Pharmacy Tech Specialist PRN

HCA Florida Lake City Hospital; Lake City (FL); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work

Savings and retirement resources

Education support

Additional benefits

Job summary

HCA Florida Lake City Hospital is seeking a Pharmacy Technician Specialist PRN to support advanced and basic pharmacy technician functions. The role includes responsibilities with Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADCs) and leadership activities as assigned by the pharmacy management team.

This position emphasizes regulatory compliance, aseptic technique in parenteral compounding, audits, and training other technicians to ensure safety and accuracy in medication preparation and handling.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate / GED required.
• CPhT or PharmTech license required.

Responsibilities

• Identifies critical issues, prioritizes workload and communicates issues promptly.
• Maintains and coordinates required documentation logs.
• Provides direction and training to other technicians as assigned.
• Supervises other technicians to ensure policy and regulatory compliance.
• Maintains medication storage and security per regulatory requirements.
• Accurately performs required calculations and parenteral compounding with aseptic technique.

Education

CPhT Certified Pharmacy Technician

PharmTech Pharmacy Technician License

Job description

Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) Pharmacy Tech Specialist PRN you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Florida Lake City Hospital which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Pharmacy Technician Specialist is responsible for accurately performing advanced and basic pharmacy technician functions in a timely manner. In addition, they are responsible for performing duties associated with Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADCs), other specialized duties and/or leadership roles as assigned by the pharmacy management team.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Identifies critical issues, prioritize workload and communicate to appropriate personnel any issues in a timely manner
2. Completes all education requirements and/or other activities needed to maintain competency Complies with facility policy and procedures and regulatory requirements
3. Interacts in person and by phone with hospital personnel politely and appropriately.
4. Accurately maintains and coordinates required documentation logs
5. Provide direction and training to other technicians as assigned.
6. Assists in the supervision of other technicians to ensure that policies and procedures and regulatory requirements are uniformly and consistently followed.
7. Responsible for maintaining medication storage and security as per regulatory requirements throughout the organization
8. Accurately performs audits (i.e. anesthesia, overrides, billing, etc.) as assigned.
9. Performs and monitors compliance for quality control and performance improvement functions as assigned
10. Accurately performs and documents monthly medication storage area inspections as assigned
11. Performs and supervises other technicians for administrative billing functions as assigned
12. Assists the pharmacists in clinical reviews as assigned (i.e. medication reconciliation, triaging reports, etc).
13. Accurately performs required calculations
14. Accurately and safely compounds and label medications and parenteral admixtures
15. Always utilizes aseptic techniques in the preparation of parenteral compounding
16. Compliant with all USP 797 daily/monthly requirements (i.e. Cleaning laminar airflow cabinets and biological safety cabinets, wearing personal protective equipment, etc.)
17. Always obtains a final check from the pharmacist before releasing any prepared parenteral compounds, before packaging any medication, or dispensing any medication
18. Prepares and monitors all work records needed for day at their designated times including the Discontinued, Transfers, and Discharges Lists of parenteral preparations and efficiently processes these reports before they are dispensed to the patient care areas
19. Compounds chemotherapy preparation per established protocol
20. Ensures that medications and other pharmacy supplies are accurately transported in a timely manner to appropriate areas
21. Accurately fills orders in the pharmacy
22. Ensures that medication returns are consistently and timely restocked in the pharmacy.
23. Automated Dispensing Cabinet (ADC) Super User/Trainer
24. Performing daily ADC routines as assigned (i.e. restocks, outdates, discrepancy resolution, loading and unloading, etc.) and provides oversight of these activities for appropriate inventory management
25. Coordinates and communicates with the appropriate support personnel. Performs trouble shooting (see tech II) and addresses all problems appropriately

What qualifications you will need:

• High School Graduate / GED
• (CPhT) Certified Pharmacy Technician, or (PharmTech) Pharmacy Technician License

No Travel Required

No experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

• 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

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida Lake City Hospital is a 140+ bed acute care hospital. For over 60 years, we have served Columbia, Hamilton, and Suwannee counties and surrounding communities. Our hospital is a part of HCA Healthcare North Florida. We offer medical and surgical programs including 24-hour emergency care, heart care, interventional cardiology, orthopedics, cancer care, and imaging and rehabilitation services. We are an Accredited Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. We are an Accredited Chest Pain Center by the American College of Cardiology. We have achieved Disease Specific Certification in the treatment of Sepsis by the Joint Commission. For 20 years in a row, we have been named the area's Best of the Best Hospital. We were named an employer of choice in 2019 by the Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce.

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.

""Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth,

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.