Pharmacy Technician In Training

About the Role

As our Pharmacy Technician Trainee, you will assist the Pharmacist and licensed Technicians with medication preparation, inventory management, and distribution to ensure accurate and compliant pharmaceutical services while preventing medication errors. You will help manage medication storage areas using pharmacy automation, field and triage calls, and apply pharmacy knowledge to identify variances and outliers in clinical practice. This role requires extreme accuracy, attention to detail, and adherence to DEA, FDA, and state regulations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in medication preparation and distribution processes, including controlled substances management.
• Record prescription serial numbers and dispensing dates on original orders.
• Initiate or accept verbal/electronic refill authorizations from medical practitioners or agents, documenting all required information.
• Type and affix prescription labels or enter information into a computer for new/refill prescriptions, with pharmacist verification.
• Reconstitute prescription medications and perform retrieval, counting, or pouring of medications, always with pharmacist verification.
• Measure, count, pour, and prepare drugs for hospital inpatient dispensing, subject to full pharmacist verification of accuracy and safety.
• Perform the prepackaging of drugs.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Obtain Pharmacy Assistant license in the state of employment if available or necessary.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent knowledge of drug names desired, with the expectation of continuing education on new drugs.

About the Workplace

Since 1885, CHI St. Alexius Health has been dedicated to leading healthcare in this region by enriching the lives of patients through the highest quality of care. The network includes a tertiary hospital in Bismarck, critical access hospitals in Carrington, Dickinson, Devils Lake, Garrison, Turtle Lake, Washburn, and Williston, as well as numerous clinics and outpatient services. CHI St. Alexius Health manages four additional critical access hospitals in North Dakota and South Dakota.

CHI St. Alexius Health offers a comprehensive line of inpatient and outpatient medical services, including a Level II Trauma Center, primary and specialty physician clinics, home health and hospice services, durable medical equipment services, a fitness and human performance center, and ancillary services throughout western and central North Dakota. CHI St. Alexius Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people.

Pay

$18.85 - $25.51 per hour.