Inpatient Pharmacy Tech III

UNC Health Care; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pharmacy Technician Incentive Program

Job summary

UNC Health is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to lead technician training, identify process improvements, and support pharmacists with reviewing, compounding, and dispensing medications. All work occurs under pharmacist supervision, with training in IV admixture and automated dispensing.

Role requires NC licensure, two years of experience, and a shift from 2100 to 0700 with 8 on 6 off schedule. Salary offers include incentives and on-site work at Rex facility.

Qualifications

• Two years pharmacy technician experience required.
• Registration with the NC Board of Pharmacy required unless enrolled in a PharmD program.
• CPhT from PTCB or ExCPT from NHA required unless enrolled in a PharmD program.
• Completion of an academic pharmacy technician training program preferred.

Responsibilities

• Train new employees on job-specific functions and develop materials.
• Lead process-improvement projects and implement solutions.
• Assist pharmacist by reprioritizing daily workflow to maintain patient care.
• Compound and prepare medications under pharmacist supervision.
• Deliver medications to patient areas and manage returns of unused meds.
• Document pharmaceutical activities and ensure data accuracy.
• Triage customer requests for pharmacy services and information.
• Operate automated dispensing technology to supply correct medications.
• Order, receive, and rotate inventory; manage expiration dates.
• Ensure regulatory compliance for storage areas and documentation.

Skills

Training delivery

Process improvement

Workflow prioritization

Regulatory compliance

Inventory management

Team coordination

Education

Pharmacy technician training program preferred

Tools

Automated dispensing cabinets

Inventory systems

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.

Summary

This position leads technician training efforts, identifies and executes process improvement opportunities, and prioritizes workflow. In addition, the position provides support to the pharmacist by reviewing, compounding and dispensing medications. All work is carried out under the supervision of a licensed Pharmacist. Will be cost trained in intravenous admixture, automated dispensing cabinets, operating room replenishment and receiving.

Schedule: Needed to care for patients from 2100-0700, 8 on 6 off third shift.

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

• Performs expert training of new employees, educating them in job-specific functions. Develops training materials, and completes training documentation.
• Operates independently on process improvement projects. Actively implements identified solutions.
• Assists the pharmacist in reprioritizing daily workflow to maintain patient care. Assists with schedule adjustments.
• Compounds and/or prepares medications (sterile products, oral, topical, controlled substances, etc.) 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.
• Assures regulatory compliance for 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.

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

• Two years of pharmacy technician experience required.

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:$19.98 - $28.54 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Night 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.