Pharmacy - Pharmacy Tech Inpatient

• would like a technician that has IV training and is IV competent Position is 7 on and 7 off MUST HAVE LICENSE IN HAND PRIOR TO SUBMITTING. Hospital: Location: Portsmouth Regional Hospital Address: 333 Borthwick Ave., Portsmouth, NH 03801 Unit Name: Pharmacy Building: Main building Cost Center: 71201 General Information Unit Specifics:
• Number of Beds : 240 - generally we run 170-200 for a census. We are a level II trauma Center - the pharmacy is opened 24 hours daily
• Patient Ratios : Not applicable
• Unit staffing description- (unit secretaries and tech availability) :
• Type of equipment : IV compounding - Laminar Flow Hood; Glove Box; Meditech Expanse; Pyxis
• Documentation system: Meditech Expanse IV compounding - 360 Software
• Floating policy: No floating - only in pharmacy
• Patient Experience

minimal to none Hospital Specifics- •

• NH state license and national certification Hiring profile Requested Skill Set: Must have : Good communication skills - will be talking to nursing staff and other licensed staff that call into the pharmacy; basic technician experience - filling pyxis machines, picking medications for the pyxis machines; basic computer skills for prepacking medications; logging into Meditech Expanse. Very fast spaced environment. Advanced skills needed: IV training would be great or a candidate that would be willing to learn IV sterile compounding. Procedures performed on unit: In the pharmacy: Distribution tasks include but not limited: picking and delivering medications to Pyxis machines; answering phones; taking missing med technician on imobile device during shift for rapid communication with nursing staff; prepacking medications into unit dose containers. Emptying return bins with another technician on designated locations daily; station inspections; checking for outdates in the pharmacy; returning medications to stock; helping put away medication delivery orders from the wholesaler Certifications Required: National Technician Certification Dress Code : (Required uniform)
• Hospital scrubs or personal scrubs - plain shirts - no writing or endorsements; sturdy closed toe shoes- i.e. sneakers, casual shoes) - lots of walking Unit Guidelines/Policies : Please attach unit specific policies and guidelines.
• Follow hospital policies Awards/Recognition: Please include anything that you would like prospective candidates to be aware of, such as, links to videos that feature the department, outstanding department/team awards..
• Any additional information that would entice a worker to select your unit for their assignment: Consider items such as new equipment or technology, tenure and experience of staff, schedule options, etc.
• The pharmacy team is a very close group of staff that have a combination of some very longterm employees- > 20 years to our newest employees which came out of our residency program last year. We do have a PGY1 residency program, which we generally have 2 residents per year- through our residents we do offer some CE programs for our staff including our technicians. All of our staff are highly motivated and all contribute to the success of our department. The pharmacists are decentralized so they are out on the nursing units daily with a core staff in the pharmacy. I try to work with my staff to create a good work- life balance relationship. We do some team building monthly and we also participate and many activities the hospital provides- i.e. Christmas parade; craft fair; adopt a family for Christmas; food drives, etc. We also try to do outside activities as a team - the last one was Haunted overload at Halloween.