Inpatient Pharmacy Tech II Certified (Per Diem)

UNC REX Healthcare; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, NC seeks a per diem Pharmacy Technician to collect accurate medication histories for admitted patients and facilitate reconciliation. You will interact with patients, families, and healthcare staff, following standard work protocols while rotating weekends on the day shift.

The role requires NC technician registration; completion of a technician training program is preferred, with possible PharmD internship enrollment.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Registration as a technician 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; if enrolled, waived for duration of PharmD program.
• Prior pharmacy technician experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assembles medication histories by consulting patients, family members, outside pharmacies, and medical records and documents findings.
• Communicates patient feedback and requests to the post-acute service team.
• Tracks patient status and coordinates transitions to post-acute care with the clinical team and other staff.

Skills

Pharmacy technician experience

Education

Academic pharmacy technician training program

PharmD program enrollment (intern)

Job description

Description

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Summary

The University of North Carolina Hospitals (UNCH) Department of Pharmacy Medication History Pharmacy Transition Specialists (PTS) team consists of advanced pharmacy technicians and pharmacy students who collect accurate medication histories for admitted patients to facilitate admission medication reconciliation in the Emergency Department and throughout the UNC Medical Center and Hillsborough campus. In this role, they interact directly with patients, family members, and caregivers, external pharmacies, long-term care facilities, inpatient pharmacists, nurses, physicians, and pharmacy students/residents. Adherence to operational procedures and standard work protocols is critical to their work. This is a per diem, onsite position based at the Medical Center in Chapel Hill, with cross-training at our Hillsborough campus. It rotates weekends on the day shift (7:30-4 pm), with some required weekday morning and evening shifts. Hours vary based on business needs.

Responsibilities

1. Assembles medication histories by consulting patients, family members, outside pharmacies, and medical records. Documents medication histories and communicates findings with pharmacy and clinical staff.
2. Communicates patient feedback and requests to the post-acute service team.
3. Tracks and monitors patient status and pending transitions to post-acute care. Engages patients to ensure that self-care needs, including medication, products, and services, are adequately met. Reviews medical records to evaluate the patient's self-care needs. Works with the clinical team, case management, and other medical staff to help patients achieve their self-care goals.

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.

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Pharmacy Decentral Services

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00

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: Variable

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.

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