Pharmacy Technician Trainee

CommonSpirit Health • Bismarck, ND

9d

About The Position

Pharmacy Technician in Training: Launch Your Career in Healthcare! The Pharmacy Technician Trainee is responsible for assisting the Pharmacist in medication preparation, inventory management, and distribution, requiring extreme accuracy and attention to detail. The Pharmacy Technician Trainee has responsibility for assisting licensed Technicians with controlled substances management, meeting DEA, FDA, and state regulations, and has access to and manages medication storage areas using pharmacy automation. The Pharmacy Technician Trainee applies pharmacy knowledge and experience to identify variances and outliers in clinical practice to prevent medication errors. The Pharmacy Technician fields and triages calls and questions regarding medication distribution, assisting other caregivers within their scope of practice. Permissible activities of a pharmacy technician trainee. Acting in compliance with all applicable statutes and rules and under the supervision of a pharmacist, a pharmacy technician trainee may assist a graduate intern, pharmacy intern, or pharmacist with the following when applicable to the pharmacy practice site: ● Record on the original prescription order the prescription serial number and date dispensed; ● Initiate or accept verbal or electronic refill authorization from a medical practitioner or medical practitioner’s agent and record, on the original prescription order or by an alternative method approved by the Board or its designee, the medical practitioner’s name, patient name, name and quantity of prescription medication, specific refill information, and name of medical practitioner’s agent, if any; ● Record information in the refill record or patient profile; ● Type and affix a label for a prescription medication or enter information for a new or refill prescription medication into a computer, if a pharmacist verifies the accuracy and initials in handwriting or by another method approved by the Board or its designee the finished label prepared by the technician before the prescription medication is dispensed to the patient; ● Reconstitute a prescription medication, if a pharmacist checks the ingredients and procedure before reconstitution and verifies the final product after reconstitution; ● Retrieve, count, or pour a prescription medication, if a pharmacist verifies the contents of the prescription medication against the original prescription medication container or by an alternative drug identification method approved by the Board or its designee; ● Prepackage drugs; and ● Measure, count, pour, or otherwise prepare and package a drug needed for hospital inpatient dispensing, if a pharmacist verifies the accuracy, measuring, counting, pouring, preparing, packaging, and safety of the drug before the drug is delivered to a patient care area. If you're ready to make a tangible difference in patients' lives and kickstart a rewarding career in pharmacy, apply today!

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• Obtain Pharmacy Assistant license in the state in which the employee works if available or necessary
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Excellent knowledge of drug names desired with the expectation of continuing education on new drugs

Responsibilities

• assisting the Pharmacist in medication preparation
• inventory management
• distribution
• assisting licensed Technicians with controlled substances management
• meeting DEA, FDA, and state regulations
• managing medication storage areas using pharmacy automation
• identify variances and outliers in clinical practice to prevent medication errors
• fields and triages calls and questions regarding medication distribution
• assisting other caregivers within their scope of practice

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED