Inpatient Pharmacy Tech 4

BJC HealthCare (New); Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Retirement Plan

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Flexible Spending Accounts

Adoption Assistance

Life Insurance

Job summary

Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s Pharmacy team seeks an Inpatient Pharmacy Technician to support staff pharmacists and physicians across inpatient and outpatient settings. You will assist with medication orders, dispensing, and telepharmacy while engaging in revenue cycle tasks and ensuring compliance and safety.

The role emphasizes advanced tasks, ongoing learning, and certification maintenance in a fast-paced academic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 5-10 years experience in pharmacy settings.
• State Board Pharmacy Registration.
• Pharmacy Tech Certification.

Responsibilities

• Maintains quality assurance standards and regulatory cleanliness.
• Assists in preparation of medication orders including dispensing and non-sterile compounding.
• Supports inventory activities: storage, ordering, rotation, beyond use dating, and cleanliness.
• Assumes primary responsibility for advanced tasks including telepharmacy and revenue cycle management; authenticates others' work.
• Pursues advanced learning and maintains certifications; acts as SME in the department.
• Safety-sensitive position requiring alertness and safe work practices.

Skills

Telepharmacy

Inventory management

Dispensing

Non-sterile compounding

Workflow management

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

Join our team at Barnes-Jewish Hospital's Primary Care Medicine Clinic, where youll play a vital role supporting pharmacists, providers, and patients in a fast-paced academic healthcare setting. This dynamic position offers the opportunity to work closely with a diverse patient population while assisting with patient outreach, care coordination, medication access, scheduling, and communication with healthcare teams.

Ideal candidates are adaptable, organized, and passionate about improving patient care and access to healthcare services.

• Mon - Fri
• 8AM - 4:30PM
  No weekends and no Holidays

Overview

Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nations top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

It takes an innovative environment to attract the very best. That is why St. Louis's most talented pharmacy professionals choose Barnes-Jewish Hospital for their careers. Here, our pharmacy staff enjoys the kind of clinical variety and collaboration that makes their careers challenging, interesting and fulfilling. At Barnes-Jewish, youll have the opportunity to be involved in inpatient and outpatient care, working in either the central pharmacy or at one of our many satellite locations. youll work with doctors leading their fields in ground-breaking therapies. And youll work with state-of-the-art technologies that ensure your work is the utmost in quality and efficiency. The pharmacy at Barnes-Jewish uses an integrated practice model with more unit-based positions. Here, department staff has access to a number of drug information resources, including many online references accessible from department computers. An on-site drug information center provides support for more in-depth questions.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

The Pharmacy Technician - Inpatient 4, under the direct supervision of a staff pharmacist and according to standard procedures, provides extensive support to staff pharmacists and helps guide the daily pharmacy operation. This position assumes primary responsibility for advanced level tasks, functions or an area of specialty, to include telepharmacy, investigation programs, diversion/regulatory programs, medication history collection, and revenue cycle management. This position also authenticates the work performed by other technicians, vaccinators, and/or lead technicians.

Responsibilities

• Maintains quality assurance standards and required documentation; maintains regulatory cleanliness compliance.
• Assists in the preparation of medication orders, to include workflow management, basic preparation & dispensing, and non-sterile compounding.
• Supports various inventory activities, to include inventory storage, ordering, rotating, beyond use dating, and cleanliness.
• Assumes primary responsibility for advanced level tasks, functions or an area of specialty, to include telepharmacy, investigation programs, diversion/regulatory programs, medication history collection, and revenue cycle management; authenticates the work performed by other technicians, vaccinators, and/or lead technicians.
• Become proficient in required and continuous learning for the advanced role, including the advanced use and maintenance of associated electronic/automated systems, and any necessary certifications; serves as a subject matter expert, as denoted by advanced certification recognized by Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or other required training outside of pharmacy.
• BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• High School Diploma or GED

Experience

• 5-10 years

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• State Bd Pharm Registration
• Pharmacy Tech Certification

Preferred Requirements

Experience

• 10+ years

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer