Under close supervision, fills routine orders for unit doses and prepackaged pharmaceuticals. The Pharmacy Technician Candidate counts, packages and labels unit doses for inspection by pharmacist and fills routine orders for non-prescription pharmaceuticals.

• Technical Tasks
• Completes the medication ordering process by entering data into the computer, reviewing and interpreting inpatient prescriptions, assisting the Pharmacist in filling containers with prescribed medication amounts, typing prescription labels, and attaching labels to containers following the general dispensing format. Ensures that all medication-related work is reviewed and checked by a pharmacist.
• Accurately fills patient cassettes, processes-controlled substance requisitions under the supervision of a pharmacist and completes necessary inventory and auditing procedures in a timely and professional manner.
• May perform nursing unit inspections to ensure that units are stocked with medication needed for efficient patient care.
• Responds to incoming calls politely, efficiently, and in a timely manner and directs calls to appropriate personnel.
• Prepares fast fill bags for Pharmacist’s review, cleans IV hoods to ensure sterilization, credits all IV’s returned to the IV room, restocks IV room, labels IV’s, and delivers medication in a timely and efficient manner.
• Processes patient charges for pharmaceuticals in an efficient and timely manner, credits and returns to stock any medication not used by patients, and accurately and efficiently records narcotic charges for patients in order to ensure that high quality pharmacy services are provided to all patients.
• Processes admitted, discharged, and transferred charge tickets according to established policy and procedure and ensures the accuracy and confidentiality of all recorded information.
• Restocks automated dispensing machines and identifies and replaces unusable medications. Performs activities appropriate technology associated with barcode labeling, packaging, and storage of medications.
• Quality
• Observes and adheres to all departmental and hospital policies and procedures, and follows all safety, quality assurance, and infection control standards.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education: High School or Equivalent
Experience: Successful Passing of the National Pharmacy Technician exam within 12 months
Certification/License: Louisiana Board of Pharmacy Work Permit
The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is a leading health care innovator in Louisiana and Mississippi. We bring together outstanding clinicians, the most advanced technology and leading research to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality and safest care possible.
This commitment is grounded in a history that is more than 100 years old, but reflected today by our strategic vision of transforming healthcare through superior performance and excellent patient care.

In the last fiscal year, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System had:

• 1,747 Licensed Beds
• 65,322 Discharges
• 44,592 OR Procedures
• 10,827 Full Time Employees
• 331,360 Inpatient Days

• 1,915 Active Medical Staff229,296 Emergency Visits

• As a nonprofit, mission-focused Catholic healthcare ministry, we give special attention to our citizens who are most in need. During the most recent fiscal year, we provided more than $39 million in unreimbursed care and community support to the underprivileged.
  Our health system is one of the largest in Louisiana, with hospitals, clinics and physicians located throughout Louisiana and in Mississippi. In fact, we provide care to almost half of Louisiana’s citizens, and serve in Mississippi’s largest metropolitan area. Because of our size and the partnerships we have with other local organizations, we are able to pool our resources and share cost and service efficiencies and learn from each other, thereby accelerating our ability to improve care and solve challenges.
  Since our founding in Monroe, Louisiana in 1911, we have been blessed by the guidance of the Franciscan Sisters. Through their guidance and steadfast example, we have committed to assure that we perpetuate their healing ministry for another hundred years. It is a noble purpose we strive to fulfill every day.
  Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, we serve patients across Louisiana and Mississippi through a network of hospitals, clinics, physicians, elderly housing and integrated information system. Our health system has partnered with the State of Louisiana as it transforms its healthcare delivery system. The partnership includes inpatient acute care and primary care delivery in Baton Rouge and Bogalusa.
  Following in the footsteps of our founders, the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, our team members and physicians are called to provide high quality care and compassion to all people, especially those most in need.
  As we look to the future of our healthcare ministry, we chart our course by “going where we are called.”

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