Pharmacy Technician

STI; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Nashville is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to dispense medications, maintain inventory, and ensure professional communication with healthcare staff. The ideal candidate will demonstrate accuracy in medication dispensing and strong customer service skills. This position requires attention to detail and adherence to pharmacy protocols.

Qualifications

• Able to accurately dispense medications under supervision.
• Skilled in maintaining pharmacy inventory and supplies.
• Capable of providing information and responding to requests professionally.

Responsibilities

• Dispenses medication under the supervision of a pharmacist.
• Assists in maintaining pharmacy inventory according to protocols.
• Provides information to healthcare providers and patients.

Skills

Medication dispensing accuracy

Inventory management

Customer service

Job description

Job Title: Pharmacy Technician

Location: Nashville, TN/On-Site

Duration: 7 Years

Hours Per day: 7.5

Shift: 7am to 4pm

Responsibilities

• Job Responsibility: Dispensing Medication
  • Dispenses medication under the supervision of a pharmacist.
  • Action Steps: Investigates medication related issues or missing doses as needed
  • Accurately calculates doses to ensure an adequate supply in automated dispensing cabinet (ADC)
  • Loads ADC in a timely and accurate manner according to max/min levels, adjusting for holidays and weekends
  • Delivers medications to patient units in a timely manner to ensure precise administration times
  • Replenishes unit floor stock medications
  • Prepares discharge medications for patients by counting, labeling, and packaging the medication
  • Conducts medication room inspections on a monthly basis and maintains up to date inspection logs
  • Investigates and compiles information for Pyxis override reports
  • Completes these tasks on a daily basis with an accuracy rate above 90%
  • Completes tasks accurately and efficiently based on observation by the pharmacy director

• Job Responsibility: Maintains Pharmacy Inventory and Supplies
  • Assists pharmacist with inventory of medications, supplies, and helps stock medications according to pharmaceutical protocols and procedures.
  • Behavioral Action Steps:
  • Receives and stores incoming medications and supplies in correct locations
  • Rotates stock regularly, keeping notes of when medications and supplies expire
  • Monitors and replenishes stock in ADCs
  • Credits and returned items are processed within 72 hours
  • Accurately places returned medicines back in their appropriate locations
  • Checks for expired or short dated medications in ADCs and in med rooms
  • Appropriately labels bulk medication and supplies
  • Maintains a compliance rate of 90% based on weekly reviews of remaining credits and supplies that are not inventoried
  • Completes tasks on a daily basis

• Job Responsibility: Provides Information and Responds To Requests
  • Provides routine information accurately and responds to requests responsibly.
  • Behavioral Action Steps:
  • Provides professional, efficient, and courteous service to other healthcare providers as observed by pharmacy director
  • Answers phone calls in the pharmacy in a timely manner
  • Able to correctly direct calls to the appropriate personnel
  • Receives and conveys information requests between pharmacy and other healthcare providers
  • Researches and provides information, locates items, refers to inquiries under pharmacist supervision
  • Assists hospital staff, patients, and other visitors at the pharmacy walk-up door
  • Completes entries in the pharmacy intervention log when appropriate
  • Maintains a compliance rate of 100% based on review of any verbal or written disciplinary actions due to professionalism related issues, as well as observation by the pharmacy director.
  • Completes tasks on a daily basis