Hospital Pharmacy Technician

About the role

Join our PharMerica team! PharMerica is a closed-door pharmacy where you can focus on fulfilling the pharmaceutical needs of our long-term care and senior living clients. We offer a non-retail pharmacy environment. Our organization is in high growth mode, which means advancement opportunities for individuals who are looking for career progression!

Responsibilities

• 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
• Checks in drugs and supplies, stocks shelves, and removes out-of-date items from the inventory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
• Processes returned medications from the facility for credit or destruction
• Aids in the training of new employees
• Performs at least one of the following: Works in the Controlled Drugs (Narcotics) Room; Works with automated machine to prepack drugs; Manages inventory functions such as monitoring pharmaceutical levels and identifying expired medications, managing to the pharmacy standard for Days on Hand; Inputs patient data and medication orders into a computer system to produce labels (data entry); Mixes/packages IV medications, sanitizes IV room, equipment and hood; Services facility-based medication dispensing machines (e.g., RxNow)
• 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

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance benefits
• Company paid STD and LTD
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Discount Program
• 401k
• Paid-time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Non-retail/Closed-door environment

Schedule

Flexible schedules

Pay

Competitive pay

Skills

Attention to detail, goal-oriented, team player, effective oral communication

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance benefits
• Company paid STD and LTD
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Discount Program
• 401k
• Paid-time off
• Tuition reimbursement