Pharmacy Technician I- PRN Nights, Weekends

Texas Health•Dallas, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacy Technician I is responsible for the timely and accurate preparation, delivery, and storage of medications. This role involves ensuring the accuracy of their own work and maintaining required competencies and documentation, adhering to departmental quality improvement and patient safety standards. The technician will also focus on ongoing professional development, leading by example, perpetuating accountability, and managing their time effectively. Communication and the development of positive working relationships are key, as is role-modeling teamwork that reflects the Texas Health Promise Behaviors. Additionally, the technician will train new employees on routine tasks under supervision and share responsibility for minimizing pharmaceutical costs and discovering process efficiencies.

Requirements

H.S. Diploma or Equivalent is required
6 months of retail or hospital Pharmacy Technician experience is strongly preferred
RPhT - Registered Pharmacy Technician Upon Hire is required
Proficiency in written and verbal English language
Proficiency with computers
Ability to adapt to various software systems
Basic math including conversions, proportions, ratios, and algebra.
The ability to work alone and as part of a team.

Nice To Haves

Other IV Certification is preferred

Responsibilities

Timely and accurate preparation, delivery to the nursing units/appropriate departments & storage of medications, including (when appropriate) the use of technology to do so, varies by location.
Ensuring accuracy of one's own work as well as the maintenance of required competencies, and other documentation.
Must reflect consistently departmental quality improvement and Patient Safety standards, programs, and initiatives.
Ongoing professional development and growth, leads by example, perpetuates accountability, manages own time.
Communicate effectively, develop positive working relationships and role model teamwork that reflects the Texas Health Promise Behaviors.
Trains new employees on routine tasks, under the direction of designated personnel.
Shares the responsibility for minimizing pharmaceutical costs (including wastage) and discovering new process efficiencies.
Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.