Pharmacy Technician III

Schedule

PRN (as needed); every other weekend and every other holiday

About the role

Leads or contributes to compliance audits, documentation, and medication-use process improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Prepares reports, assists with compliance documentation, and supports operational accountability, transparency, and readiness for regulatory inspections and accreditation surveys.
• Collaborates actively with pharmacy staff, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to optimize patient care and ensure continuity of pharmacy services across shifts, staffing assignments, and practice areas.
• Serves as a liaison between pharmacy and clinical teams to resolve medication-related issues.
• Mentors technicians and supports onboarding, competency validation, and peer development.
• Leads or participates in departmental quality improvement projects, educational initiatives, and practice advancement efforts.
• Supports training programs and contributes to the development and mentorship of pharmacy learners and staff.
• Executes advanced pharmacy technician duties with autonomy and precision across core workflows, hospital systems, and pharmacy operational programs.
• Demonstrates expertise in medication dispensing, preparation, inventory management, sterile compounding, controlled substance handling, and regulatory compliance.
• Supports system upgrades, configuration changes, and training of staff in technology use.
• Independently manages accurate medication inventory operations, including ordering and stocking product, receiving and rotating stock, removing expired medications, and guaranteeing perpetual inventory counts.
• Maintains proper medication storage, including cold chain custody, quarantine areas for expired medications, and overall inventory integrity.
• Conducts advanced inventory management including controlled substance audits, reconciliation, and diversion prevention.
• Serves as a safety advocate within the pharmacy team.
• Leads hazardous medication handling practices, including spill response, PPE training, and environmental safety audits.
• Ensures departmental adherence to USP and institutional protocols.

Requirements

• Strong verbal and written communication, organizational, problem-solving, and customer service skills
• Flexibility and willingness to adapt to changes as necessary
• Ability to interact constructively with supervisors, peers, and external customers
• Ability to follow direction from formal management personnel and work well under direct supervision of a pharmacist
• Ability to identify, follow up, and resolve discrepancies
• Ability to identify, mitigate, and assist in resolving pharmacy operational or program issues
• Ability to keep accurate and complete records
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Must be able to read, write and speak conversational English
• Basic computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Ability to teach pharmacy technician students
• Proficiency in hospital computer system technology and automation
• Knowledge and competence in aseptic techniques, hazardous drug compounding and USP 795, 797 and 800 standards (if applicable)
• Knowledge and competence in the medication reconciliation process (if applicable)

Qualifications

• Technical/Vocational School
• High School Grad or Equiv
• Completion of a pharmacy technician training program

Work Experience

• 1+ years of contemporary hospital pharmacy experience, retail or ambulatory experience

Additional Information

N/A

Licenses And Certifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician (RPhT)