Pharmacy Technician Coordinator
Function/Duties of Position:
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: quality assessment and monitoring; process improvement and ongoing monitoring; maintenance of practice standards, compliance with accreditation standards and applicable laws and regulations. Additional responsibilities include customer service, coordination of pharmacy services with other hospital departments, and initial/ongoing competency of staff through hands on training.
This position will coordinate the ambulatory technician program and will work directly with the Pharmacy Compliance Analyst to monitor technician competency and compliance with accreditation standards, applicable laws and regulations. This position will be responsible for developing and maintaining ambulatory technician training documents as well overseeing the individual training of each employee within the work group.
As time allows, this position will be responsible for conducting day-to-day operations to ensure technician accountability and accuracy of standard operating procedures. Conducting day-to-day operations may include participation in and/or auditing the following activities: sterile product admixture/preparation, automated inventory maintenance of controlled and non-controlled medications, narcotic discrepancy reconciliation, pharmacy computer system order entry, clinic audits, supply ordering, medication delivery, regulatory compliance recordkeeping, utilization of pharmacy-related technology, and performing other duties as assigned.This position works under direct supervision of pharmacists who are responsible for the safe and proper distribution and use of drugs in inpatients and outpatients who range in age from neonates, infants 65.
Required Qualifications:
- Five years of experience with responsibility for program or project monitoring and coordination. The experience must have included program evaluation responsibility.
- A bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Public Administration, or a field directly related to the position will substitute for two years of the required experience.
- Note: preference may be given to individuals with experience in a specialty area specific to the position opening.
- Excellent interpersonal communications.
- Manual dexterity. Ability to read, write, and perform pharmaceutical math calculations. Ability to organize and prioritize. Computer keyboard skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Formal pharmacy technician training program.
- Nationally certified pharmacy technician.
- Both inpatient and outpatient hospital pharmacy experience.
- Medical and scientific nomenclature. Familiarity with Epic. Familiarity with pharmacy workflows and medication orders processing and dispensing.
- Oregon State Board of Pharmacy Technician license.
Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status.
Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.