Job Description

GENERAL SUMMARY: Under the direction of the Department Director or Manager, coordinates and facilitates operations in key department areas such as automation and information services, pharmaceutical waste management, regulatory readiness, purchasing and inventory control, controlled substances diversion monitoring, and other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Approximately 65% of responsibilities are related to automation and associated activities. Works closely with pharmacy, nursing and other multidisciplinary teams within each business unit.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Provides all services and functions provided by Pharmacy Technicians as necessary and assigned.
2. Act as a full-participants project teams, interacting with other departmental representatives to assure operational objectives are met.
3. Serves as a liaison to Nursing Management to monitor and communicate medication discrepancies with aid to resolution.
4. Communicates and provides usage reports to Nursing Management regarding controlled drug dispensing trends of staff nurses in order to monitor for diversion. Coordinates interdisciplinary meetings at the direction of the pharmacy manager or director to review findings as necessary.
5. Serve as the primary resource for the application-specific creation of user IDs and passwords specific to the automated dispensing systems and software applications. Maintains User IDs in user database/server. Works closely with Nursing Education to add new nursing orientees to database and with Human Resources for removing IDs of those listed as Terminated.
6. Serve as the initial and primary contact for issues specific to the departmental IS, relating to Automated Dispensing Systems, for business unit staff and other professional end users of department specific software, for I.S. and for the
vendor.
7. Maintains drug database with additions and deletions of medications and or types of medications within automated dispensing systems.
8. Coordinates and monitors medication restocking processes for automated dispensing devices including provisions for monitoring expirations dates and retrieval of outdated medications.
9. Monitors Secure C2 Safe and resolves narcotic accounting discrepancies and communicates any discrepancies to the Director or Manger of Pharmacy Services.
10.Monitors, investigate and follows-up on all chain of custody concerns regarding the handling and documentation of Controlled Substances
11.Works with department leadership to design and implement process changes in assigned focus areas.
12.Serve as the primary staff resource for the determination of and production of training materials both for formal and informal training. Serves as primary trainer for new staff in assigned focus areas.
13.Serves as an assistant to and back-up for departmental commodities specialists/buyers.
14.Works with manager and/or supervisor to write staff schedules as assigned.
15.Other duties as assigned by department leadership.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
\xef\x82\xb7 Requires high school diploma or GED
\xef\x82\xb7 Requires at least 2 years of experience as an inpatient pharmacy technician
\xef\x82\xb7 2 years of experience with automated pharmacy dispensing systems preferred

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:
\xef\x82\xb7 Valid State of MI pharmacy technician licensure required

Additional Details

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

Overview

Under the leadership of President and CEO Robert G. Riney, Henry Ford Health is a

$6 billion integrated health system comprised of six hospitals, a health plan, and 250+ sites

including medical centers, walk-in and urgent care clinics, pharmacy, eye care facilities and

other healthcare retail. Established in 1915 by auto industry pioneer Henry Ford, the health system

now has 32,000 employees and remains home to the 1,900-member Henry Ford Medical Group, one

of the nation\'s oldest physician groups. An additional 2,200 physicians are also affiliated with the

health system through the Henry Ford Physician Network. Henry Ford is also one of the region\'s

major academic medical centers, receiving between $90-$100 million in annual research funding and

remaining Michigan\'s fourth largest NIH-funded institution. Also an active participant in medical

education and training, the health system has trained nearly 40% of physicians currently practicing

in the state and also provides education and training for other health professionals including nurses,

pharmacists, radiology and respiratory technicians. visit .

Benefits

Whether it\'s offering a new medical option, helping you make healthier lifestyle choices or

making the employee enrollment selection experience easier, it\'s all about choice. Henry

Ford Health has a new approach for its employee benefits program - My Choice

Rewards. My Choice Rewards is a program as diverse as the people it serves. There are

dozens of options for all of our employees including compensation, benefits, work/life balance

and learning - options that enhance your career and add value to your personal life. As an

employee you are provided access to Retirement Programs, an Employee Assistance Program

(Henry Ford Enhanced), Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Time Off, Employee Health and Wellness, and a whole host of other benefits and services. Employee\'s classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is

committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to

race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,

weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,

or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.

Henry Ford Health System