Pharmacy Technician 3 Full Time Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Miami, FL

The University of Miami; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Tuition remission

Job summary

The University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, has an exciting full time opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician 3 in Miami, Florida.

The Pharmacy Technician 3 prepares medications under the guidance of a Pharmacist, supports dispensing, price-checking, and restocking of drugs, with advanced compounding including chemotherapy, epidural, ophthalmology, CADD pumps, and TPNs. This role may coordinate with the department and train new technicians.

Qualifications

• Data entry with minimal errors.
• Ability to accurately prepare and maintain records, files, reports and correspondence.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems.
• Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with professional composure.
• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships.
• Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Collects, inputs, and verifies prescription, refill, and patient information and maintains patient records.
• Fills orders and prepares labels for unit doses and prepackaged pharmaceuticals.
• Implements inventory control procedures and ordering supplies within regulatory guidelines.
• Responsible for hazardous, specialized, or advanced level compounding, which may include chemotherapy, epidural, ophthalmology, CADD pumps, and TPNs.
• Serves as a Pharmacy Technician Coordinator, as needed and may be cross trained in major department roles.
• Resolves problems related to prescription inquiries and trains new technicians.

Skills

Data entry

Record keeping

Communication

Problem solving

Stress management

Interpersonal skills

Confidential information handling

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Florida Pharmacy Technician license

Minimum 4 years experience

Job description

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The University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, has an exciting full time opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician 3 in Miami, Florida.

The Pharmacy Technician 3 prepares medications for patients under the guidance of a Pharmacist. Assists the Pharmacist with support activities and processes required to dispense medical prescriptions, price-checking, and restocking of drugs, in addition to hazardous or other advanced level compounding.

Core Job Functions

• Collects, inputs, and verifies prescription, refill, and patient information and maintains patient records.
• Fills orders and prepares labels for unit doses and prepackaged pharmaceuticals.
• Implements inventory control procedures and ordering supplies within regulatory guidelines. Anticipates
• pharmacy medication dispensing needs.
• Responsible for hazardous, specialized, or advanced level compounding, which may include chemotherapy,
• epidural, ophthalmology, CADD pumps, and TPNs.
• Serves as a Pharmacy Technician Coordinator, as needed. May also be cross trained in major department
• roles and responsibilities of a pharmacy technician.
• Participates in a temporary taskforce/short-term committee.
• Resolves problems related to prescription inquiries.
• Performs the preceptor role in the training of students and onboarding of new pharmacy technicians.
• Serves as a mentor or role model.
• Stays abreast of advanced knowledge and proficient practice in pharmacy dispensing, medication dispensing
• systems, controlled substance distribution to floors, pre-packing and any other pharmacy technician duties.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Certification and Licensing

Vaild State of Florida Registered Pharmacy Technician license required

Refer to department description for applicable certification requirement

Experience

Minimum 4 years of relevant experience

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes

• Skill in data entry with minimal errors.
• Ability to accurately prepare and maintain records, files, reports and correspondence
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems.
• Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with professional composure.
• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships.
• Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status

Full time

Employee Type

Staff