Certified Pharmacy Technician

Lifepoint Health; Paris (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Paris Regional Medical Center in Paris, TX is seeking a Pharmacy Technician for a PRN role to support medication delivery through automated cabinets and sterile/non-sterile compounding. The position emphasizes accuracy, safety, and adherence to USP standards.

Responsibilities include assisting pharmacists, preparing IV admixtures, stocking medications, and maintaining a clean, compliant pharmaceutical services area to ensure optimal patient care.

Qualifications

• Active pharmacy technician license or in training (required to start).
• Sterile compounding certification preferred to support IV admixtures.
• Inpatient hospital experience (preferred) and familiarity with hospital systems are plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare intravenous solutions and admixtures per USP and regulatory standards.
• Assist in filling prescriptions and operate automated dispensing cabinets accurately.
• Receive, store, and organize medication and supplies in designated areas.
• Support pharmacists in pharmaceutical care for patients from newborns to elderly.

Education

Active pharmacy technician license

Sterile compounding certification (preferred)

Tools

Omnicell

Meditech

Job description

Job Description

Paris Regional Medical Center

Pharmacy Tech, PRN

Who We Are

People are our passion and purpose. Come work where you are appreciated for who you are not just what you can do. Paris Regional Medical Center is a 154-bed general acute-care hospital with cutting edge equipment and robust service lines. Paris Regional is a Level III Trauma Facility, Accredited Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI, Advanced Primary Stroke Care certified, and our orthopedic outcomes are in the top 5% in the nation.

Where We Are:

A small town with the views of a historic downtown community, Paris, Texas is the second largest Paris in the World. With something for everyone, you can picnic at the Eiffel Tower, find vintage treasures and unique boutiques downtown, experience delicious local cuisine, and explore historic venues and parks

Position Summary

The pharmacy technician position plays an integral role in medication delivery through automated dispensing cabinet workflows, sterile and non-sterile compounding and quality assurance for all medications delivered in the facility.

Essential Functions

• Prepares intravenous solutions and admixtures in accordance to USP requirements, state, federal, and other regulatory requirements or standards
• Prepares intravenous solutions and admixtures in accordance to USP requirements, state, federal, and other regulatory requirements or standards
• Assists in filling prescriptions and fills automated dispensing cabinet accurately
• Assists in filling prescriptions and fills automated dispensing cabinet accurately
• Prepares select reports and files appropriately as directed by departmental, local, state, and/or federal requirements.
• Receives and stores incoming deliveries of medication and supplies in correct designated areas
• Assists the pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care for patients ranging in age from newborn to the elderly
• Promptly prepares medications and proactively plans for normal operational and individual patient usage with minimal direction from pharmacist.
• Maintains the Pharmaceutical Services Department in a clean and orderly manner
• Performs other pharmacy-related duties as requested or required
• Demonstrates ability to calculate figures and amounts relating to dosage calculations when filing various prescriptions ranging from the newborn to the elderly populations
• Demonstrates ability to apply common sense and understanding to carry out instruction furnished in written, oral and diagram form
• Performs assigned training activities, competencies, or learning activities successfully and by assigned deadline
• Maintains professional, helpful and courteous relationship within the department and with other departments. Demonstrates ability to handle interpersonal conflict utilizing Language of Caring behaviors or utilizing chain of command appropriately

Qualifications

• Active pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician in training license
• Sterile compounding certification (preferred)
• Possesses at least 1 year of inpatient hospital experience (preferred)
• Omnicell and Meditech experience (preferred)

EEOC Statement

"Paris Regional Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Paris Regional Medical Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

About Us

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

About the Team

We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.