Pharmacy Tech II

CHI St. Vincent Health; United States; On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI St. Vincent Health is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support safe and effective medication delivery. Under Pharmacist guidance, you’ll ensure accuracy, proper dosing, and timely dispensing, while maintaining a clean, infection-conscious work area.

Responsibilities include restocking IVs, processing IV credits, narcotic distribution support, and handling calls to triage order status. AR Board registration and 6 months of compounding experience are required.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or GED required.
• Must be registered as Pharmacy Assistant with the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy.
• Pharmacy Technician: AR, upon hire or Pharmacist Intern: AR, upon hire.
• 6 months of compounding experience required.

Responsibilities

• Perform all duties of a pharmacy technician in accordance with established policies and procedures related to the preparation and distribution of medication.
• Perform duties required to restock IV room.
• Perform duties required in processing IV credits, restocking returns, and documenting waste.
• Perform duties required for preparation and dispensing of IV solutions.
• Perform duties required for narcotic distribution and assist in discrepancy resolution.
• Answer phone and determine order status; triage calls for appropriate resolution.

Education

High School Graduate or High School GED

Job description

Where You'll Work

CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network serving Arkansas, is part of CommonSpirit Health. We have served Arkansas since 1888 with a history of many firsts. Together with more than 4500 coworkers, 1000 medical staff and 500 volunteers we consistently receive praise for care advancements. CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community. CHI St. Vincent provides you with the same level of care you provide to others. We care about our team member well-being and offer benefits that complement and support your work/life balance.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Pharmacy Tech, 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.

• Perform all duties of a pharmacy technician in accordance with established policies and procedures related to the preparation and distribution of medication
• Perform duties required to restock IV room
• Perform duties required in processing IV credits, restocking returns, and documenting waste
• Perform duties required for preparation and dispensing of IV solutions
• Perform duties required for narcotic distribution and assist in discrepancy resolution
• Answer phone and determine order status; triage calls for appropriate resolution

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Graduate or High School GED and
• Must be registered as Pharmacy Assistant with the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy
• Pharmacy Technician: AR, upon hire or
• Pharmacist Intern: AR, upon hire
• 6 months of compounding experience required

Preferred

• Previous hospital pharmacy experience