The Oncology Pharmacy Technician will be expected to demonstrate ability to perform the following:
· Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
· Compounds medications, chemotherapy and biotherapy using proper aseptic technique.
· Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.
· Properly handle and dispose of hazardous drugs and waste materials following OSHA and NIOSH guidelines.
· Perform mathematical calculations to determine appropriate drug measurements for compounding of ordered medications.
· Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for missing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
· Enter and remove medications into and from the Nucleus System.
· Conduct routine medication inventories including monitoring for expired drugs and assist with inventory control of medications in the infusion room, storage room and satellite locations.
· Assist in ordering supplies and medication. Receive and restock medications.
· Maintain any necessary QA logs, including (but not limited to) cleaning logs, temperature logs, waste logs, expired and destroyed medication logs, and others.
· Participate in training and orientation of new employees as needed.
· Comply with the Summit Medical Group incident reporting policy and procedures.
· Adhere to all OSHA and Summit Medical Group training and accomplishments as required per policy.
· Provide other job duties as assigned.
· Report issues and concerns to supervising pharmacist and manager in a timely manner.
· Follow the established Intellidose Workflow