Kaweah Health
Pharmacy Tech I
Visalia, California · Internship
Sponsorship not specified$22k-$34kDetected 8 days ago
Pharmacy PracticeCommunication
About the role
- With more than 5,000 employees, Kaweah Health provides state-of-the-art medicine and high-quality preventive services in our acute care hospital, specialized health centers and clinics.
- Our eight-campus healthcare district has 613 beds and offers comprehensive health services across a broad continuum of care.
- It takes a special person to work for Kaweah Health.
Responsibilities
- Delivers or assures delivery of medications to a nursing station in a timely and courteous manner.
- Performs rounds as assigned to check for unused or discontinued medications.
- Under the direct supervision of the Pharmacist, the Pharmacy Technician will perform assigned tasks, within their scope, necessary for the operation of the Pharmacy.
Requirements
- Required: Current California Pharmacy Technician or Intern Pharmacist registration
- Required: One year of previous work experience (related experience is desirable).
- Maintains and updates logs, crash cart lists, and communication as required.
- License /Certification
- Education
- Experience
- Essential
- Assists pharmacist in providing effective, appropriate, and safe pharmacy services. Recognizes situations that exceed technician authority (e.g. drug information, bypassing pharmacist checks) and refers to pharmacist for timely resolution. Always obtains pharmacist verification prior to distributing medications to areas.
- Answers telephone in a courteous, professional manner. Provides timely follow up on requests.
- Accurately fills medication orders per pharmacist request, or following arranged work assignment according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.
- Assists in stock control. Assures orders received from wholesaler or outside sources have recognized bar codes. Able to send an emergency order to wholesaler. Communicates low stock items to Buyers. Able to prepare orders for offsite areas. Able to prepare returns to wholesaler.
- Assists with inventorying, stocking,, removing expired medication, rotating stock, overstock orders, assuring correct medication storage requirements are met and monitoring usage.
- Accurately repackages medications utilizing labeling and policy standards. Log sheets are consistently accurate and complete.
Nice to have
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Preferred: High school diploma or equivalent
Compensation
- $22.48 -$33.72
Benefits
- Full-Time Benefit Eligible
- Kaweah Health is a publicly owned, community healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia area in central California.
- Throughout it all, our focus is to make a difference, and we do - in the health of our patients, our loved ones, and our community.
- Benefits Eligible
- Assists in stock control.
- Communicates low stock items to Buyers.
- Assures stock is rotated when adding to stock.
Company info
- Consistently documents refrigerator temps as part of established policy and procedures.
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