Sterile Certified Pharmacy Technician

About the role

Our sterile pharmacy technicians play a crucial role in the preparation of sterile medications. The core duty of a sterile compounding pharmacy technician is to prepare sterile medications following specific formulations and guidelines. This may involve compounding powders, liquids, or injections to create custom-made sterile products tailored to individual patient needs.

Responsibilities

• Measures, weighs, counts, and compounds medications
• Mixes pharmaceutical preparations according to formulation logs
• Establishes and maintains accurate patient records by entering correct lot numbers and expiration dates of compounded medications
• Maintains proper storage and security conditions for drugs
• Preparation and compounding of sterile products
• Maintaining the pharmacy clean room suite to USP 797 requirements
• Experience using a repeater pump
• Inventory management and storage, complete appropriate documentation, such as labels, log sheets and reports
• Clean equipment and sterilize glassware using dry heat ovens or autoclaves
• Performs to established efficiency metrics while adhering to quality standards
• Maintains compliance with Company and HIPAA patient confidentiality requirements
• Perform sterile compounding functions in a Category 3 clean room
• Set up sterile products for dispensing and make appropriate record entries
• Maintain a high degree of accuracy and productivity in patient care contributions
• Monitor physical inventory and notify procurement of stock levels and shortages
• Participate in glove fingertip and media fill testing to maintain competencies

Requirements

• Must hold an active Texas Pharmacy Technician License Board
• One year of experience in a sterile environment
• Knowledge of sterile compounding concepts and principles