DHR Health

DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - Days

Summary:

FLSA STATUS: ☐ Exempt ☒ Non-Exempt

MISSION STATEMENT:

Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time.

VISION:

Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Perform technical and supervisory duties related to the selection, orientation, scheduling, and evaluation of pharmacy technicians.

POSITION EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS­:

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Preferred Graduate of an ASHP-accredited pharmacy technician training program
• Registered with state of Texas as Pharmacy Technician required
• ACPE IV Certification
• Must be able to be sensitive to cultural and bilingual issues.
• Good written and verbal communication skills required.
• Ability to read, write and speak English
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, administration, and physicians
• Prefer hospital experience

JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE­:

• Five (5) years of IV admixture preparation experience required
• Three (3) years experience in an acute care hospital pharmacy required
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements (state, federal and The Joint Commission, or other relevant area)

Responsibilities:

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practice
• Responsible and accountable for the performance and operation of sterile compounding areas in the pharmacy department. This includes, but not limited to:

o Creating and implementing training material/program for sterile compounding personnel and assigned sterile compounding trainers

o Evaluating sterile compounding personnel in competency and documenting deficiencies and schedules for improvement

o Ensuring sterile compounding standard operating procedures are implemented and meet compliance regulatory standards, and evaluating the need for new processes and procedures.

o Responsible for maintaining personnel sterile compounding files for each employee and ensuring proper documentation of trainings, competences, and policies and procedures.

o Evaluating personnel follow proper personal hygiene and garbing prior to performing sterile compounding

o Ensuring the sterile compounding areas meet regulatory requirements of facilities and engineering controls; including quality assurance and control with microbiological air and surface monitoring

o Ensuring certification and recertification records of the sterile compounding area meet regulatory compliance

o Ensuring sterile compounding records (i.e., standard operating procedures; competencies; facilities, engineering, and quality control; certifications) are readily available

o Providing pharmacy development specific to sterile compounding and ensure necessary safety and quality control in the delivery of sterile compounded products

• Evaluate sterile compounding pharmacy technician performance and recommend promotions, merit increases, reclassifications and/or dismissals.
• Contribute to scheduling of pharmacy personnel in the sterile compounding areas and rearrange work schedules and duties of technicians to cover absences.
• Conduct and lead meetings to assure proper updates related to sterile compounding. Participate in departmental goal planning and quality improvement activities.
• Serve as clinical coordinator for pharmacy technician students
• Aid in interview and selection of pharmacy technician applicants for employment.
• Perform the duties of a sterile compounding pharmacy technician and related duties incidental to work described herein.

LINES OF REPSONSIBILITIES:

(Chain-of-command)

1. Clinical Pharmacist → 2. Director

Other information:

CUSTOMER SERVICE:

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

AGE SPECIFIC:

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA):

A. Essential Duties: Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:

Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height.

Yes

Kneeling

Yes

Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs.

Yes

Walking

Yes

Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs.

Yes

Standing/Squatting

Yes

Straight pulling

Yes

Sitting

Yes

Pulling hand over hand

Yes

Pushing

Yes

Repeated bending

Yes

Stooping/Bending

Yes

Reaching above shoulder

Yes

Climbing Stairs

Yes

Simple grasping

Yes

Climbing Ladders

No

Dual simultaneous grasping

Yes

Depth Perceptions needed

Yes

Ability to see

Yes

Identify Colors

Yes

Operating office equipment

Yes

Twisting

Yes

Operating mechanical equipment

Yes

Crawling

No

Ability to read and write

Yes

Ability to Count

Yes

Ability to hear verbal communication without aid

Yes

Operating Personal Vehicle

Yes

Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication

Yes

Other: Ability to deal with stress

Yes

OSHA Category

III

B. Working Conditions: The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

C. Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

D. Aptitudes: HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW

Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3

Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3

Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2

Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to “visualize” objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2

Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3

Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2

Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly. 3

Finger Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with fingers in placing and turning motions. 3

Manual Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with hands in placing and turning motions. 3

Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination: Ability to move the hand and foot coordinately with each other in accordance with visual stimuli. 3

Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive and respond to similarities or differences in colors, shapes, or other values of the same or different color. To identify a particular color, or to recognize harmonious or contrasting color combinations, or to match color adequately. 3

I have read and reviewed my job description with my supervisor or designee and I understand the job I am expected to perform.

If applicable ____________ certification will be completed within _________ time frame of hire/transfer date.

Employee Signature: ________________________________ Date: ____________________

Transfer/Hire Date Effective: ________________________.

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