The work location for this position is in Lewiston, Idaho

This is a PRN position (On-Call - No Benefits) - you will receive an additional 15% PRN pay in lieu of benefits

Hours:  7:30am - 4:30pm

Job Summary:

• Improve medication safety by assisting pharmacists to collect up-to-date prior-to-admission medication lists for patient admitted to the hospital.
• Update and clarify allergy information in patients' records in an electronic health record.
• To optimize the medication reconciliation process and decrease the number of med errors due to incomplete or inaccurate information.
• Oversee ADC controlled substance inventory management processes and proper counts (including monthly inventory)
• Ensure the timely resolution of ADC controlled substance discrepancies as supported by departmental policy and procedure
  • Review outliers in controlled substance transactions among ADC cabinet users and work with area user management when outliers are identified
  • Provide audits for pharmacy personnel when conducting daily ADC transaction activities
  • Provide audits for nursing medication administration, documentation, and waste
  • Deliver medications to the floors and refill ADCs
  • Monitor inventory and keep buyer abreast of all inventory issues
• Perform medication history gathering from patients, their pharmacies or other sources. 

Scion Health considers a consistently positive, cooperative, self-motivated, courteous, and professional attitude to be an essential function of every position.  While different positions have different primary areas of responsibility, everyone needs to work as a team, and we expect all employees to roll up their sleeves and pitch in as necessary to get the job done.

Employees must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions: (a) can get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes, (b) perform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, supervising, persuading, or speaking with others; and (c) respond appropriately to constructive feedback from a supervisor.

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g., emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

Required:

• High school diploma, or GED
• Idaho State or Technician in Training License required upon hire
• PTCB/NHA Certification required within 1 year of hire to qualify for Certified Pharmacy Technician ladder

Preferred:

• Some college education

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