Mission Cancer + Blood, part of University of Iowa Health Care is searching for someone t o assure safe, aseptic, efficient, and cost-effective preparation of chemotherapy, biologic therapy, and supportive care medications for administration to patients following all applicable regulations. To work collaboratively with the Clinical Practice Manager and Pharmacist to maintain adequate and cost-effective inventory of drugs and supplies.

Principal Responsibilities

·Appropriately mix and label chemotherapy, biologic therapy, and supportivecare medications.

·Unpacking daily drug order, verifying correctness, and refilling drugs into Lynxmachine.

·Unpacking supply orders, verifying correctness, and delivering to correct stocklocation.

·Stocking of mixing room, patient rooms, and other areas asneeded.

·Assistance in transporting needed drugs betweenoffices.

·Monitoring of investigational drug supplies andrecords.

·Back-up maintenance of Lynxmachines.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of principles of chemotherapy/biologiccompounding.
• Knowledge of brand and genericdrugs.
• Knowledge of mathematical calculation of chemotherapydosing.
• Knowledge of proper handling and disposal of hazardousdrugs.
• Knowledge of operations of biological safetycabinet.
• General knowledge of USP797/800 compliancerequirements.
• General knowledge of medical management of oncologypatient

MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

1. Registered with the Pharmacy Board at the time of hire.
2. National certification through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or the National Healthcareer Association (NHA). Must meet ongoing education requirements and maintain certification.
3. High school diploma or the equivalent.
4. Any combination of two years of post-high school experience and/or education in the natural sciences or satisfactory completion of an accredited pharmacy technician training program.

Special Qualifications:
• Ability to calculate ratios & proportions for pharmaceutical needs as demonstrated by a work sample.

Desired Qualifications:
• Knowledge of insurance and prior authorization requirements for coverage of medications
• Experience working in team environment
• Strong time management and organizational skills with an ability to focus and prioritize tasks
• Knowledge of windows-based computer programs
• Experience working in environment requiring accuracy
• Excellent customer service skills both over the phone and in person
• Previous work in oncology setting preferred.
• Specialty Pharmacy experience preferred.

Position and Application details:
Resume is preferred to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload the document and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission:
Job openings are posted for a minimum of 10 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.
Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process. For questions, please contact Brenna Ballo at brenna-ballo@uiowa.edu.