Central Pharmacy Courier

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Kentucky; On-site; USD 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Courier for the Central Pharmacy Service Center in LaGrange, KY. The role transports prescription medications, supplies, and inventory between central facilities and designated sites, maintaining chain of custody and ensuring proper handling and documentation.

Responsibilities include verifying deliveries, logging routes, and upholding HIPAA confidentiality, with adherence to safety procedures and protective equipment usage as required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Transports prescription medications, supplies, inventory, and documents between the Central Pharmacy Service Center and designated facilities.

Job description

Summary

Responsible for the safe, accurate, and efficient transportation of prescription medications, pharmacy supplies, inventory, documents, and other operational items between the Central Pharmacy Service Center, Baptist Health pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, and other designated locations. Ensures compliance with all applicable pharmacy, regulatory, and organizational policies regarding medication handling, transportation, storage conditions, and chain of custody. All employees will continually monitor and adhere to safety responsibilities and initiatives.

Job Description

Baptist Health is looking for a Courier to join our team at the Central Pharmacy in LaGrange, KY! Safely transports prescription medications, refill orders, specialty medications, supplies, and pharmacy inventory between the Central Pharmacy Service Center and designated facilities. Maintains chain of custody and security of all medications during transport. Ensures medications requiring refrigeration or other temperature controls are transported according to established policies and procedures. Verifies delivery and receipt documentation as required. Responds promptly to urgent medication delivery requests to support patient care and operational needs. Maintains daily activity logs reflecting delivery routes, stops completed, and items transported. Delivers pharmacy supplies, inventory items, equipment, mail, and operational materials in a timely and efficient manner. Collects and returns pharmacy-related documents, records, and shipments requiring interfacility transfer. Assists with movement of inventory between pharmacy locations to support stock optimization and operational continuity. Sorts and organizes delivery items according to planned routes to ensure efficient distribution. Reports discrepancies, damaged items, or delivery concerns to pharmacy leadership. Maintains the courier vehicle by keeping it clean, full of gas and serviced to ensure the vehicle is in good operating condition. Maintains confidentiality of patient and prescription information in accordance with HIPAA requirements. Attends required safety, compliance, and departmental training programs. Demonstrates knowledge of emergency preparedness and organizational safety procedures. Reports safety concerns, security incidents, or medication transport issues immediately. Utilizes appropriate personal protective equipment and safe lifting techniques.

Minimum Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.

Must have and maintain a valid driver's license.

Must have a clean driving record and is insurable without restrictions.

Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in written word.

Ability to read and understand required information.

Assertive, honest, dependable, self-motivated, with the ability to adapt to the changes in health care.

Ability and willingness to work a flexible schedule whenever necessary.

Utilize proper lifting techniques.

Must maintain a current CPR certificate.

About Baptist Health

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRMISSION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES

Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.