Pharmacy Technician Specialist

Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota • Minneapolis, MN

4h • Onsite

About The Position

Children’s Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children’s Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, nine primary care clinics, multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts™ in our region, Children’s Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children’s hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit childrensMN.org . Children’s Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023’s Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy, care delivery, and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry. Position Summary The Pharmacy Technician Specialist advances the mission of the Pharmacy Department by providing a high-quality service resource via unique or specialized pharmacy tasks. They work in a partnership role with Pharmacists and Pharmacy leaders to bring a greater amount of focus to bear on support of mission critical areas where staff are uniquely trained or authorized. The Pharmacy Technician Specialist carries out technical aspects of safe medication preparation for the treatment of patients under the supervision of a Pharmacist or Specialist. This individual is also responsible for administrative responsibilities for the assigned area, such as pharmacy record keeping and inventory control in collaboration with a Pharmacist or Specialist. Other medication management and patient and family assistance duties will be assigned, according to the specialty area. The Pharmacy Technician Specialist will work jointly with others to conduct audits and analyses in assigned areas of responsibility to ensure compliance and risk mitigation. Findings are reported to pharmacy leadership for gap analysis and process improvement recommendations. Staff in this position are comfortable with autonomy. Location (e.g. remote or on-site): On-site. For some roles, remote work may be appropriate.

Requirements

• Registered Pharmacy Technician in the state of Minnesota (required)
• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) within 1 year of hire (required)
• Associate or higher college graduate degree, or foreign equivalent, or five years of experience in a pharmacy environment or healthcare industry (required)
• Three years working in a pharmacy environment or a combination of equivalent experience suitable for preparation of the individual to work within the specialized pharmacy service (required)
• Experience working within a pharmacy computer system or electronic health record (required)
• Constitutional skills: able to work independently and prioritize, responsible, adaptable, trusted, creative, problem solver, critical thinker, time management, organized, reliable, dependable, strong work ethic, detail-oriented, focused, committed to learning, team player, ownership
• Consistently self-directed, independent and autonomous in areas of responsibility
• Strong interpersonal skills, written and verbal
• Comfortable working with computer programs, such ask MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams)

Nice To Haves

• Leadership experience (preferred)
• Experience with dispensing, sterile and non-sterile compounding, and hazardous substances (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Carries out technical aspects of safe medication preparation for the treatment of patients under the supervision of a Pharmacist or Specialist.
• Responsible for administrative responsibilities for the assigned area, such as pharmacy record keeping and inventory control in collaboration with a Pharmacist or Specialist.
• Other medication management and patient and family assistance duties will be assigned, according to the specialty area.
• Work jointly with others to conduct audits and analyses in assigned areas of responsibility to ensure compliance and risk mitigation.
• Findings are reported to pharmacy leadership for gap analysis and process improvement recommendations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree