Clinical Pharmacy Technician – IV & Ambulatory

Jobtome; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtome in Texas seeks a Pharmacy Technician to work under pharmacists, ensuring safe, accurate medication processing and patient care. You will assist with medication histories, compounding, dispensing, and maintaining records, while upholding compliance and confidentiality.

The role covers ambulatory care and hospital-based tasks, including IV room duties and specimen records, with emphasis on licensure maintenance and ongoing CE requirements. Per diem/PRN scheduling is possible.

Qualifications

• Education/Skills: High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Experience: 3-5 years of pharmacy technician experience preferred.
• Meet all criteria of Pharmacy Technician I Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications.
• Registered Pharmacy Technician in the state of practice required.
• Certified Pharmacy Technician preferred.
• ACPE accredited IV certification program, including hazardous (minimum 40 hours); or meet minimum State requirement.

Responsibilities

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Pharmacy Technicians perform ONLY non-judgmental technical duties under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.
• Assist Pharmacists with Medication Histories.
• Train Tech I associates.
• Prepares drug orders per physician request according to established policies, procedures and protocols.
• Verifies computerized patient medication records accurately.
• Maintains, accurate, complete patient drug record.
• Compounds pharmaceuticals including non-sterile and sterile products, chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition products accurately.
• Issues controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law and institutional policies.
• Provides services efficiently and in a timely fashion.
• Verifies the daily activities of the department are complete and recorded.
• Maintains competency required for current job title/position.
• Maintains current technician license.
• Ensures applicable CE records and licensure are maintained in department files.
• Attends staff meetings.
• Maintain IV certification and competencies.
• Completes all competency/skills assessment requirements.
• Specialty area: Serves as the technician in specialty areas such as the operating room, IV room, or pharmacy work areas outside the central pharmacy.
• Ambulatory care: Provides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services as assigned such as but not limited to: anticoagulation clinics, intensive medical home, transition of care, Discharge Medication reconciliation, etc.
• Retail: Performs outpatient distributive functions related to entering prescriptions orders, selecting the correct medications for new and refilled prescription orders, and coordinates delivery of medications for patient pick-up or delivery.
• Clinical Duties and Responsibilities: Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective drug therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Reads, extracts and interprets information in patient medical records accurately.
• Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions accurately and in a timely manner.
• Sustains the hospital drug formulary, minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols and promoting rational drug therapy selection.
• Provides accurate, adequate and timely drug information to the hospital’s pharmacy associates.
• Coordinates pharmacist drug education to patients and their families per institutional protocol.
• Participates in the quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department.
• Collects data, conducts monitors and inspections and maintains logs, records and other documentation as assigned.
• Conducts designated interventions as defined in department Clinical Intervention activities (IV to PO, Renal Dosing, Pharmacokinetic dosing support, Anticoagulation)
• Baseline departmental standards for reporting interventions for clinical productivity as defined by departmental goals.
• Provides services efficiently and in a timely fashion.

Skills

Pharmacy terminology

Medication history collection

Sterile and non-sterile compounding

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Registered Pharmacy Technician in state of practice

Certified Pharmacy Technician

ACPE accredited IV certification (hazardous 40+ hours)

Job description

Jobtome in Texas seeks a Pharmacy Technician to work under pharmacists, ensuring safe, accurate medication processing and patient care. You will assist with medication histories, compounding, dispensing, and maintaining records, while upholding compliance and confidentiality.

The role covers ambulatory care and hospital-based tasks, including IV room duties and specimen records, with emphasis on licensure maintenance and ongoing CE requirements. Per diem/PRN scheduling is possible.