Pharmacy Technician (595) (2017)

Home Life Healthcare Corp.; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Home Life Healthcare Corp. in Greensboro, NC, seeks a Pharmacy Technician to assist the pharmacist with sterile compounding, labeling, and inventory control. You will help prepare IV medications, ensure compliance with laws and policies, and support delivery/shipping to patients and providers.

Responsibilities include maintaining records, performing quality control, and coordinating with the healthcare team to ensure safe, accurate medication preparation and timely service.

Qualifications

• Minimum: High School Diploma or GED.
• Preferred: Pharmacy Technician or related certification.
• One year of IV compounding experience and/or training.

Responsibilities

• Assist pharmacist with maintaining laws, standards, and procedures.
• Perform IV admixtures sterility testing and document results.
• Prepare and label medications as allowed by law.
• Assemble drugs and supplies using compounding documents and codes.
• Label products correctly and ensure container integrity.
• Match compounded products to right delivery prior to shipping.
• Conduct quality control and sterility testing.
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels and perform orders/receipts.
• Keep dispensing records and pharmacy documentation up to date.
• Maintain and calibrate DME and equipment; clean work areas regularly.
• Communicate with healthcare team and participate in quality assurance.

Skills

Attention to detail

Inventory management

Communication

Regulatory compliance

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Pharmacy Technician cert (preferred)

Tools

Sterile compounding equipment

Job description

Job Summary

Under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist, the technician helps to prepare medications with sterile compounding, maintains the compounding area and equipment, and monitors inventory. Also facilitating the shipment or delivery of medications to patients and providers.

Job Duties

• Assists the pharmacist in maintaining federal, state and local laws, accrediting body standards, and Policies and Procedures (P&Ps).
• Performs IV admixtures sterility testing in accordance with policy, maintains appropriate documentation.
• Assists the pharmacists in the preparation and labeling of medications as allowed by law.
• Prepares sterile parenterals following appropriate aseptic technique and obtaining required checks by pharmacists and
• Appropriate assembly of drugs and supplies by matching codes and quantities from the compounding document,
• Correct labeling of product,
• Checking the final product for the absence of particulate matter and container integrity and
• Ensuring compounded product gets matched to the right delivery just prior to shipping.
• Conducts quality control and sterility testing.
• Assists the pharmacist in maintaining appropriate inventory levels.
• Orders, receives and stores medications and supplies.
• Performs physical inventories according to (P&Ps).
• Maintains pharmacy records including filing and documenting required information on dispensing records.
• Maintains and tracks DME and other equipment including cleaning and calibration activities.
• Cleans work areas routinely in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Communicates appropriately with all members of the healthcare team.
• Documents appropriately according to AristaCare P&Ps, all activities using required paperwork (logs).
• Participates in Performance Improvement and Quality Assurance activities education programs and department/branch meetings.
• Serves as Process Owner as assigned.
• Responsible for completing all mandatory and regulatory training programs
• Willing to answer customer calls.
• Flexibility to provide the needs of the patients and providers that we serve.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Educational Requirements

• Minimum: High School Diploma or GED
• Preferred: Pharmacy Technician or related certification

Preferred Experience

• One year of IV compounding experience and/or training' or equivalent combination of education and experience