Community / Retail Pharmacy Tech

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Elizabethtown (KY); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown, KY is seeking a Community/Retail Pharmacy Technician to support pharmacists and manage patient-centered service in the community pharmacy.

You will perform filling, dispensing, computer entry, labeling, and help with home delivery, phone outreach, and inventory tasks under direct supervision.

Strong teamwork and flexibility are valued; prior retail pharmacy experience is preferred and Kentucky Board of Pharmacy registration or application required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency is required.
• PTCB certification preferred.
• Previous retail pharmacy experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Fill and dispense community prescriptions and perform computer order entry.
• Update patient information, fill/label prescriptions, and complete POS transactions.
• Deliver medications to discharged patients as requested by Pharmacist.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Flexibility

Communication

Education

High school diploma

PTCB certification preferred

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.

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves.

The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law.

Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRMISSION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES

Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.