Registered Pharmacy Technician (Evenings)

Texas Children's Medical Center • Houston, TX

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About The Position

A Registered Pharmacy Technician assists the pharmacist with preparing, repackaging, compounding, filling, and delivering medications, as well as other dispensing-related tasks. Work is performed in a manner developmentally appropriate for patients from birth through adulthood.

Requirements

• Registered Pharmacy Technician credential from the State Board of Pharmacy, or Pharmacy Intern status, is required.
• Forty hours of training in compounding sterile products accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education or the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is required.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPHT) certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board is preferred.
• Two years of pharmacy technician experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Process prescriptions and medication orders and prepare medications.
• Ensure proper distribution and delivery of pharmaceutical and supply shipments.
• Ensure doses are delivered within established departmental time-frame standards.
• Complete and document daily and monthly activity checklists, including expired-drug checks, cleaning assignments, and ordering supplies and forms.
• Check all available means of communication, including email and mailbox, every shift.
• Complete daily filing, including medication orders and stop orders.
• Work with Materials and Logistics to maintain adequate stocks of medications and supplies.
• Assist with implementing new formulations for manufactured products, new repackaged products, and product deletions; update the Master Formulation Book in pharmacy areas, distribute or pull stock, and maintain the M&R computer program.
• Inspect pharmacy areas weekly to ensure adequate supplies of drug-accountability logs and study drugs, and to prepare for scheduled patient study visits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed