Community / Retail Pharmacy Tech

BHS; Elizabethtown (KY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown, KY is seeking a Community/Retail Pharmacy Technician to support the Pharmacist and Pharmacy Manager in prescription fulfillment and patient service.

This role includes order entry, labeling, dispensing, and point-of-sale tasks, with supervision by a pharmacist. It also covers inventory, home delivery coordination, nonsterile compounding, staff training, and meeting participation.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirements include high school diploma or equivalency.
• Retail pharmacy experience preferred.
• If not registered, Kentucky Board of Pharmacy registration required before or on hire date.
• PTCB certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Fills and dispenses community prescriptions, including order entry, updating patient information, labeling, and POS transactions.
• Delivers medications to discharging patients as requested by Pharmacist.
• Performs prescriber outreach for prescription refills under direct pharmacist supervision.
• Assists with scheduling and coordinating home delivery for prescriptions.
• Assists in inventory management: order review, returns, restocking shelves, and inventory prep.
• Ability to prioritize workflow by patient impact and ensure tasks are completed.
• Performs simple nonsterile compounding under USP 795 guidelines and pharmacist supervision.
• Assists in training new staff as assigned.
• Escalates issues or patient complaints to the Pharmacist when not solvable locally.
• Attends and contributes to meetings and committees as assigned.

Skills

Patient service

Teamwork

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma

KY Board of Pharmacy registration

PTCB certification

Job description

Summary

The primary purpose of the Community/Retail Pharmacy Technician is to assist the Pharmacist and Pharmacy Manager with serving customers and maintaining the Community Pharmacy at Baptist Health. This position requires taking responsibility within appropriate guidelines under the supervision of the pharmacist for many of the medication preparation and distribution duties. The Community Pharmacy Technician will assist the Community Pharmacy Manager and Staff Pharmacists in prescription fulfillment, playing a key role in pharmacy operations and providing excellent patient service. The Community Pharmacy Technician functions in a multi-skilled environment, which requires the application of teamwork, leadership and flexibility. This position has a high degree of interaction with patients, family members, visitors and other members of the health care team.

Job Description:

Baptist Health is looking for Community/Retail Pharmacy Technician to join our pharmacy team at Baptist Health Hardin, 913 N. Dixie Hwy, Elizabethtown, KY!

• Performs all functions and duties with the patient at the center, ensuring prompt and friendly service in the Community Pharmacy.

• Performs all tasks associated with the filling and dispensing of community prescriptions, including computer order entry, updating patient information, filling and labeling prescriptions, and completing transactions at the point of sale.

• Delivery of medications to discharging patients per Pharmacist's requests.

• Completes prescriber outreach for prescription refills under direct pharmacist supervision.

• Assists with scheduling and coordinating home delivery for prescriptions.

• Assists in inventory management processes, including order review, inventory returns, restocking shelves, and physical inventory preparation.

• Ability to prioritize workflow by patient impact and ensure that all assigned tasks are completed at the end of the shift.

• Performs simple nonsterile compounding per current USP<795> guidelines and as permitted by state law under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.

• Assists in training new staff when assigned.

• Escalates all identified problems or patient complaints, if they cannot be corrected by the employee, to the Pharmacist.

• Attends and contributes to the content of meetings and committees as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalency is required.

• Previous retail pharmacy experience preferred.

• If not currently registered, the registration with Kentucky Board of Pharmacy will be required before or on the date of hire (only an application and fee).

• PTCB certification preferred.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.