Retail Pharmacy Tech Trainee FT Days

Trinity Health•Mason City, IA

About The Position

MercyOne is hiring a Pharmacy Technician Trainee to learn pharmacy operations while studying toward certification. Within the limits of current training, the trainee works under the direct supervision of a Registered Pharmacist and the general supervision of a Licensed Technician. The role includes learning to prepare medication orders, including sterile and non-sterile compounds, and processing physician medication orders so medications are delivered promptly, accurately, and safely. The trainee helps ensure work complies with regulatory requirements for Pharmacy, Pharmacy Automation, Billing, Inventory, and USP 795/797, and provides courteous, cooperative, and timely service to patients, visitors, colleagues, and medical professionals. The position requires completion of assigned ASHP didactic modules and experiential learning activities, as well as passing related quizzes and tests. Under supervision, the trainee prepares, packages, and distributes medication orders according to established policies, procedures, protocols, requests, or assigned work. Other duties include maintaining medication and supply stock, supporting effective department operations, maintaining and filing logs and other documentation, answering the telephone and pneumatic tube, handling cash transactions, participating in department huddles, and performing related duties as assigned. The trainee must complete a 400-hour training program and acquire and maintain national pharmacy technician certification before the Pharmacy Technician in Training registration expires. The schedule is days with rotating shifts, varying between 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. and 10:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Applicants must be currently in high school or have a high school diploma or GED. Iowa registration as a pharmacy technician or technician trainee is required upon hire and before beginning work in the pharmacy.

Requirements

Currently enrolled in high school, or hold a high school diploma or GED equivalent.
Register with the State of Iowa as a pharmacy technician or technician trainee upon hire and before starting work in the pharmacy.
Acquire and maintain national certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or the National Health career Association before the Pharmacy Technician in Training registration expires.
Demonstrate basic aptitude for 8th-grade math and good written and verbal communication; these will be assessed at the initial interview.
Complete the required 400 hours of training.
Complete assigned ASHP didactic learning modules and experiential activities and pass related quizzes and tests.

Responsibilities

Learn to prepare medication orders, including sterile and non-sterile compounds.
Process physician medication orders to support prompt, accurate, and safe medication delivery.
Ensure work complies with regulatory requirements for Pharmacy, Pharmacy Automation, Billing, Inventory, and USP 795/797.
Provide courteous, cooperative, and timely service to patients, visitors, colleagues, and medical professionals.
Complete assigned ASHP didactic learning modules and experiential learning activities, and pass related quizzes and tests.
Under supervision, prepare, package, and distribute medication orders according to requests, assignments, and established policies, procedures, and protocols.
Maintain adequate stock of medications and supplies.
Contribute to effective and quality department operations and follow policies and procedures supporting patient care.
Maintain, file, and manage required logs, records, and other documentation.
Answer the telephone and pneumatic tube, and handle cash transactions.
Actively participate in department daily huddles.
Complete the 400-hour training program and obtain and maintain required national certification before the Pharmacy Technician in Training registration expires.
Perform other related duties as assigned.