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Under the direct supervision of the Emergency Department licensed staff, will perform medication history assessments for new patients coming through the Emergency Department and for direct admissions to the hospital. Medication history information will be obtained from the patient directly or the patient's family, retail pharmacy or physician office. The technician will enter the medication history into the electronic patient database or will update the database if information already exists--this information will include: medication identified (i.e., drug, dose, route, frequency, indication for PRN, and last dose taken-date/time). Verify patient allergy information and ensure complete documentation (i.e., substance, allergy category, reaction description). Communicate completed medication history to supervising pharmacist, physician and/or nursing staff. In addition to these specialized responsibilities, the med history pharmacy tech will also be able to function as a standard pharmacy tech: Assisting pharmacists in preparing and distributing drugs, maintaining the drug inventory and maintenance of records; responsible for knowledge and application of hospital-wide corporate compliance policies as well as compliance issues for specific areas of accountability; other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities/Essential Functions:
Ability to navigate the ED tracking board and determine patient selectionAbility to navigate electronic Health data base and enter new medication history or update existingUses good clinical judgment skills to determine accuracy of medication history list as obtained; solicits other sources of information to verify accuracy.Collaborates with charge nurse and patient nurse to determine when patient can be interviewed.Has excellent knowledge of brand and generic medication names, common dosages and dosage forms and frequency of administration of each medication.Ability to communicate with patients of all education levels in an Emergency Department settingLogs into a workstation to input patient medication history; reviews clinical data base to determine if medication list exists for patientAssess incompleteness of current list of medications looking at drug, dose, frequency, indication for use.Establish rapport with patient to obtain medication history or determine if patient or family member can provide medication history or call patient's pharmacy or physician's office for medication historyDetermines time last dose of each medication was taken prior to admission for future schedulingDetermines compliance of medication consumption prior to admissionObtains indication for PRN medications and actual frequency of use of PRN medicationPrompts patient for additional medications, by specifically suggesting over the counter (OTCs) medications including herbals, vitamins, pain relievers, cold products patches, lotions & creams, eye drops, sprays, and inhalers.Determine if patient was on recent antibiotics prior to admissionObtain medication allergy history and related reactions to the medicationContributes to the safe and efficient operation of the Pharmacy Department.Takes initiative in doing miscellaneous functions within the department.Maintains responsible length of time for breaks as defined in the Employee Handbook.Demonstrates a positive attitude regarding telephone usage as outlined in the Employee Handbook.Volunteers for projects and willingly assists co-workers to complete daily responsibilities.Works as a team player and assists where needed.