Advanced Pharmacy Tech, Acute Care IV Room Pipeline, 4K Bonus

UT Southwestern Medical Center•Dallas, TX

About The Position

The Advanced Pharmacy Technician works under the supervision of a Pharmacy Technician Coordinator, Pharmacy Technician Supervisor, or Pharmacy Manager. This is a full-time rotating-shift position covering days and evenings, with required weekend work. The technician coordinates workflow and provides leadership and training to other technicians while supporting pharmacy operations across advanced concentration areas. Staff spend 80% of staffed hours in one or more advanced pharmacy technician concentration areas. Depending on the assigned concentration, responsibilities may include medication inventory and procurement, controlled-substance management, operation and troubleshooting of pharmacy equipment and software, sterile and hazardous compounding, and investigational drug services. Sterile compounding work includes preparing medications for adults, pediatrics, and neonates, using aseptic technique and safely handling hazardous medications, including chemotherapy. The role also supports compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, quality standards, and patient-service expectations. The position requires prolonged standing and walking, occasional lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds, and other physical activities such as reaching, bending, and crouching. The stated work setting is an office setting.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Four years of experience as a pharmacy technician.
Two years of experience in an advanced pharmacy technician concentration area.
Registration with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy as a Registered Pharmacy Technician, or registration as a Pharmacist Intern, upon hire.
For Sterile & Hazardous Compounding and Investigational Drug Services only: sterile compounding (IV) certification accredited by ACPE upon hire.
Basic Life Support course accredited by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross upon hire.
Basic computer skills, data entry, and filing skills.
English speaking, reading, and writing skills.
Good organizational skills.
Good general health and ability to cope with stress.
Ability to perform moderate physical effort, including prolonged standing and walking, occasional lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds, reaching, bending, and crouching.
Ability to work rotating day and evening shifts and weekends.

Nice To Haves

Previous sterile compounding experience.
National certification as a Certified Compounded Sterile Preparation Technician (PTCB).

Responsibilities

Perform job duties in accordance with organizational and departmental policies, procedures, performance improvement objectives, and environmental and infection-control standards.
Coordinate daily workflow in the assigned area and provide leadership to other technicians.
Make sound decisions, accept responsibility, and maintain competency in multiple areas.
Serve as a knowledge and training resource for assigned areas and work to improve those areas.
Receive and triage incoming calls from patients, nurses, physicians, and others, prioritizing requests according to urgency or nature.
Participate in teaching activities, including precepting pharmacy technicians, pharmacy students, pharmacists, and other healthcare practitioners.
Participate in educational programs, in-services, meetings, new-employee orientation, and training.
Maintain a clean, orderly, and appropriately stocked work environment and treat coworkers, property, and resources respectfully.
Audit and sign out controlled substances in accordance with applicable guidelines and policies; identify and correct discrepancies, report unusual usage patterns, inspect medication areas, and appropriately remove and document expired medications.
Multitask and solve problems independently and effectively with minimal supervision.
Manage and monitor medication inventory, including investigational and controlled substances, with appropriate documentation, inventory controls, and discrepancy resolution.
Operate and troubleshoot specialty machinery, equipment, devices, and software used in pharmacy operations.
Generate and analyze automated dispensing cabinet reports and compare them with medication administration records.
Monitor temperatures in rooms, refrigerators, and freezers; rebuild code cart trays and create drug kits as needed.
Order, ship, receive, retrieve, and document pharmacy inventory activities using applicable systems.
Prepare sterile admixtures for adults, pediatrics, and neonates using proper aseptic technique; safely handle hazardous medications, including chemotherapy, and deliver medications promptly.
Compound, package, and label sterile and non-sterile products in accordance with USP regulations and perform pharmaceutical calculations.
Perform terminal cleaning and use a PAPR unit when cleaning under the CACI under applicable circumstances.
Operate specialty equipment and prepare special products or delivery devices, including CADD devices, AIM, and elastomeric pumps.
Apply sterile-compounding standards, sterility-testing systems, and applicable state board of pharmacy rules.
Support investigational drug services by managing study medication, preparing investigational sterile admixtures, understanding research protocols, and maintaining study-drug inventory.
Work with research study monitors and auditors, develop study procedures, and troubleshoot issues arising in investigational drug services.
Perform other duties as assigned.