GENERAL SUMMARY:

Henry Ford Behavioral Health Hospital – West Bloomfield

Eligible for Full Time Benefits

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.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides all services and functions provided by Pharmacy Technicians as necessary and assigned.

• Act as a full-participants project teams, interacting with other departmental representatives to assure operational objectives are met.

• Serves as a liaison to Nursing Management to monitor and communicate medication discrepancies with aid to resolution.

• Communicates and provides usage reports to Nursing Management regarding controlled drug dispensing trends of staff nurses to monitor for diversion. Coordinates interdisciplinary meetings at the direction of the pharmacy manager or director to review findings as necessary.

• 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.

• 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.

• Maintains drug database with additions and deletions of medications and or types of medications within automated dispensing systems.

• Coordinates and monitors medication restocking processes for automated dispensing devices including provisions for monitoring expirations dates and retrieval of outdated medications.

• Monitors Secure C2 Safe and resolves narcotic accounting discrepancies and communicates any discrepancies to the Director or Manger of Pharmacy Services.

• Monitors, investigate and follows-up on all chain of custody concerns regarding the handling and documentation of Controlled Substances

• Works with department leadership to design and implement process changes in assigned focus areas.

• 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.

  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 duties. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above

  EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Requires high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent.

• Requires at least two (2) years of experience as an inpatient pharmacy technician(for inpatient setting) OR two (2) years of experience as a pharmacy technician for all others.

• Two (2) years of experience with automated pharmacy dispensing systems preferred.

• PC skills as needed to perform job functions as assigned.

• Strong verbal/written skills; availability for on-call system support; highly analytical ability to solve complex technical problems.

• Ability to work designated shifts, including weekends and holidays.

• Ability to function in a fast-paced environment with established time constraints.

• Flexibility to deal with ever-changing health care environment.

• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects.

  CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:

• Valid State of MI pharmacy technician licensure required.

Additional Information

• Organization: Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital

• Department: HFWB Central Pharmacy

• Shift: Day Job

• Union Code: Not Applicable

  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

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers .

Benefits

The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees 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.