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OK-SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

· Department: Chemotherapy

· Schedule: Full Time, Day Shift

· Starting Pay: $20.79​· Shift Differentials: Available for night, weekend, and additional shifts​

· Location: St. Anthony Hospital - OKC

Job Summary:

Performs all duties to insure timely and accurate delivery of infusion medications within the infusion centers. Prepares sterile compounded IV, injection, and chemotherapy products to be checked by pharmacist. Review patient schedules and inventory management of medications and supplies needed for upcoming treatments. Works under supervision of registered pharmacist.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Compounds, packages, and labels medications including chemotherapy, specialty infusion medications, injections, and supportive care medications. All medication preparation is done with remote pharmacist supervision. Maintain compounding records within the EHR. Complies with all sterile compounding regulations, standards, and policies (i.e. USP 797 and 800).

• Maintains and manages cleanroom environment to ensure compliance with all regulations and patient safety. Performs regular cleaning of compounding area per standard operating procedures. Addresses out of range pressure, temperature, humidity of the cleanroom environment according to policy.

• Reviews patient schedules proactively to assess medications, fluids, and supplies needed for scheduled treatments. Independently maintains inventory and places orders as needed for necessary drugs and supplies. Insures medication inventory reduces risk for waste by checking in orders, stocking shelves, rotating stock, processing recalls and conducting quarterly inspections of all areas where drugs are stored in the pharmacy for outdated and unusable medications and quarantining them in a separate are from useable stock.

• Performs review of infusion visits in the EHR and completes necessary documentation including but not limited to medication waste billing, NDC and lot information for compounded products, and infusion administration coding. Communicates with pharmacists and nursing staff to insure timely closing of infusion encounters.

• Interacts with patients to obtain signatures or insurance information when needed for third party vendors and REMS programs.

• Assists pharmacist with intake and review of temperature excursions related to pharmaceuticals

• Follows all procedures for documenting and dispensing controlled substances. Handles controlled substances in a manner that ensures accountability and security.

• Works independently with off-site pharmacist supervision.

• Work closely with infusion center nursing staff to maintain timely delivery of medications.

• Work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

• Two years experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois

• Pharmacy Technician, Registered - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

• And

• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) - Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)

• Or

• Certified Pharmacy Technician (ExCPT/CPhT) - National Healthcareer Association (NHA)

State of Work Location: Missouri

• Pharmacy Technician - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

• Or

• MO Registration Application and Finger Print Process Complete AT TIME OF HIRE - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

• And

• FUTURE - Pharmacy Technician, Registered within 6 months - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

State of Work Location: Oklahoma

• Technician - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy

State of Work Location: Wisconsin

• Pharmacy Technician, Registered - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

• Or

• WI Registration Application Process Complete AT TIME OF HIRE - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

• And

• FUTURE - Pharmacy Technician, Registered within 6 Months - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

3805000040 Chemotherapy

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

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