Medication History Specialist Tech
Summary
Job Description
Job Title: Medication History Specialist Technician
Location: Lancaster, PA
1.0 FTE - Day Shift - 8 hour shifts or 10 hour shifts available
Every 6th Weekend Rotation
One Summer & One Winter Holiday Requirement.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Responsible for independently obtaining prior to admission medication and allergy history, completing immunization, Hepatitis C, and vaccine screening on all direct admissions, patients from the Emergency Department, and day surgery patients to assist the organization in maintaining patient and medication safety. As an essential pharmacy team member, obtaining accurate and precise information by interviewing the patient helps avoid medication duplications, exclusions, and errors. The information obtained is entered into the electronic health record and utilized by multifaceted healthcare professionals throughout the hospital encounter. Knowledge of pharmaceutical terminology and metric systems is necessary, in addition to excellent customer service skills and the ability to effectively work and communicate with patients, clinicians, pharmacists, and multidimensional care team providers within the community.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:
Review, collect, update and enter prior to admission medications on the patients current medication list.
Complete computer entry of the home medications in a timely manner so information can be used as the foundation for the patient’s admission medication orders.
Responsible for gathering information from various resources (patient, family member, care giver, dispense history, physician orders, community pharmacies, mail order pharmacies, acute care facilities, etc.) to ensure a complete and accurate entry into the hospital’s electronic health record system.
Properly identify high-risk medications while alerting a Pharmacist and completing proper documentation in the hospital’s electronic record system (I-Vent).
Directly collaborates and communicates with the Pharmacist to resolve and issues related to the patient’s home medication list
Review, collect, update and enter prior to admission allergies on the allergy list (to include medications, environmental and food allergens) and update proper contraindications, intolerances and side effects caused by allergens.
Review, collect, update and enter immunizations (includes: Tdap, COVID, FLU, PNU) and order outstanding immunizations based off of the screening tool.
Complete proper screening of substance use and order consultations based off of the screening tool.
Complete proper screening of Hepatitis C and order lab testing basked off of the screening tool.
Review, educate and document Meds on the Move.
Review, educate and assist patients with MyChart Bedside enrollment.
Review, educate and document ‘Taking Medications While in the Hospital’ education with patient.
Complete proper discharge Medi-Set follow up.
Effectively communicates and collaborates with multifaceted health care professionals to maintain appropriate patient and medication safety and to help identify patient specific needs (language barriers, educational needs, financial needs, etc.)
Be familiar and comfortable working in high-risk environments (BHE, ED, isolation rooms, etc.)
Have knowledge of isolation procedures and protocols (annual N-95 Fit Testing is required).
Based on professional licensure, may provide additional services within the scope of their licensure and/or certification.
SECONDARY FUNCTIONS: The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:
Serve as a resource to provide onboarding training to new hires.
Data retrieval, analysis and entry into the hospital’s electronic health record.
Provide educational opportunities to the health system.
Other duties as assigned.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
High school diploma or successful completion of General Educational Development (GED) exam is required.
Must obtain 80% or higher on department administered exam on key elements of pharmaceutical knowledge and of the medication history intake process.
General computer skills.
Considerable knowledge of medication names (both trade and generic), their uses, doses, and routes of administration.
Must be able to identify medications based on markings.
Excellent patient interview skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with patients and other health care professionals.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Disclaimer: This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be a reflection of those principal job elements essential for recruitment and selection, for making fair job evaluations, and for establishing performance standards. The percentages of time spent performing job duties are estimates, and should not be considered absolute. The incumbent shall perform all other functions and/or be cross-trained as shall be determined at the sole discretion of management, who has the right to amend, modify, or terminate this job in part or in whole. Incumbent must be able to perform all job functions safely.
PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH offers the following benefits to employees:
- 100% Tuition Assistance at The Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences
- Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- Shift, Weekend and On-Call Differentials
- Health, Dental and Vision Coverage
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Retirement Savings Account with Company Matching
- Child Care Subsidies
- Onsite Gym and Fitness Classes
Disclaimer
PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.
Search Firm Representatives please read carefully: PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH as a result of the referral or through other means.