Pharmacy Technician Senior

About the position

As a pharmacy technician, you ensure patient safety by accurately preparing and dispensing medications. Your efficiency in managing inventory and processing prescriptions allows pharmacists to focus on patient care. By providing excellent customer service and medication guidance, you enhance patient satisfaction and adherence to treatment plans. This is a casual position with day shift hours, Monday - Friday. Shifts are 8-hours per day with no weekend or holiday requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provides basic drug distribution and drug preparation services.
• Checks pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level; preparing labels; calculating quantities; assembling intravenous solutions, including chemotherapy and other pharmaceutical therapies.
• Double checks medication distribution, monitors controlled substances and provides backup for the Pharmacy Buyer.
• Leads work involving automated dispensing cabinets inventory and monitoring.
• Conduct double-check of medication using barcode scanning technology prior to restocking of Automated Dispensing Cabinets or unit dose cart fill.
• Prepare sterile parenteral medications for home infusion.
• Coordinate care with liaisons, RN Care Coordinator and bill staff.
• Manage patient paperwork and billing documentation.
• Assign medication pockets in Automated Dispensing Cabinets.
• Ensure timely loading and unloading of medications into Automated Dispensing Cabinets.
• Troubleshoot issues and malfunctioning equipment.
• Maintain controlled substance monitoring and inventory.
• Conduct routine audits to monitor for controlled substance diversion.
• Conduct in-depth investigation, as needed.
• Procure medications and pharmacy supplies.
• Process invoices.
• Monitor inventory and alert managers when unable to purchase sufficient supply.
• Identify alternate vendors, as needed.
• Conduct analysis of Automated Dispensing Cabinets Activity to optimize inventory and vend to refill ratio.
• Assist with maintenance of Automated Dispensing Cabinets.
• Complete special projects to optimize inventory.
• Prepare medications, parenteral products, and chemotherapy.
• Manage and support automated drug distribution by picking, delivering and restocking medications, and assisting with returns, waste, and reporting/resolution of discrepancies.
• Repackage and label bulk medications or split tablets into unit dose packaging.
• Complete quality assurance activities (e.g., medication expiration checking), as assigned.
• Provide customer service.
• Answer phone and directs calls to appropriate party.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age with education and/or experience needed to meet required functional competencies as listed on the job description.
• 0 to 2 years of experience as a Pharmacy Technician.

Nice-to-haves

• High school diploma or GED.
• Vocational or Technical Training from an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accredited pharmacy technician training program preferred.
• 2 to 5 years of pharmacy technician experience.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental
• PTO/Time Away
• Retirement Savings Plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term/Long-term Disability
• Paid Caregiver Leave
• Voluntary Benefits (vision, legal, critical illness)
• Tuition Reimbursement or Continuing Medical Education as applicable
• Student Loan Support Benefits to navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program