Laboratory/Pharmacy Veterinary Technician
Location
Portsmouth, NH | United States
Job description
Laboratory/Pharmacy technician
Port City Veterinary Referral Hospital is a 24-hour emergency/critical care and specialty veterinary hospital dedicated to providing compassionate medical care to the dogs and cats entrusted to our care. We understand that your pet is a part of your family and we strive to treat you and your pet with the utmost empathy and respect for your relationship and bond.
Primary duties will include:
- Follow hospital’s general policies and protocols.
- Prepare and fill medications for both outpatients and hospitalized patients where permitted by state law and in accordance to state law.
- Perform computer entry of prescription information including but not limited to: patient search, prescriber search, drug selection , prescription interpretation & entry, insurance billing and basic problem resolution.
- Assist with maintaining the Pharmacy department by keeping it clean and in order.
- Assist with drug inventory control,
- Follow appropriate hospital protocol for filling-controlled substances.
- Explain medications with the owners to assure they understand the doctor’s instructions using excellent customer service skills.
- Check prescription refill line, keeping daily log of requests and filling prescriptions daily.
- Manage the pharmacy log and ensure that refill requests are handled promptly.
- Entering all services into the hospital information system (client invoice).
- Entering laboratory results along with requisitions.
- Ability to prepare samples for inhouse and external lab
About You:
- 1 or more years of veterinary medicine experience
- You have excellent communication skills, teamwork capabilities and are courteous to clients.
- You can multitask and work independently, as well as communicate with doctors and technicians to maintain workflow and excellent patient care.
- Have exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to perform basic drug calculations.
- You are proficient in using Microsoft Word and Outlook and have basic Microsoft Excel skills. .
- This position is in a 24 -hour, 365 day per year hospital and will require two holiday shifts per year.
- Ability to run in house lab equipment
- Basic cytology ski lls
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