Pharmacy Tech I Certified

St. Elizabeth Healthcare; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 37,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to assist in medication dispensing under a licensed Pharmacist. You will handle Pyxis stations, labels, and inventory while adhering to ICARE/AIDET principles and regulatory guidelines.

Responsibilities include processing Epic messages, restocking and ensuring timely delivery of medications, and supporting process improvement and safety initiatives within the pharmacy team.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or GED or equivalent.
• Currently registered with the state board where practicing.
• National certification (PTCB/NHA) or internship license active.

Responsibilities

• Assist pharmacists with timely and accurate dispensing of medications.
• Fill medication bins and labels; restock Pyxis stations.
• Process Epic messages promptly and accurately.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and participate in infection control initiatives.
• Support inventory management and cycle counts monthly.

Skills

Hospital Pharmacy Technician

Customer service

Education

High School diploma or GED

Registered with State Board where Practicing

Nationally Certified (PTCB or NHA) or active Intern license

Tools

MS Office

Epic messaging

Pyxis med stations

Inventory management system

Job description

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Job Type: Regular

Scheduled Hours: 40

Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

Benefits That Support You

We invest in you — personally and professionally. Enjoy:

• Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.
• Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
• Retirement savings with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
• Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary

The Pharmacy Technician, under the direct supervision of a licensed Pharmacist and in accordance with all State and Federal laws, assists with the selection, procurement, storage, preparation, distribution, record keeping and financial reconciliation of all medications dispensed to patients of St. Elizabeth Healthcare. While adhering to the ICARE principles and exhibiting the AIDET principles demonstrates respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Job Description

Provide excellent customer service through interactions with doctors, nurses and patients who contact the pharmacy. Answers queries or directs the call to the appropriate person for resolution. Processes Epic messages in a timely and accurate manner. Consistently adheres to and exhibits ICARE and AIDET principles.

Assists the pharmacists in the dispensing of medications in a timely and accurate manner filling medication bins, filling labels, restocking Pyxis med stations and ancillary departments.

Ensures timely receipt and delivery of all patient medication related information and products by making rounds as designated or necessary. Properly distributes medications, including controlled substances, time sensitive and life‑saving medications, and processes ADT (Admissions, Discharges and Transfers). Assists in assuring medications on nursing units are compliant with regulatory guidelines.

Participate in the Process Improvement Program and comply with all policies and procedures related to Infection Control and Safety to improve the quality of patient care and outcomes.

Certifies that all expiration dates for medications refilled/loaded in Pyxis med stations have been checked and stock rotated to ensure shortest date is used first. Assist with cycle counts in inventory management system on a monthly basis. Processes returns correctly while checking expiration dates before returning items to stock.

Begin sterile compounding training, including medial fill and fingertip testing. Utilize aseptic technique under supervision of a certified pharmacy technician II or higher to compound medications for direct infusion in patients.

Prepare oral syringe medications for critically ill infants in the NICU where applicable.

Meets departmental goals for inventory management through appropriate use of inventory management system.

Enhances career development through attendance and participation in departmental meetings, educational in services and communication tools.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Education, Credentials, Licenses

• High School graduate or equivalent GED
• Registered with State Board where Practicing
• Nationally Certified (PTCB or NHA) or active Intern license

Specialized Knowledge

• Typing / Computer Keyboarding

DESIRABLE

Specialized Knowledge:

• Experience with MS Office
• Understanding of Metric System and Pharmacy Calculations
• IV Admixture Experience

Kind and Length of Experience

• Previous experience as Hospital Pharmacy Technician preferred.

FLSA Status

Non‑Exempt

Right Career. Right Here. If you’re looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you’ll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.