Certified Pharmacy Technician -Specialty Pharmacy - PRN -Days

Virginia Commonwealth University Health; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 29,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

VCU Health is seeking a Certified Pharmacy Technician to support pharmacists in delivering pharmaceutical care across patient ages. Responsibilities include preparation, dispensing, record-keeping, and transport of medications under supervision, ensuring safety and accuracy.

Requirements include PTCB or ExCPT certification with Virginia licensure, a high school diploma or equivalent, and availability for all shifts, weekends, and holidays. Prior pharmacy experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Must have high school diploma or equivalent.
• PTCB or ExCPT certification with Virginia Board of Pharmacy licensure.
• Experience: One year of pharmacy practice is preferred; typing 20–30 wpm.

Responsibilities

• Performs tasks designated by the pharmacist to assist in patient care that do not legally require a pharmacist’s supervision or verification.
• Communicates effectively with all staff members.
• Identifies equipment or operational problems and brings them to the attention of a pharmacist or pharmacy manager.
• Interacts with other health care practitioners in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Must be available to work all shifts, weekends, holidays, and emergency coverage.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Team collaboration

Typing speed 20-30 wpm

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

PTCB or ExCPT certification

Virginia Board of Pharmacy licensure

Job description

The Certified Pharmacy Technician aids pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care services to patients by assisting in the preparation, dispensing, record keeping, and transporting of medications for all patients including the following age groups: neonatal, pediatric, adolescence, adult, and geriatric.

Licensure, Certification, or Registration Requirements for Hire:

Current certification by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) OR valid ExCPT certification provided by the National Health Career Association Current licensure with the Virginia State Board of Pharmacy

By virtue of societal trust and security explicitly imparted to pharmacies for the control of drugs, candidate/incumbent must have a clean criminal record (i.e. no felony conviction; no drug or pharmacy related convictions, including misdemeanors; no denial, suspension, revocation, or restriction of registration or licensure by any State Board of Pharmacy)

Licensure, Certification, or Registration Requirements for continued employment:

Current certification by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) OR valid ExCPT certification provided by the National Health Career Association Current licensure with the Virginia State Board of Pharmacy

Experience REQUIRED: N/A

Experience PREFERRED: One year previous pharmacy practice experience in a similar setting Previous experience using a standard keyboard and typing speed of 20-30 words per minute

Education/training REQUIRED: High school diploma or equivalent

Education/training PREFERRED: N/A

Independent action(s) required:

• Performs tasks designated by the pharmacist to assist in patient care that do not legally require a pharmacist’s supervision or verification.
• Communicates effectively with all staff members.
• Identifies equipment or operational problems and brings them to the attention of a pharmacist or pharmacy manager.
• Interacts with other health care practitioners in a multidisciplinary environment.

Supervisory responsibilities (if applicable):

N/A

Additional position requirements:

Must be available to work all shifts, weekends, holidays, and emergency coverage.

Age Specific groups served:

All

Physical Requirements (includes use of assistance devices as appropriate):

• Physical: Lifting 20-50 lbs.
• Activities: Prolonged standing, Prolonged sitting, Frequent bending, Walking (distance), Climbing (steps, ladder, other), Reaching (overhead, extensive, repetitive)
• Mental/Sensory: Strong recall, Reasoning, Problem solving, Hearing, Speak clearly, Write legibly, Reading, Logical thinking
• Emotional: Fast pace environment, Steady pace, Able to handle multiple priorities, Frequent and intense customer interactions, Noisy environment, Able to adapt to frequent, change

Compensation Ranges:

• Certified Pharmacy Tech I: $21.00 - $28.51
• Certified Pharmacy Tech II: $21.00 - $30.79
• Certified Pharmacy Tech III: $21.46 - $33.26

Actual Salary offers will be based on several key factors to include relevant work experience, credentials, and qualifications.

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Who We Are

Inventing better care, day by day by discovery Sound outrageous? It absolutely is. Sound impossible? That’s never stopped us before. Sound like hard work, intense research, collaboration with experts around the world, sheer brainpower meets unrelenting willpower? That’s. Exactly. Right. We’ll do whatever it takes to offer the best in care and empower the best in quality of life. And it’s an approach that works — whether it’s a patient who undergoes a new, life‑saving procedure or a clinical researcher who finds promise in a new cancer treatment, exciting new medicine is happening at VCU Health.

We have it all:

• One college and four health sciences schools
• An academic medical center
• One of only two NCI‑designated cancer centers in Virginia
• The region’s only full‑service children’s hospital
• More than 800 physicians in 200 specialties
• With a community health center, dedicated research teams, facilities and valued partners in every field

Our medical teams are top notch. And we’re not too shy to boast of internationally known physicians, some recognized as the best in the country, top‑ranked local specialists and all‑around all‑stars at every level.

From our very first years to our most recent advancements, we are driven to learn more, dig deeper, teach passionately and never rest in order to be a true leader in discovering what’s possible in health and recovery.

We are a comprehensive system of care and a pioneer of health.

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