Essential functions are the duties and responsibilities that are essential to the position (not a task list). o not include if less than 5% of work time is spent on this duty. Be specific without giving explicit instructions on how to perform the task. Do not include duties that are to be performed in the future. Duties should be action oriented and avoid vague or general

Order Verification Reviews medication orders and patient profiles for drug/drug and drug/allergy interactions and therapeutic duplications . Makes recommendations to providers and documents interventions. Participates in monitoring medications for safety and effectiveness . Medication Dispensing Perform medication verification as required by law. Oversee technician prepar

Professional Judgement Functions Practices pharmaceutical care. Conducts prospective drug use review or evaluates a patient's medication record for purposes of promoting therapeutic appropriateness and ensuring rational drug therapy. Provides, documents, and retains a record of the final verification for the accuracy, validity, completeness, or appropriateness of a medica

Prepare and delivery non sterile medications to nursing units and ancillary departments per schedule and as needed. Miscellaneous Refrigerator temps documentation, process admission, discharge and transfer labels, purge Pyxis, place Cardinal order, and tasks as directed. Qualifications Registered with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy as a Certified Pharmacy Technician Ability t

Pick and deliver drugs to patient care areas, including the restocking of automated medication distribution system components. Perform packaging, manipulative or repetitive tasks relating to the processing of a medication order. Affix required labels upon any container of drug. Prepackage or label multi dose and single dose packages of drugs. Perform drug compounding proc

Medication Preparation Receive medications into stock. Performs non sterile compounding and completes required documentation . Prepare medication orders for pharmacist verification. Deliver and stock medications throughout the hospital. Departmental Support Assess medication storage areas, identifying and replacing outdated and unusable medications. Collect data, conduct

Understands and uses all functions of computer systems. Ongoing commitment to reducing costs and improving productivity in the pharmacy department. Dispenses medications accurately and efficiently for inpatients and outpatients. Maintains positive interpersonal skills with patients, family, physicians, managers, staff, community and all constituencies. Maintains inventory

Telephone Consultation and Data Collection Works under minimal supervision to provide clinical information and case management advice for telephone calls received by the Iowa Poison Control Center. Clinical oversight and medical directorship provided by physician medical toxicologists based at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Answers drug information questions

Prescription Filling Selecting correct medication to fill, counting out, placing in appropriate dispensing container Data Entry Taking a prescription, in different forms, or patient specific data and entering the information into the patient profile. Clinical Excellence/Customer Service Receiving/Clarifying incoming prescriptions and assisting patients over the phone or i

Medication Preparation Receive medications into stock. Performs non sterile compounding per regulations and completes required documentation. Performs sterile compounding per regulations and completes required documentation. Prepare medication orders for pharmacist verification. Medication Distribution Deliver and stock medications throughout the hospital. Departmental Su

Performs routine lab testing in hematology, blood bank, special chemistry, chemistry and microbiology departments following proper laboratory procedure and follow up of critical lab values Performs and verifies quality control and instrument maintenance and troubleshooting Qualifications Bachelor degree in chemical, physical, biological or clinical laboratory science or m

Performs routine lab testing in hematology, blood bank, special chemistry, chemistry and microbiology departments following proper laboratory procedure and follow up of critical lab values Performs and verifies quality control and instrument maintenance and troubleshooting Qualifications Bachelor degree in chemical, physical, biological or clinical laboratory science or m

Demonstrates technical and operational expertise Performs testing and test procedures according to established policies and guidelines Interprets quality control results and instrument function Completes scheduled preventive maintenance duties Provides assistance and guidance involving repairs, validations, and function checks and works with vendors as appropriate Collect

Demonstrates technical and operational expertise Performs testing and test procedures according to established policies and guidelines Interprets quality control results and instrument function Completes scheduled preventive maintenance duties Provides assistance and guidance involving repairs, validations, and function checks and works with vendors as appropriate Collect

Completes all functions of testing in chemistry and hematology. Perform support functions such as specimen processing and phlebotomy. Qualifications Education must be obtained which is sufficient to allow certification under one of the MLT/MT (ASCP) Board of Registry examination routes. Must be eligible to take an appropriate registry examination (ASCP, NCA, or equivalent