Job Opening: Certified Pharmacy Technician
Description
Available Schedules: 9-5:30PM, 11am-7:30PM, and 2:30-11:30PM
Job Description:
- Fills prescription items, as permitted by the State Board of Pharmacy, packaging
medications for dispensing and for delivery, meeting the accuracy and productivity
standards of the pharmacy - Labels products appropriately, including cautionary or auxiliary labels
- Participates in the periodic inventory of the pharmacy
- May check in drugs and supplies, stock shelves and remove out-of-date items from the
inventory - Prepares medications including emulsions, liquids, powders and ointments, which may
include non-sterile compounding - Communicates with internal and external customers in a pleasant and professional
manner - May process returned medications from the facility for credit or destruction
- Assists in the training of new employees
- Also performs at least one of the following:
o Works in the Controlled Drugs (Narcotics) Room;
o Works with automated machine to prepack drugs;
o Manages inventory functions such as monitoring pharmaceutical levels and
identify expired medications, managing to the pharmacy standard for Days on
Hand;
o Inputs patient data and medication orders into a computer system to produce
labels (data entry);
o Mixes/packages IV medications, sanitizes IV room, equipment and hood - Services facility-based medication dispensing machines (e.g., Rx Now)
- Performs other tasks as assigned
Qualifications:
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Experience in a pharmacy setting and with medical terminology.
- Ability to operate a computer; ability to recognize and identify medications.
- Detail oriented; goal oriented, team player, effective oral communication.
- Pharmacy Technician license
Desired: Long Term Care pharmacy experience.