Pharmacy Tech-Methodist

UnityPoint Health - Des Moines, IA

Part-time,Full-time - Entry Level

Des Moines, IA

Hospitals

About the position

The Pharmacy Technician at UnityPoint Health plays a crucial role in supporting the healthcare team by preparing and distributing medication products, ensuring compliance with regulations, and fostering a positive work culture. This position is essential for maintaining patient care and safety through accurate medication management and operational functions within the pharmacy department.

Responsibilities

• Fosters a positive work culture centered on honesty, openness, and integrity.
• Builds and maintains relationships with members of the health care team by emphasizing open communication.
• Inspires and motivates members of the health care team by promoting department morale.
• Strives to ensure the success of the team as a whole over personal success.
• Effectively balances the responsibilities of the team and individual team members.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the development and achievement of common goals within the department and hospital system.
• Integrates and demonstrates FOCUS values and Expectations for Personal and Service Excellence to guide professional behaviors.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the improvement of patient care, customer satisfaction, and team member performance.
• Encourages and provides constructive feedback to identify opportunities for improvement within the department.
• Prepares and distributes medication products to fulfill medication orders.
• Utilizes automation to assure safe and accurate distribution and secure storage of medications.
• Compounds sterile medications in an appropriate clean room environment in accordance with facility, state, and federal laws and regulations.
• Demonstrates competency, precision, and accuracy in the preparation of compounded products.
• Compounds non-sterile medications in an appropriate compounding area in accordance with facility, state, and federal laws and regulations.
• Answers the telephone, identifying self and department and directing calls to appropriate personnel in a professional and courteous manner.
• Ensures appropriate and adequate medication inventory by restocking, rotating stock, removing expired medications, packaging medications, and ordering supplies.
• Accurately performs data entry for patient billing.
• Ensures proper medication storage.
• Maintains a neat, clean, orderly, and secure department.
• Ensures the appropriate preparation and distribution of medications in accordance with facility, state, and national laws and regulations.
• Assures compliance with HIPAA, DNV, OSHA and other state and federal regulations guiding healthcare.
• Adheres to policies and procedures of UPH-DM.
• 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.
• Participates in and completes pharmacy technician orientation.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Some college training preferred.
• Must be registered as a Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist-Intern with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy prior to employment.
• Must be a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or other nationally recognized certification provider.
• Strong math skills, with some basic algebra required.
• One year of experience in a hospital or retail pharmacy desirable.
• Proficient in using computer systems.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a health care facility desirable.

Benefits

• $3000 Sign-on Bonus for Eligible Full Time Positions.
• Competitive Total Rewards program with benefits options that align with your needs and priorities.
• Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the workplace.
• Support and development opportunities for career growth.