Permanent Part Time Pharmacy Technician

2 weeks ago


Perth, Canada PERTH AND SMITHS FALLS DISTRICT HOSPITAL Full time

**PERTH & SMITHS FALLS DISTRICT HOSPITAL**

**DEPARTMENT**: PHARMACY

**POSITION**: PHARMACY TECHNICIAN - PERMANENT PART TIME

**SUMMARY OF DUTIES**:
The Pharmacy Technician works to the scope of practice as described within the National
Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) Model Standards of Practice for Canadian Pharmacy Technicians to support the Pharmacists and ensure the safe and accurate distribution of medications in the Hospital.
The Pharmacy Technician is accountable to the Ontario College of Pharmacists and to PSFDH for his/her professional service to patients of the Hospital.

Pharmacy technician’s expertise focuses on the knowledge, skills and abilities related to the technical elements of prescription and patient information and of product and drug distribution. At PSFDH the Pharmacy Technician performs the following technical functions within the operation of pharmacy services including, but not restricted to; receiving a written prescription, reading a prescription order, accurate computer order entry, selecting the drug (determining the product to dispense) adjusting a medication order according to an approved policy (i.e. TIP),processing of patient drug orders; maintaining patient profiles, packaging, compounding (sterile and non-sterile), labelling, distribution (stocking, dispensing), care of supplies and equipment, final physical check for accuracy of finished product; inventory control, and record-keeping.

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**Receiving and Entering Orders**
- Receives medication orders;
- Ensures completeness and accuracy of information on medication orders;
- Enters and/or reviews medication orders in the patient’s electronic chart ensuring orders conform to hospitals policies (i.e. ANLO and DNUA)
- Sends appropriate computer generated alerts to nursing unit
- Maintains Patient profiles
- Generates medication labels
- Prepares new and refills individual patient prescriptions, counting, pouring, weighing, measuring, mixing, re-packaging and labelling medications;
- Performs independent double check of order entry and medication prior to dispensing
- Collaborates with the Pharmacist to confirm that therapeutic review of patient orders and prescriptions has occurred including notification of drug interactions, duplications and maximum doses alerts
- Performs mathematical calculations relating to pharmacy
- Refer requests outside of scope of practice to the Pharmacist

**Dispensing and Distribution**
- Dispenses checks and distributes patient specific and ward-stock medications to patient care areas
- Ensures all documentation and record keeping is clear, accurate, concise and completed according to hospital policies
- Responsible for checking expiries in pharmacy, documed, in patient care areas, crash carts and assigned kits
- Performs assigned audits
- Maintains prescription records as per OCP standards
- Maintain storage requirements for all drugs including cold chain

**Manufacturing - Prepackaging**
- Prepackages ward stock drugs as per hospital polices and procedures according to NAPRA standards
- Maintains adequate supplies and stock levels
- Monitors expiry dates of prepackaged and manufactured items
- Maintains quality control of equipment used in pharmacy

**Narcotic and Controlled Drugs**
- Issues narcotics and controlled drugs to the Nursing Units and maintains records in accordance with the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Hospital policies and procedures; activities include, drug audits, count sheet audits, documentation of receipt and issue, monthly counts, assisting in resolving narcotic discrepancies replenishing and supply of anaesthesia kits to OR, documentation before dispensing and after issuing to patient care areas, maintenance of narcotic night cupboard
- The Technician is responsible for maintaining adequate supplies of narcotics and controlled drugs throughout the hospital by ordering as necessary
- The technician is expected to follow all hospital policies pertaining to the safe storage of narcotic and controlled substances in the department and transport of these medications in the hospital

**Inventory Management/Clerical Activities**
- Performs inventory and purchasing functions including ordering and receiving medications from vendors; inventory management, expired product returns, annual physical inventory count and financial reporting; Ensuring that all medications are labelled as per policy prior to making available for distribution (i.e. high alert medications)
- Responsible for restocking medications and related supplies in the pharmacy and in patient care areas
- Ensuring storage of medications in the department and patient care areas is clean, and well organized
- Maintaining inventory records including those for narcotics and controlled drugs
- Rotating stock and monitoring expiry dates of all pharmacy related items throughout the hospital e.g. medications in crash carts, transfer kits, ward-stock, medicati



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