Inpatient Pharmacy Tech III

UNC HEALTH; West Virginia; On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, NC is seeking a qualified Pharmacy Technician to lead technician training and drive process improvements while supporting pharmacists with compounding, dispensing, and workflow optimization.

The role emphasizes operating under pharmacist supervision, handling sterile and non-sterile preparations, and ensuring regulatory compliance. The position offers night shifts and onsite work at UNC Rex facilities.

Qualifications

• Two years of pharmacy technician experience.
• Completion of an academic pharmacy technician training program preferred.
• Current enrollment in PharmD program if working as a pharmacy intern with NC Board of Pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Develops expert training materials and completes training documentation.
• Leads process improvement projects and implements solutions.
• Assists the pharmacist by reprioritizing daily workflow to maintain patient care.
• Compounds and prepares medications under pharmacist supervision.
• Delivers medications to patient areas and returns unused meds to the pharmacy.
• Documents pharmaceutical activities including billing and quality control.
• Responds to customer requests for pharmacy services and drug information.
• Operates automated dispensing technology to supply medications per orders.
• Manages inventory: orders, restocks, rotates stock, monitors expiration.

Education

CPhT (PTCB) or ExCPT (NHA)

Pharmacy technician training program

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

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.

2030-0630. Wednesday to Wednesday. Position must be trained to handle receiving, sterile compounding, Operating room and carousel operations.

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

1. Performs expert training of new employees, educating them in job-specific functions. Develops training materials, and completes training documentation.
2. Operates independently on process improvement projects. Actively implements identified solutions.
3. Assists the pharmacist in reprioritizing daily workflow to maintain patient care. Assists with schedule adjustments.
4. Compounds and/or prepares medications (sterile products, oral, topical, controlled substances, etc.) as authorized by a physician, under the supervision of a licensed Pharmacist.
5. Delivers exchanges medications to the respective patient area and returns unused medications to the pharmacy.
6. Documents pharmaceutical activities including patient billing for medications and equipment, quality control requirements, etc. using automated and paper systems. Ensures accuracy of data.
7. Responds to and triages requests from customers for assistance with pharmacy services such as medication delivery, drug information, etc.
8. Operates and supports automated dispensing technology to supply correct medications for individual patients, according to pharmacist and physician orders.
9. Orders, receives, restocks, and rotates inventory, and completes expiration date management.
10. Assures regulatory compliance for 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. 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

• Two years of pharmacy technician experience required.

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: $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. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.