Advanced Practice Pharmacy Tech- Compliance and Accreditation

HonorHealth•Phoenix, AZ

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Pharmacy Tech combines Outreach Technician duties with coordination of compliance and accreditation activities that support day-to-day pharmacy operations and ongoing readiness. The role is based in the Pharmacy Specialty department at HonorHealth’s NSSC location in Phoenix and is a hybrid position with a Monday–Friday day schedule. A $5,000 sign-on bonus is available. 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 depend on the technician’s agreed-upon work assignment with the pharmacy supervisor or directors. Technicians may be assigned to a variety of settings or skill sets. The role practices within State Board of Pharmacy, DEA, and FDA rules and regulations. General duties may include prescription preparation and dispensing, automated dispensing machine support, controlled-substance distribution, inventory activities, quality assurance checks, workspace cleanliness, and temperature logs. Specialized responsibilities vary by assignment and may include sterile compounding, inventory management, automation support, ambulatory infusion services, retail and specialty pharmacy work, or medication history collection and documentation.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Pharmacy Technician license issued by the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy (LPT).
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 work.
Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) certification from PTCB or ExCPT.
Pharmacy Technician Diploma.

Responsibilities

Coordinate compliance and accreditation activities supporting pharmacy operations and ongoing readiness.
Perform pharmacy technician duties within applicable State Board of Pharmacy, DEA, and FDA rules and regulations.
Prepare prescription orders, including sterile and non-sterile preparations, and perform unit-dose preparation of oral solids while ensuring pre-packaging records are complete.
Dispense medications and use automated dispensing machines such as Lynx and Pyxis.
Prepare automated dispensing machine cart fills, stock and restock machines, run reports, and enter required documentation.
Retrieve narcotics and follow requirements for controlled-substance distribution.
Assist with maintaining drug inventory levels, wholesaler credits and returns, stocking and restocking, expiration-date monitoring, unit inspections, quality assurance checklists, and temperature-control logs.
Maintain clean and clear workspaces in sterile and non-sterile areas.
When assigned to IV room duties, compound sterile or non-sterile pharmaceuticals, including chemotherapy, total parenteral nutrition, and IV admixtures; monitor quality assurance requirements and assist with IV room inventory.
When assigned inventory specialist duties, perform purchasing and inventory control, review stock and orders, validate invoices, maintain budget-based inventory levels, communicate critical shortages and high-cost or high-volume drugs, coordinate recalls and drug transfer logs, and manage formulary inventory.
When assigned automation duties, oversee hospital automation equipment and support workflows, technology projects, upgrades, and installation of equipment such as automated dispensing machines, unit-dose packagers, and DoseEdge.
When assigned ambulatory infusion duties, oversee medication-use activities and pharmacy services, prepare and deliver sterile and hazardous medications and complex IV, chemotherapy, and biotherapy admixtures, manage purchasing and inventory, and collaborate with physicians and clinical staff on dosing, standardization, and quality metrics.
When assigned retail or specialty pharmacy duties, assist under pharmacist supervision with receiving prescriptions, filling and dispensing, responding to patient queries, maintaining records, and assisting with insurance authorization and manufacturer assistance programs.
When assigned medication reconciliation duties, obtain, verify, and document medication histories in the electronic medical record through patient or family interviews, under pharmacist supervision, and interact professionally with patients, visitors, physicians, and hospital staff.
Perform other duties as assigned.