Certified Pharmacy Technician - Part Time

Hardin Medical Center; Savannah (TN); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Hardin Medical Center in Savannah, TN seeks a Pharmacy Technician to fill orders and prepare IV solutions under supervision. The role requires compliance with state and federal codes, maintaining accurate dispensing records, and supporting daily pharmacy operations across patient care areas.

Responsibilities include assisting with dispensing, data entry, insurance processing, rounds to floors, narcotics control, and temperature monitoring. Tennessee registration and certified status preferred.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Formal pharmacy technician training preferred.
• One year hospital pharmacy experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Read orders and fill requisitions to ensure accurate pharmaceutical supplies.
• Prepare IV solutions per protocol using aseptic technique.
• Dispense daily medications by replenishing nursing units and LTC carts.
• Process retail prescriptions: data entry, insurance claims, and transfers.
• Deliver medications during rounds to floors and IV solutions.
• Manage narcotics: counts, receipts, deliveries, and monthly inventory.
• Answer phones and relay pharmacist guidance.
• Count, compound, and repack pharmaceuticals per procedures.
• Update patient data, charges, and room assignments in the system.
• Monitor stock levels and rotate/remove expired meds.
• Inspect medication storage areas.
• Ensure dispensing and sterile areas are stocked.
• Shelve new stock per manufacturer storage requirements.
• Monitor temperatures and log readings.

Skills

Pharmacy terminology

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Computer skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

High School diploma

Pharmacy technician training

Tools

Pharmacy software

Job description

Description

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN - CERTIFIED

FLSA Employment Status: Nonexempt/Hourly

JOB SUMMARY

Under supervision of the Director of Pharmacy and/or staff pharmacists, the pharmacy technician fills orders for pharmaceuticals and intravenous solutions in accordance with state and federal codes and regulations.

Reporting Structure: Reports to the Director of Pharmacy or on-duty staff pharmacist

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Education

• High School diploma or equivalent required
• Completion of a formal pharmacy technician training program: preferred

Work Experience

• One (1) year of experience in a hospital pharmacy setting: preferred

License/Certification

• Current Tennessee Board of Pharmacy Pharmacy Technician Registration required
• Current signed pharmacy technician affidavit required to be on file
• Successful passing of nationally-recognized pharmacy technician certification/credentialing exam (such as Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or National Healthcareer Association (NHA)

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Mission, Visions
• Core Values/Standards of Conduct
• AIDET/Organizational Expectations
• Safety
• Quality
• Flexibility
• Communications
• Customer Service
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Finance
• Abuse and Neglect of Adult Patient
• Abuse and Neglect of Pediatric Patient
• Acute Coronary Syndrome/Chest Pain Protocols
• Biohazard Waste
• CC Hand Hygiene

JOB SPECIFIC CORE COMPETENCIES

Skills, Knowledge, Abilities, Behavior

• Department Specific Specialty Area
• Medical/pharmacy terminology
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Advanced level computer skills

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Ensures availability of accurate pharmaceutical supplies to ancillary units by reading order and filling requisitions
• If appropriate competencies have been completed: prepares intravenous solutions within standard protocol, utilizes aseptic technique, reads and interprets orders, calculates proper volume levels of additives needed, performs mathematical volume conversions, labels prepared solutions, cleans hood and buffer or segregated compounding areas, and restocks medications
• Assists with the accurate and timely dispensing of daily patient medications by replenishing medicine cabinets for nursing units, carts for the long-term care facility and filling routine patient orders for pharmaceuticals
• Assists with the accurate dispensing of retail prescriptions by entering data into computer such as new patient information and prescription information, processing insurance claims, navigating insurance rejections, accurately filling medications, taking new prescriptions over the phone, and taking/processing prescription transfers
• Conducts rounds to all floors in order to deliver medications generated by new physician orders and to deliver intravenous solutions.
• Assists with dispensing and control of narcotics by filling orders, recording narcotics dispensed, delivering narcotics to the floor and cabinets, matching daily narcotic receipts with controlled substance sheets, and performing a monthly narcotic cabinet inventory alongside a licensed pharmacist
• Answers phone, responds to routine questions, and notifies the pharmacist(s) if needed
• Counts, compounds, and repackages pharmaceuticals using established procedures
• Processes admissions, transfers, and discharge information by adjusting patient data in computer, entering charges, changing medication cart to proper patient room, and retrieving sealed items back to inventory, if appropriate
• Monitors supply levels, notifies appropriate staff if reorder is needed, rotates stock, and removes expired medications
• Performs medication storage area inspections
• Ensures main dispensing area and sterile compounding area are stocked adequately as appropriate
• Shelves new stock, making sure that the manufacturer's storage requirements are observed
• Monitors temperature devices, records temperatures, and reports applicable temperature variations

OTHER DUTIES

Performs other related duties as assigned to support achievement of department goals and objectives

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Must be able to see with corrective eye wear
• Must be able to hear clearly with assistance
• May be exposed to infectious and contagious diseases
• May be in contact with patients under a variety of circumstances
• Able to handle emergency or crisis situations
• May be occasionally subject to irregular work hours
• May be required to wear protective equipment as necessary
• Ability to perform effectively in a stressful and fast-paced environment
• Ability to pass all required health and other screening tests including random and reasonable suspicion drug screens

PHYSICAL ABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Activity

Occasionally (1-33%)

Frequently (34% to 66%)

Continuously (67% to 100%)

• Sitting
• X
• Walking
• X
• Standing
• X
• Bending
• X
• Squatting
• X
• Climbing
• X
• Kneeling
• X
• Twisting
• X
• Lifting
• X
• Carrying
• X
• Pushing
• X