Littleton Adventist Hospital is a 231-bed, full-service medical center delivering quality care and Level II emergency care for more than 25 years. Located in the Denver suburb of Littleton, CO, the hospital is surrounded by residential neighborhoods, retail, dining, Littleton’s charming “old town” area, and abundant outdoor space with trails, nature centers and golf courses. In addition to numerous awards for care excellence, we are also leading the way in health care environmental sustainability. Our associates are actively engaged in protecting the health of our environment, working tirelessly to minimize the negative environmental impacts from our operations. Our sustainable achievements have been recognized with several local and national awards, including the Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award from Practice Greenhealth for three consecutive years (2014- 2016). View this shor video to learn why our associates love working here and how our mission and culture help to create fulfilling careers: https://centura-21.wistia.com/medias/e0qve9d10v

_Job Description/Job Posting ID: 127885_

_Recruiter Contact:_ AmyDonnelly@centura.org

_Clinic/Department:_ *7311 LAH PHARMACY *

_Hospital:_ *LITTLETON ADVENTIST HOSPITAL *

_Schedule:_ This is a full-time position requiring 40 hours per week

_Shift:_ Days

_Position Summary_

Assist pharmacists in promoting an organized and functional pharmacy service. Prepares medications for dispensing and maintains records.

_Minimum Education Requirements_

• High school diploma or equivalent

_Minimum Experience Requirements_

• 1-year hospital or retail pharmacy experience as applicable (completion of an Accredited Technician training course may substitute for experience)

• Working knowledge of computer systems.

_License/Certifications_

• PTCB

_Position Duties ( denotes an essential functions of the position)_*

Communication

• Alerts pharmacy director, coordinator, clinical coordinator, or pharmacist of immediate problems requiring corrective action in a timely manner.

• Screens nursing and physician inquires and phone calls by directing to appropriate pharmacist to ensure accurate and timely communication.

• Performs special projects, including the training of new technicians and overseeing their activities, and other activities as assigned to increase and improve level of service, skill level, and productivity.

• Attains professional growth by attending or participating in a minimum of 10 hours of continuing education annually.

Documentation

• Maintains patient and other records using pharmacy computers and manual systems to ensure timely and accurate patient billings and compliance with regulatory agencies.

• Facilitates maintenance of adequate supplies by logging needs in Want book.

• Processes daily I.V. slips, assisting the administrative secretary with workload statistics.

Medication Dispensing

• Inpatient setting:

• Accurately and in a timely manner fills unit dose cart, floor stock, medication orders, and delivers to patient care areas to ensure availability of orders drugs and supplies.

• Is knowledgeable in the use and stocking of automated medication cabinets.

• Accurately prepares I.V. admixtures, using sterile technique.

• Outpatient setting

• Accurately and in a timely manner, prepares prescriptions for pharmacist review and dispensing.

• Accurately compounds specialty items.

• Pre-packages and labels bulk medications for unit dose / unit of use dispensing with computer and associated equipment.

• Checks floor stock and / or pharmacy stock for outdates, over stock, and proper storage on a monthly basis to ensure the use of high quality medications.

• Maintains cost effective inventory of bulk items, utilizing soon to expire items quickly, and decreasing over stock of inventory.

• Demonstrates technical skill level in utilizing a variety of pharmaceutical competencies including, but not limited to calculations , aseptic technique and cytotoxic drug properties.

Important notification to applicants as of Nov. 20, 2014: Effective Jan. 1, 2015, Centura Health will no longer hire tobacco users in Colorado and Kansas. The change to our policy does not apply to associates hired on or before Dec. 31, 2014. Centura Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V.