Advanced Practice Pharmacy Tech
About The Position
The licensed pharmacy technician may work in hospital, retail, or ambulatory infusion clinic settings and may specialize in areas such as inventory, automation, sterile processing, chemotherapy, or medication reconciliation. Assigned duties and work settings are agreed upon by the technician and pharmacy supervisor or directors. Technicians may be assigned to a variety of settings and skill sets. HonorHealth requires technicians in physician-based ambulatory clinics to be licensed to support floating, cross-coverage, and flexibility across pharmacy practice settings. The role includes general pharmacy technician duties and may include additional duties specific to the assigned specialty. General work includes preparing prescription orders, supporting medication dispensing and automated dispensing systems, handling controlled substances, assisting with inventory, maintaining records and quality checks, and keeping workspaces clean. Specialized duties may include sterile compounding, inventory purchasing and control, pharmacy automation support, ambulatory infusion services, retail pharmacy operations, or medication reconciliation.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Arizona State Board of Pharmacy Licensed Pharmacy Technician (LPT) license.
- Other pharmacy technician experience or completion of a formalized technician training program.
Nice To Haves
- Completion of a formalized Technician Training Program.
- Three years of pharmacy technician experience in retail, hospital, infusion clinics, medication reconciliation, or wholesaler settings.
- Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) certification issued by PTCB or ExCPT.
- Pharmacy Technician Diploma.
Responsibilities
- Follow State Board of Pharmacy, DEA, and FDA rules and regulations.
- Prepare prescription orders, including sterile and non-sterile preparations, hazardous and non-hazardous preparations, and unit-dose oral solids; ensure pre-packaging records are complete.
- Support medication dispensing and use automated dispensing machines, including preparing cart fills, stocking and restocking, running reports, and entering required documentation.
- Retrieve narcotics and comply with requirements for controlled-substance distribution.
- Assist with drug inventory maintenance, purchasing, wholesaler credits and returns, stocking and restocking, expiration-date monitoring, and unit inspections.
- Maintain clean workspaces and temperature-control logs.
- For IV room assignments, compound sterile and non-sterile pharmaceuticals, including chemotherapy, TPN, and IV admixtures; maintain required quality-assurance documentation and ensure products meet departmental guidelines.
- For inventory specialist assignments, manage purchasing and inventory control, review stock, validate invoices, maintain inventory levels, communicate shortages and high-cost or high-volume drug issues, coordinate recalls and transfers, and manage hospital formulary inventory.
- For automation assignments, oversee hospital automation equipment and support workflows for automated dispensing machines, unit-dose packagers, and other pharmacy technology.
- For ambulatory infusion clinic assignments, prepare and deliver sterile and hazardous medications, complex IV admixtures, chemotherapy, and biotherapy admixtures; manage planning, purchasing, and inventory; and collaborate with physicians and clinical staff on dosing, standardization, and quality metrics.
- For retail or specialty pharmacy assignments, assist under pharmacist supervision with receiving prescriptions, filling and dispensing, responding to patient queries, maintaining records, and assisting with insurance authorizations and manufacturer assistance programs.
- For medication reconciliation assignments, obtain, verify, and document medication histories in the electronic medical record accurately and promptly; interview patients or others involved in their care under pharmacist supervision.
- Interact professionally with patients, visitors, physicians, and hospital staff in accordance with organizational values.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Education Level
High school or GED
