Certified Pharmacy Technician - Rotating 1st and 2nd Shift

Employment Type: Full time • Shift: Rotating Shift

About the Role

The Certified Pharmacy Technician assists the pharmacist in ensuring timely and accurate provision of medications to patients. Responsibilities are performed under the direct supervision of a pharmacist and include unit dose dispensing, sterile and non-sterile compounding, medication packaging, inventory control, record keeping, billing, and use of equipment and automated technology.

Mount Carmel offers an elevated Certified Pharmacy Tech – Sterile Compounding compensation program for all sterile compounding trained technicians, regardless of prior experience. Following completion of our standardized training program, all signed-off technicians will be approved for elevated compensation.

Responsibilities

• Establish a working identity with the Pharmacy Team and build upon the culture following in-depth, role-specific training.
• Prepare sterile products (including chemotherapy) using aseptic technique, in compliance with regulatory standards.
• Prepare non-sterile products (including hazardous medication), in compliance with regulatory standards.
• Repackage bulk oral medication using Parata Systems and Medical Packaging Inc robots.
• Facilitate medication dispensing via Automated Dispensing Cabinets on patient care units.
• Assist in dispensing orders/prescriptions through the pharmacy inventory system.
• Assist in inventory control by processing the daily Pharmacy Department order; ensure proper stock rotation, storage, and appropriate expiration dating. Escalate medication and non-medication orders to the Purchasing Team.
• Assist the department with proper billing of patients and other units.

Requirements

• High school graduation or equivalent.
• Approved Pharmacy Technician Certification.
• Active registration as a Certified Technician with the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy.
• Previous pharmacy technician experience is preferred.
• Effective communication skills.
• Aptitude in mathematical manipulations (ratios, proportions, multiplication, division, decimals, and fractions).
• Desire to build a career and elevate working pharmacy knowledge to the extent of Certified Pharmacy Technician Certification.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision with coverage starting on day one.
• Retirement savings account with employer match starting on day one.
• Generous paid time off programs.
• Employee recognition programs.
• Tuition/professional development reimbursement starting on day one.
• RN to BSN tuition 100% paid at Mount Carmel’s College of Nursing.
• Relocation assistance (geographic and position restrictions apply).
• Employee Referral Rewards program.
• DailyPay – eligible colleagues can see daily earnings and transfer money before payday.
• Opportunity to join Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Colleague Resource Groups.