Inpatient Pharmacy Tech II

Baylor Scott & White Health•Temple, TX

About The Position

The Pharmacy Technician 2 helps distribute medications and perform related tasks. The technician can work independently, maintain a specialized area, and aid in pharmaceutical care. The role may support purchasing, receiving, auditing, sterile and nonsterile compounding, billing, informatics, medication reconciliation, licensing, contracting, and marketing. The technician enters medication orders, fills prescriptions according to their labels, verifies the correct product, dosage form, and charge quantity, and enters billing data. The role also involves filing paperwork, monitoring lost charges, ordering supplies, coordinating returns for credit, coordinating drug recalls, maintaining inventory and a clean, stocked work environment, compounding and admixing medications under pharmacist supervision, and performing IV admixtures using aseptic techniques when required. The technician answers simple questions from patients and medical staff under a pharmacist preceptor's supervision and delivers medications and carts to patients and floors. The scheduled shift is 7:00 AM–3:30 PM. The position requires working every other weekend and rotating holidays, with opportunities for additional hours during the week.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED equivalent.
One year of experience.
Hold one of the following from the Texas Board of Pharmacy: Registered Pharmacy Intern (RPH-INT) or Pharmacy Technician (PHT).
General knowledge of pharmacy care modalities, terminology, pharmaceutical calculations, drug use, aseptic techniques, standards, and equipment.
Knowledge of procedures and standards for labeling and dispensing prescription medications.
Ability to read, write, and follow instructions and flow chart protocols.
Ability to sort, check, count, and verify numbers.
Ability to follow safety, infection control, environmental, and isolation practices and procedures.
Excellent social skills to interact effectively with patients and staff.
General computer skills, including software applications, data entry, information security, electronic medical documentation, handheld scanning, and email.

Responsibilities

Maintain a specialized area of responsibility and assist with pharmaceutical care in areas including purchasing, receiving, auditing, compounding, billing, informatics, medication reconciliation, licensing, contracting, and marketing.
Enter medication orders and fill them according to the label, ensuring the correct product, dosage form, formulary charge quantity, and billing data.
Complete and file paperwork to support payment for and delivery of pharmacy supplies, and monitor lost charges.
Order supplies daily and coordinate returns for credit when pharmaceuticals have expired.
Coordinate the Drug Recall Process.
Maintain a clean, orderly, and fully stocked work environment according to established policies and procedures.
Perform inventory control, including stocking, cleaning, and facing prescription and OTC shelves.
Compound or admix ingredients for dispensing, cart fill, and sterile preparation under pharmacist supervision.
Perform IV admixtures using aseptic techniques and accepted regulatory standards when required.
Answer simple questions from medical staff and patients under a pharmacist preceptor's supervision.
Deliver medications to patients and deliver medication carts to floors daily.