Pharmacy Technician

Appalachian Regional Healthcare • Martin, KY

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About The Position

The Certified Pharmacy Technician provides technical and supportive assistance within the pharmacy and supports inpatient and outpatient drug distribution, sterile product preparation, drug therapy-related research, and supply functions involving controlled substances, including Schedule II drugs and tax-free alcohol. The position performs duties under the supervision of the Director of Pharmacy or designee.

The technician performs pharmacy office and recordkeeping functions; coordinates workload; processes medication distribution, billing, crediting, and charging; manages pharmaceutical and supply inventories; and supports unit-dose distribution and automated dispensing systems. The role also includes preparing and compounding sterile products as required, maintaining emergency medication supplies, entering pharmacy and patient information, updating medication profiles for pharmacist review, repackaging and labeling medications, and delivering medications to nursing units and patients. The technician helps maintain a clean, organized, and aseptic pharmacy environment and may assist with research activities or prepare prescriptions for mailing.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Successfully complete Pharmacy Math and Computer Proficiency examinations.
• Demonstrated ability to perform pharmaceutical calculations accurately.
• Proficiency in computer applications and pharmacy information systems.
• No history of alcoholism, drug addiction, or indiscriminate use of habit-forming or dangerous drugs.
• No felony convictions or criminal record.
• National Pharmacy Technician Certification.
• Registration with the Board of Pharmacy as a Pharmacy Technician in Kentucky and West Virginia, or Pharmacy Technician Trainee registration in West Virginia only, as applicable.

Nice To Haves

• Six to twelve months of pharmacy experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform duties under the supervision of the Director of Pharmacy or designee.
• Type pharmacy-related correspondence, reports, memoranda, forms, requisitions, billing documents, prescription labels, product labels, and other documents.
• Perform routine office functions, including answering telephones, taking messages, distributing mail, and operating computers, printers, bar-code scanners, electronic ordering systems, adding machines, copiers, and other departmental equipment.
• Maintain and retrieve departmental records and files, including prescription records, patient profiles, cash receipts, controlled-substance records, and pharmacy supply records.
• Assess, organize, and coordinate workload to maximize productivity and ensure timely medication distribution.
• Perform medication distribution, billing, crediting, and charging functions within the unit-dose distribution system and outpatient pharmacy.
• Maintain inventories of pharmaceuticals and supplies by conducting inventories, placing orders, receiving shipments, and tracking order status and product availability.
• Stock and rotate pharmaceutical inventory, minimize expired medications, and maintain monthly expiration-date records.
• Perform unit-dose distribution of oral medications, injectables, large-volume parenterals, piggyback medications, compounded products, premixed formulations, and bulk medications.
• Maintain automated dispensing systems, including stocking, loading, unloading, generating reports, removing expired medications, and performing related maintenance.
• Prepare and compound sterile products as required.
• Maintain crash carts and emergency medication supplies.
• Enter medication orders, charges, credits, floor-stock usage, patient demographic information, and other pharmacy data into appropriate systems.
• Maintain current drug references and formulary information, provide medication information when appropriate, and refer clinical questions to a pharmacist as necessary.
• Update patient medication profiles for pharmacist review.
• Repackage and label medications for future distribution.
• Fill unit-dose carts, prepare prescription dosages, and deliver medications to nursing units and patients.
• Stock the pharmacy with vials, bottles, labels, packaging materials, and other necessary supplies.
• Help maintain a clean, organized, and aseptic pharmacy environment.
• Assist with drug therapy-related research activities as needed.
• Prepare prescriptions for mailing as needed.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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