Pharmacy Tech

Distinctive Home & Health Care; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinctive Home & Health Care is seeking a full-time Pharmacy Technician to join our team at Hickam AFB in Honolulu, Hawaii. The role involves handling outpatient prescriptions, data entry, and patient request support, ensuring accuracy and safety in all dispensing activities.

Qualified candidates will have a certificate in Pharmacy Technology from an ASHP-accredited program, one year of experience, and PTCB certification.

Qualifications

• Certificate in Pharmacy Technology from an ASHP-accredited program.
• One year of pharmacy technician experience after graduation.
• PTCB certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Dispense outpatient prescriptions and enter orders into databases.
• Support new and refilled prescriptions and patient requests.
• Monitor for drug interactions and report adverse drug reactions.
• Maintain drug storage, inspect inventory, and generate reports on errors and workload.

Skills

Pharmacy knowledge

Attention to detail

Customer service

Education

ASHP-accredited pharmacy technician program

Formal pharmacy technician program

PTCB certification

Job description

Distinctive Home & Health Care is a leading provider of healthcare to serve military installations across the United States. Our team of professionals is dedicated to providing the highest quality of service and support for each one of our clients. Distinctive Healthcare is currently seeking to hire a full-time Pharmacy Tech at Hickam AFB.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree: Certificate.
• Education: Graduate from a formal pharmacy technician program accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) or a formal pharmacy technician program (i.e., technical, hospital, or retail-based program)or a formal medical services training program of the United States Military.
• Certification: Certified by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB).
• Experience: One year of experience as a pharmacy technician after graduation.

Core Duties

• Perform a full range of pharmacy technician procedures.
• Perform pharmaceutical dispensing duties including filling new outpatient prescriptions, refilling prescriptions, and entering orders into databases.
• Perform information consultation duties including supporting new and refill prescriptions, supporting patient requests, supporting physician’s requests, monitoring for drug interactions, and reporting adverse drug reactions.
• Perform quality improvement duties including performing drug storage inspection, reviewing expired supplies, and producing error and workload reports and documentation.
• Perform supply process duties including placing new orders, stocking/restocking shelves, inventory maintenance, producing not in stock reports.