Pharmacy Tech Trainee PRN

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital; Fort Walton Beach (FL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Retirement plan (401k)

Tuition assistance

Job summary

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support daily operations in the hospital pharmacy. The role requires accurate compounding, labeling, and coordination with clinical staff to ensure safe medication dispensing and documentation.

Minimum qualification includes a PharmTech Pharmacy Technician License to be obtained within 6 months of employment start date. The position emphasizes compliance with USP standards and efficient medication management within a

Qualifications

• PharmTech Pharmacy Technician License must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date

Responsibilities

• Identifies critical issues, prioritizes workload and communicates issues promptly to appropriate personnel.
• Maintains documentation logs accurately.
• Interacts in person and by phone with hospital personnel politely and appropriately.
• Complies with facility policy and regulatory requirements.
• Performs basic billing functions and OR charges as assigned.
• Accurately compounds and labels medications and parenteral admixtures using aseptic technique.
• Performs daily ADC routines and restocks medication supplies.
• Transports medications and pharmacy supplies to appropriate areas in a timely manner.
• Notifies inventory manager of shortages, overages or damages.

Skills

Pharmacy technician license

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Job Summary And Qualifications

• Identifies critical issues, prioritize workload and communicate to appropriate personnel any issues in a timely manner.
• Completes all education requirements and/or other activities needed to maintain competency.
• Interacts in person and by phone with hospital personnel politely and appropriately.
• Accurately maintains required documentation logs.
• Complies with facility policy and procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for maintaining medication storage and security as per regulatory requirements throughout the organization.
• Performs quality control and performance improvement functions as assigned.
• Accurately performs and documents monthly medication storage area inspections as assigned.
• Performs basic billing functions.
• Completes basic OR charges in a timely manner as assigned.
• Accurately performs required calculations.
• Accurately and safely compounds and labels medications and parenteral admixtures.
• Always utilizes aseptic techniques in the preparation of parenteral compounding.
• Compliant with all USP 797 shift/daily/monthly requirements (i.e. Cleaning laminar airflow cabinets and biological safety cabinets, wearing personal protective equipment, etc.).
• Always obtains a final check from the pharmacist before releasing any prepared parenteral compounds, before packaging any medication, or dispensing any medication.
• Prepares 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.
• Accurately transports medications and other pharmacy supplies in a timely manner to appropriate areas.
• Accurately fills orders in the pharmacy
• Processes medication returns and restocking to the pharmacy
• Provide basic technical support for automated dispensing machines and other pharmacy computer systems
• Performs daily ADC routines as assigned (i.e. restocks, outdates, discrepancy resolution, loading and unloading, etc.)
• Replenishes ADCs, emergency cart trays and floor stock accurately and as needed
• Accurately packages and prepares medications for dispensing as assigned
• Appropriately and timely notifies the pharmacy inventory manager of products that need to be reordered.
• Complies with ongoing processes to monitor outdates as per policy and procedures
• Performs receiving and check in of medication/supply orders as defined in policy and notifies the pharmacy inventory manager of any shortages, overages or damages of product
• Manages drug supplies in a cost effective manner and identifies opportunities to minimize waste

What qualifications you will need:

• (PharmTech) Pharmacy Technician License must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date

No Travel Required

Benefits

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

No experience Required Years of Experience

• 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.

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital is a 267-bed hospital. We are a top-performing quality hospital. We have over 300 of the most respected and qualified physicians in the area. We offer an Advanced Primary Stroke Center and a Cancer Care Center. Our services include open-heart surgery and a wide range of specialties. We give advanced care to critically ill patients. We offer emergency services at our main emergency room (ER). We also have a pediatric ER and two freestanding ERs. Together, our team has an unwavering conviction to improve more lives in more ways.

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.

\"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it.\"- 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.