Inpatient Pharmacy Tech II Certified

UNC HEALTH; West Virginia; On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support pharmacists by reviewing, compounding, and dispensing medications under supervision. The role involves patient-area medication delivery, inventory management, data entry for billing and quality control, and responding to customer inquiries.

Position offers an evening schedule, full-time onsite work at Rex IP Pharmacy in Raleigh, NC, with a competitive hourly pay range and the UNC Health incentive program.

Qualifications

• Prior pharmacy technician experience is preferred.
• Completion of an academic pharmacy technician training program preferred.
• NC Board of Pharmacy registration required unless enrolled in PharmD program.
• Pharmacist supervision and adherence to USP/NABP guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Compounds and/or prepares medications under pharmacist supervision.
• Delivers exchanged medications to the patient care area and returns unused meds.
• Documents activities including billing and quality control using systems.
• Responds to pharmacy service inquiries and assists customers.
• Operates dispensing technology to provide correct meds per orders.
• Restocks inventory and manages expiration dates.
• Assists with training of new employees and process improvements.
• Supports regulatory inspections and documentation.

Skills

Pharmacy knowledge

Customer service

Regulatory compliance

Education

Pharmacy technician training program

NC Board of Pharmacy registration

Pharmacy Intern registration (if enrolled in PharmD)

Job description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary: The Certified Technician provides support to the pharmacist by reviewing, compounding and dispensing medications. All work is carried out under the supervision of a licensed Pharmacist.

This position qualifies for our Pharmacy Technician Incentive Program, which includes $1500 in commitment incentives spread over a two-year period. Payment is made after six months, one year, and two years of employment.

Responsibilities

• Compounds and/or prepares medications (sterile products, oral, topical, controlled substances, etc.) including high-risk medication processes as defined by the entity, as authorized by a physician, under the supervision of a licensed Pharmacist.
• Delivers exchanges medications to the respective patient area and returns unused medications to the pharmacy.
• Documents pharmaceutical activities including patient billing for medications and equipment, quality control requirements, etc. using automated and paper systems. Ensures accuracy of data.
• Responds to and triages requests from customers for assistance with pharmacy services such as medication delivery, drug information, etc.
• Operates and supports automated dispensing technology to supply correct medications for individual patients, according to pharmacist and physician orders.
• Orders, receives, restocks, and rotates inventory, and completes expiration date management.
• Assists with training of new employees, educating them in job-specific functions.
• Contributes to process improvement projects.
• Completes regulatory compliance inspection of medication storage areas, including inspections and/or controlled substance inventories, USP797 and other regulatory documentation as required.

Other Information

Education Requirements

• None required as long as other position qualifications are met. Completion of an academic pharmacy technician training program preferred. Current enrollment in PharmD program if working as a registered pharmacy intern with NC Board of Pharmacy.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Registration as a technician with the NC Board of Pharmacy unless enrolled in a PharmD program. If currently enrolled, an NCBOP Pharmacy Intern registration may be accepted.
• CPhT from PTCB or ExCPT from NHA unless enrolled in a PharmD program; if enrolled, this can be waived for the duration of the PharmD program.

Professional Experience Requirements

• Prior pharmacy technician experience is preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

Job Details

• Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
• Entity: UNC REX Healthcare
• Organization Unit: Rex IP Pharmacy
• Work Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
• Salary Range: $18.48 - $25.89 per hour (Hiring Range)
• Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Work Schedule: Evening Job
• Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.