- • The individual providing Pharmacy Technician services under this award must have completed a formal Pharmacy Training Program with at least 24 months of course credit and a satisfactorily completed internship.
- • The applicant must have at least 1 year of Pharmacy Technician experience.
- • Must have a current CPR certification.
- • Experience working in a correctional environment is preferred, but not required.
- • The applicant must possess knowledge of methods, techniques, and procedures to perform job activities on various types of medical equipment and automated systems and of safety principles and infection control in the patient care environment.
- • Possess the ability to relate and deal effectively with Physicians, peers, inmates, and others; to recognize, report, and record changes in patient's physical and emotional condition; and to administer medication.
- • Current Proof of Vaccinations, including Covid.
- • Current 2-Step TB Test, within the past year.
Description of Duties
- • Assist the staff pharmacist in ordering, stocking, storing, and dispensing of prescription and non-prescription medications while demonstrating knowledge of the budgetary guidelines and BOP Formulary constraints.
- • Maintain pharmacy areas in a clean and orderly fashion consistent with departmental safety and sanitation guidelines.
- • Assist the pharmacist in maintaining stock of up-to-date medications (checking for outdates per policy) in the main pharmacy, satellite camp, crash carts, emergency bags and Automated Dispensing Systems.
- • Assist the Pharmacist with maintaining stock of forms as needed and updating Pill Line/Restricted Medication cards for inmates as well as filing Medication Administration Records into the Medical Record.
- • Assist the Pharmacist in preparing unit dose or pre-packaged medications.
- • Complete and maintain competency as indicated by the ability to complete the Pharmacy Competency Module while maintaining knowledge of BOP Formulary and any changes to this document.
- • Maintain the narcotics count and the needle and syringe inventories.
- • Maintain and re-stock adequate supplies for the "Night Stock" cabinet, and perform audits of the "Night Stock" or Automated Dispensing System.
- • Possess a working knowledge and maintain technical computer skills pertaining to pharmacy issues.
- • Must participate in Improving Organizational Performance Data and Quality Assurance Activities as directed by the Pharmacist or HSA.
- • Perform minor clerical duties; such as use of BOP electronic medical record, computer documentation and scheduling, scanning documents, filing, typing, call-outs, institutional memorandums, answering phones, scheduling patients and maintaining stock records.
- • 401k.
- • Healthcare, Dental and Vision insurance.
- • Short-term and long-term disability.