Under the supervision of a pharmacist, the pharmacy technician will assist in the processing, filling, and distribution of prescription medications. The pharmacy technician registered with the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy will work in an outpatient, clinic pharmacies. Job duties include: Help health care providers and patients by greeting them in person and by phone; answering questions and requests; referring inquiries to the pharmacists, maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; removing outdated drugs.
Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
Organizes medications for pharmacist to dispense by reading medication orders and prescriptions; preparing labels; calculating quantities; assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies.
Maintains records by recording and filing physicians' orders and prescriptions.
CLINICALSUPPORTPOSITION – NOTSUBJECT TO STATEHUMANRESOURCESACT.
The ECU Brody School of Medicine is affiliated with Vidant Medical Center. Vidant Medical Center is the flagship hospital for Vidant Health and serves as the teaching hospital for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.
Special Instructions To Application:
Please ensure your full range of knowledge, skills, abilities, experience and education are listed on your application. Do not write ‘see resume’ on your application when completing the job duties section.
If you answer the questions at the end of the application, please ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills, abilities and experiences to support your answers (see job duties section of previous employment).
Failure to answer the questions at the end of the application will not preclude your application from being considered but may result in your application not receiving full consideration of your knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Minimum Education/Experience:
Completion of an accredited nine-month Pharmacy Technician program; or high school diploma or equivalency and one year of pharmacy-related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Some positions may require certification as a Pharmacy Technician.
Full time or Part time: Full Time
Position Location (city): Greenville
Position Number: 001690
Organizational Unit Overview:
The Department of Group Practice Administration is responsible for the clinical and administrative oversight of ECU Physicians Group Practice, which includes all clinical activities for the entire School of Medicine and its clinical departments. The practice renders professional throughout eastern North Carolina. Group Practice Administration has direct administrative, fiscal and facility management responsibilities as they relate to the provision of health care in these various clinic and inpatient settings. Pharmacy Services is a division within Group Practice Administration. Pharmacy Services operates pharmacies at the School of Medicine including the Family Practice Center Pharmacy, the Leo Jenkins Cancer Center Pharmacy, and ECU Pharmacy. The pharmacists and other staff members of the pharmacies have patient care, education, drug distribution, and operation responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the Pharmacy Manager to maintain proper compliance with all regulatory agency requirements, ECUP Policies and Procedures and SOP's in the store of record for their license.
Pharmacy Services is also responsible for purchasing and distributing medications to other medical school clinics to be administered to patients by physicians/nurses. In addition, Pharmacy Services establishes and monitors policies and procedures involving drug distribution in all medical school clinics.
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