Pharmacy Tech Cert Retail Pharmacy

CHI St. Gabriel's Health; Little Falls (MN); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI St. Gabriel's Health in Little Falls, Minnesota seeks a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) to provide safe and effective medications under pharmacist guidance. You will ensure accurate dispensing, support doctors and nurses, and maintain strict safety and cleanliness standards in the pharmacy.

Your role emphasizes thoroughness, accuracy, and a proactive approach to keep the pharmacy running smoothly and patients receiving their medications promptly.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or GED.
• Graduate of a Pharmacy Technician Program.
• At least one year of experience as a certified pharmacy technician.
• Pharmacy Technician: MN
• Certified Pharmacy Tech PTCB.

Responsibilities

• Assists pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care including but not limited to the preparation, filling and distribution of medications including outpatient hospice prescriptions, screening phone call/orders and alerting pharmacists to patient specific data.
• Pre-packaging and labeling of tablets, capsules and liquids into unit of use preparations.
• Works with an automated dispensing system including stocking of controlled and non-controlled substances while maintaining adequate levels of stock.
• Prepares IV admixtures under the supervision of a pharmacist including but not limited to TPN/PPN, IV piggybacks, IV syringes and other infusions while following guidelines of USP 797.
• Delivers medications to respective units and performs audits/inspections of medication storage areas, including crash carts.
• Maintains certification and competency required in accordance with all regulatory and local requirements.

Education

Pharmacy Technician Program

Certified Pharmacy Technician (PTCB)

Tools

Automated dispensing system

Job description

Where You'll Work

In Central Minnesota you'll find quality health care as near to you as CHI St. Gabriel's Health in Little Falls, part of CommonSpirit Health. We've been serving this area since 1892 and we have the equipment, experience, and expertise to offer you a full range of the latest health services.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Certified Pharmacy Tech (CPhT), you'll help our patients feel better by providing safe and effective medications to them. You'll help our doctors and nurses feel better knowing that you are providing accurate and timely medication to patients.

Every day, you'll build trust by being extremely thorough and accurate at all times. Patient safety is your top priority, so you do everything you can to ensure all prescriptions are authentic, prepared correctly both in medication type and dosing, and are dispensed appropriately, under the Pharmacist's guidance.

To be successful in this role, you follow all safety protocols, including those intended to prevent infection, and you keep a clean work area at all times. You are eager to learn or help out in any way needed to keep the pharmacy running smoothly and get our patients their medications.

• Assists pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care including but not limited to the preparation, filling and distribution of medications including outpatient hospice prescriptions, screening phone call/orders and alerting pharmacists to patient specific data


• Pre-packaging and labeling of tablets, capsules and liquids into unit of use preparations


• Works with an automated dispensing system including stocking of controlled and non-controlled substances while maintaining adequate levels of stock


• Prepares IV admixtures under the supervision of a pharmacist including but not limited to TPN/PPN, IV piggybacks, IV syringes and other infusions while following guidelines of USP 797 (aids in maintaining inventory of IV products, stocking of products, cleaning of equipment and labeling of products)


• Delivers medications to respective units and performs audits/inspections of medication storage areas, including crash carts


• Maintains certification and competency required in accordance with all regulatory and local requirements

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Graduate or GED


• Graduate of a Pharmacy Technician Program


• At least one year of experience as a certified pharmacy technician


• Pharmacy Technician: MN


• Certified Pharmacy Tech PTCB