Pharmacy Tech Specialist (Full-time, Evenings)

Responsibilities

• Performs Performance Improvement (PI) activities, including managing Pharmacy dashboard, monthly data collection for various audits.
• Prepares and analyzes a variety of standard and customized management reports.
• Identifies trends and areas for improvement to pharmacy management.
• Maintains medication inventory and supports the pharmacy purchaser in preparing orders, ensuring accurate billing and shipment of orders, as well as reconciling, unpacking and restocking products into pharmacy automation systems.
• Monitors narcotic vault activity and promptly reports any issue to the pharmacy management.
• Responsible for monitoring appropriate discrepancies resolution, ensuring pharmacy discrepancies are resolved within a timely manner and analyzing monitoring reports.
• In the narcotic vault, performs receiving task of CDS, as appropriate.
• Conducts audits, including automated dispensing system audits (e.g. CDS discrepancies, and waste activities) to ensure that the respective practice standards are being followed.
• Partners with medication safety pharmacist to conduct overrides audits.
• Prepares data for discussion at weekly Inventory Management meetings.
• Helps develop and implement operational plans to prevent/manage medication shortages and their resultant impact to patient care.
• Manages all pharmacy medication recalls and completes monthly report submissions.
• Maintains records of medication recalls for FDA including but not limited to: Maintain electronic system for recall Report recalls to Environment of Care (EOM) monthly.
• Assists with adjusting staff assignments and workflow in response to staff call outs.
• Proposes formulary deletions based on data regarding usage trends to facilitate cost saving initiatives.

Qualifications

• Lic-Pharmacy Technician Reg (Required)
• Certified Pharmacy Technician - PTCB (Required)
• Current National “Certification for Pharmacy Technicians” (Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) certification required prior to employment.

Skills

• Strong organizational skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent communication skills
• Proficient in using pharmacy automation systems

Benefits

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region.