Pharmacy Tech Specialist

Memorial Health; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k) plan

Tuition assistance

Fertility and family benefits

Job summary

Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, GA is seeking a Pharmacy Controlled Substance Technician Specialist to oversee controlled substances and regulatory processes. You will manage inventory, review overrides, perform audits, and support investigations while coordinating with pharmacy leadership.

Responsibilities include daily ADCS routines, trend analysis, and ensuring compliance with Board of Pharmacy, Joint Commission, CMS, DEA and FDA standards.

Qualifications

• CPhT certified by the state.
• 3 years experience required.
• Experience with controlled substance diversion surveillance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversees recordkeeping and auditing of pharmacy processes regarding to controlled substances.
• Ensures adherence to all Board of Pharmacy, Joint Commission, CMS, DEA and FDA standards.
• Performs trend analysis and database assessments to detect, identify, and report unusual and potential medication diversion activities.
• Optimizes the use of reports and functionality of available technologies (Pyxis, RxAuditor, Meditech) to prevent and identify medication diversion.
• Identifies critical issues, prioritizes workload and communicates issues to appropriate personnel in a timely manner; oversees preliminary investigations with Unit Directors.
• Completes all education requirements and/or other activities needed to maintain competency.
• Maintains and coordinates required documentation logs.
• Assists in the supervision of other technicians to ensure policy/regulatory compliance.
• Maintains medication storage and security as per regulatory requirements.
• Performs and monitors audits of controlled substances, including vault and ADC routines.
• Assists in inventory counts and validations.
• Uses reports to compile diversion monitoring data.
• Maintains and audits prescription logs as applicable.

Skills

CPhT

3 years experience

Controlled substance diversion

Job description

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a Pharmacy Tech Specialist for Controlled Substances? At Memorial Health University Medical Center, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary And Qualifications

The Pharmacy Controlled Substance Technician Specialist is an integral role in the oversight of controlled substances and facility regulatory processes. Responsibilities include: managing the controlled substance inventory, providing information needed for the Multidisciplinary Diversion Team (MDT) analysis by using analytical tools, reviewing controlled substance overrides, performing audits and reconciliations, assist during investigations, participation in discrepancy resolutions, responsible for accurately performing advanced and basic pharmacy technician functions in a timely manner. In addition, they are responsible for performing cross functional duties associated with Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADCs), other specialized duties, and/or leadership roles as assigned by the pharmacy management team.

• Under the direction of the Director of Pharmacy, oversees recordkeeping and auditing of pharmacy and facility processes regarding to controlled substances
• Ensures adherence to all Board of Pharmacy, Joint Commission, CMS, DEA and FDA standards
• Performs trend analysis and database assessments to detect, identify, and report unusual and potential medication diversion activities
• Optimizes the use of reports and functionality of available technologies (Pyxis, RxAuditor, Meditech) to prevent and identify medication diversion
• Identifies critical issues, prioritize workload and communicates to appropriate personnel any issues in a timely manner Oversees/performs a preliminary investigation of identified potential medication diversion in collaboration with Unit Directors
• Completes all education requirements and/or other activities needed to maintain competency
• Complies with facility policy and procedures and regulatory requirements
• Accurately maintains and coordinates required documentation logs
• Assists in the supervision of other technicians to ensure that policies and procedures and regulatory requirements are uniformly and consistently followed
• Is responsible for maintaining medication storage and security as per regulatory requirements throughout the organization
• Accurately performs audits (i.e. anesthesia, overrides, billing, etc.) as assigned; ensures required auditing activities as defined in policies are followed based on policy timeline
• Performs and monitors compliance for quality control and performance improvement functions as assigned
• Accurately performs and documents monthly medication storage area inspections as assigned
• Investigates controlled substance discrepancies to determine if true discrepancy and completes audit sheets and/or incidence reports as appropriate; review and offers assistance to Unit Directors as needed to resolve controlled substance discrepancies to meet policy timeline
• Daily reviews and trends controlled substance overrides
• Performs daily controlled substance ADC routines as assigned (i.e. restocks, outdates, discrepancy resolution, loading and unloading, etc.) and provides oversight of these activities for appropriate inventory management
• Performs audits in the controlled substance vault (CII Safe) including expiration and load/unload audits to determine appropriate CII Safe utilization
• Assists in inventory counts and validations
• Utilizes the various resources and tools to compile reports for diversion monitoring
• Maintains and audits prescription logs (if applicable)
• Oversees patient’s own med and patient’s own med control substance policy and procedures (i.e. 30 day removal, post discharge, administering during hospital)

What qualifications you will need:

• (CPhT) Certified Pharmacy Technician
• 3 years experience Required Years of Experience
• Past experience with controlled substance diversion surveillance programs preferred

Benefits

Memorial Health University Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Memorial Health University Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1955, giving patients access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 600+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities that serves 35 counties across southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina.

Located in Savannah, Georgia, we are a regional referral center for heart care, cancer care, trauma care, children's care, high-risk pregnancies and high-risk newborn care. Our hospital includes the region's only Level I trauma center and children's hospital, as well as the Savannah campus of Mercer University School of Medicine.

At Memorial Health, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.