Pharmacy Technician

Lifepoint Health • Johnstown, PA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The pharmacy unit plays a vital role in ensuring the safe and effective use of medications for patients. The unit is responsible for dispensing medications accurately and efficiently, maintaining comprehensive medication inventory and control, including narcotics and controlled substances. This includes selecting, calculating, measuring, preparing (both sterile and non-sterile), packaging, labeling, charging, and crediting various pharmacy products like intravenous medications. In addition, the pharmacy ensures compliance with safety standards and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Current PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Certification Board) certification within 1 year of hire or actively pursuing certification (as determined by pharmacy management—not to exceed an additional 6 months) or Licensed Practical Nurse.
• High School graduate or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the in-patient and out-patient medication distribution and information management processes.
• Answer telephones and electronic messages.
• Enter, maintain, and assure the accuracy of all information in the Pharmacy Department’s patient database.
• Receive and process medication orders and prescriptions via medication order/entry-locate, assemble, package, and label drug doses (new orders, unit-dose cycle fill, and out-patient prescriptions), deliver completed orders.
• Clarify questionable requests and solve distribution problems.
• Post charges/credits for transactions that are not completed via order-entry.
• Assemble stock orders

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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