulatory Compliance, and Accreditation
Education
Licenses and Certification
Experience and Skills
Your Career. Our Company. Together, We Grow.
At Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH), we realize that in order to provide our surrounding communities with excellent care, we must begin by providing our employees with that same care and appreciation. We offer rich opportunities to develop and grow professionally, an environment of excellence in patient care, and the awareness that everything we accomplish is a direct outgrowth of the superb efforts and dedication of our employees.
As a non-profit system of almost 4000 employees, we have won national acclaim for our cancer, cardiac, stroke, bariatric, breast imaging, and rehabilitation services.
$14/hr minimum – $17.50/hr maximum (range increases based on education, experience and certifications)
Prepares and organizes pharmacy medications by name and dosage, as listed on patient orders. Supports and assists pharmacists in providing distributive pharmacy services. Provide safe and accurate medication services and to support all those involved in direct patient care.
Responsibilities:
Safety
- Manages processes effectively in regard to employee/patient sfety.
Record Keeping
- Maintains all requied records, s, statistics, logs, files and other documents as required.
Process Improvement
- Promotes a culture of process imprvement by participating in unit/department based programs that supports the system’s process improvement goals.
- Actively participates on system-wide or hospital-based teams as needed.
Roles and Responsibilities
Pharmacy Operations
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Actively performs all pharmacy technician functions and maintains proficiency in:
- Standard work parameters
- Operational programs
- Dispensing and compounding systems
- Healthcare computer systems
- Medication ordering systems
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Develops operational expertise in and actively provides coverage of the technician services listed below:
- Central pharmacy
- Delivery
- Controlled Substances
- Medication history collection, if applicable
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Appropriately utilizes medication automation, technology, and computer systems
- Accurately interprets electronic records
- Maintains expertise in electronic medical record processes
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Assists with the management of medication inventories and the preparation and dispensing of patient-specific medication doses
- Participates in medication dispensing activities
- Prepares accurate medication products for dispensing
- Prevents improper drug, dose, dosage form selection, expiration dating, and barcode scanning issues when checking products
- Performs oral product compounding
Pharmacy Practice
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Facilitate medication safety practices
- Identifies, mitigates, and s potential medication errors such as look-alike sound-alike medications
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Maintains continuous learning and pharmacy practice development
- This includes all mandatory education from SIH as well as any continuing education requirements for continued licensure.
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Provides patient-centered care services
- Provides accurate, safe, and timely medication therapy
Clinical Pharmacy Services
- Supports practice in decentralized areas
- Collaborates with other pharmacy staff
- Collaborates with other departments to optimize care and improve services
Quality Improvement, Regulatory Compliance, and Accreditation
- Supports and participates in medication-use process improvements led by colleagues and peers.
- Supports regulatory compliance initiatives and supports institutional accreditation processes.
Qualifications:
Education
- High School Diploma or equivalent
Licenses and Certification
- Illinois Pharmacy Technician License within 60 days of hire.
- Must pass and complete a certification within 2 years after licensing per Illinois Law.
Experience and Skills
- Strong verbal and written communication, organizational, problem-solving, and customer service skills
- Flexibility and willingness to adapt to changes as necessary
- Ability to interact constructively with supervisors, peers, and external customers
- Ability to follow direction from formal management personnel and informal supervisors (pharmacists) and work independently
- Must be able to read, write, and speak conversational English
- Basic computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft office