Pharmacy Technician PRN/Supplemental

About the job

Cancer Care Northwest in Spokane is hiring a per diem (PRN/supplemental) pharmacy technician to handle the technical side of preparing and distributing medications, plus record keeping and inventory control, at its admixture locations. A registered nurse or registered pharmacist verifies the technician's work.

Cancer Care Northwest is a cancer center serving the Inland Northwest that takes an integrated approach to diagnosing, treating and healing cancer and blood-related diseases.

What you'll do

• Compound or admix medication orders under supervision, as physicians order them, following department guidelines and OSHA guidelines
• Check each order for complete information, verify patient information and physician authorization, and confirm insurance approval from the Patient Advocate before admixing
• Calculate dosage volumes, converting between metric and apothecary measurements
• Keep admixture and charge records for the patient drug program as insurance requires, along with controlled drug inventory records
• Keep logs and control documentation, including lot numbers, for research protocol drugs and patient assistance drugs, and store drugs as manufacturers or research study protocols require
• Clean the hood daily, dispose of materials used to mix chemo and non-chemo IVs, log and date drugs in use and check drugs each month for outdated stock
• Control inventory of drug and non-drug supplies: order supplies and medications, receive and shelve medications and keep enough admixture supplies on hand for sterile compounding
• Prepare labels, and prepare and file billing
• Keep drug information resources current and know the department's automation, data entry and reporting well
• Guide and train new Admixture Technician staff when needed, and take responsibility for the admixture site when the overseeing leader is absent

What you need

• High school diploma or GED
• One year of pharmacy experience mixing hazardous sterile IV preparations
• A Certified Pharmacy Technician license upon hire
• Able to regularly sit, stand, grasp, reach, talk and hear, and occasionally walk, bend, stoop or crouch and smell
• Able to occasionally lift, carry, push and pull up to 40 pounds
• Able to see clearly at distances up to 5 feet, wearing corrective lenses if needed, and tell colors apart
• The work may involve exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals

Preferred

• IV or Hazardous Compounding certification

Schedule

• Per diem (PRN/supplemental)
• Floats to other admixture sites as needed