Inpatient Pharmacy Tech II Certified - Peds

UNC Health; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pharmacy Technician Incentive Program

Job summary

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC seeks a Pharmacy Technician to support pharmacists in reviewing, compounding, and dispensing medications under supervision. The role includes training new staff, handling inventory, and participating in process improvements.

Eligible for the Pharmacy Technician Incentive Program with $5,000 in commitment incentives over two years. State employment with UNC Health offers onsite work in the Pharmacy Pediatrics unit, with evening schedules and competitive hourly pay

Qualifications

• Completion of a pharmacy technician training program preferred.
• Registration with NC Board of Pharmacy or enrolled in a PharmD program.
• Prior pharmacy technician experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review, compound, and dispense medications under supervision of a Pharmacist.
• Prepare sterile, oral, topical, and controlled substances medications as authorized.
• Document pharmaceutical activities and patient billing with accuracy.
• Respond to customer requests for pharmacy services and information.
• Operate automated dispensing systems to supply patient medications.
• Restock inventory and manage expirations.
• Assist in training new staff and contribute to process improvements.
• Ensure regulatory compliance for medication storage and inventories.

Skills

Medication preparation

Pharmacy documentation

Inventory management

Training support

Process improvement

Education

Pharmacy technician training program

Tools

Automated dispensing technology

Job description

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.

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 $5000 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

Other information:

Education Requirements

• None required as long as other position qualifications are met. Completion of an academic pharmacy technician training program preferred.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Registration with the NC Board of Pharmacy unless enrolled in a PharmD program.
• CPhT from PTCB or ExCPT from NHA unless enrolled in a PharmD program.

Professional Experience Requirements

• Prior pharmacy technician experience is preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

Job Details

• Legal Employer: STATE
• Entity: UNC Medical Center
• Organization Unit: Pharmacy Pediatrics
• 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:Chapel Hill
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
• This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

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. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.