Pharmacy Technician - Central Specialty and Mail Order

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Kentucky; On-site; USD 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Specialty Pharmacy Fulfillment Technician for our new Central Pharmacy in LaGrange, KY. The role focuses on prescription fulfillment, distribution, and inventory management within a fast-paced mail-order facility that uses large-scale automation.

The technician will operate under pharmacist supervision, collaborate with the central call center, and support nonsterile compounding, cold chain packaging, and continuous safety compliance.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Pharmacy Technician registration with KY Board of Pharmacy by date of hire.
• National pharmacy technician certification (PTCB) preferred.
• Retail/mail-order/call center pharmacy experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Fulfill centralized specialty and home delivery prescriptions under pharmacist supervision.
• Assist in maintenance of automation systems and comply with regulations.
• Perform nonsterile compounding under pharmacist supervision.
• Maintain cold chain and room temperature packaging requirements.
• Assist in inventory management: receiving, returns, restocking, and cycle counts.
• Collaborate with onsite call center to coordinate services and resolve issues.
• Keep the department clean and organized; complete end-of-shift tasks.
• Escalate problems to a pharmacist or manager when needed.
• Assist in training new staff and participate in team meetings.

Skills

Teamwork

Leadership

Flexibility

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

KY Pharmacy Technician registration

PTCB certification preferred

Tools

Automation systems

Job description

Summary

The Specialty Pharmacy Fulfillment Technician is accountable for prescription fulfillment, distribution, and inventory management under pharmacist supervision in a fast paced, high-volume mail-order facility with large scale automation. This position plays a key role in pharmacy operations providing excellent service through high quality performance. The Specialty Pharmacy Fulfillment Technician I functions in a multi-skilled environment which requires the application of teamwork, leadership and flexibility. This position will require collaboration with the central call center pharmacy team to coordinate services and will have a low degree of interaction with patients and caregivers. The Specialty Pharmacy Fulfillment Technician I is required to perform all tasks in a safe manner consistent with Baptist Health System policies, federal and state pharmacy regulations, and applicable accrediting body standards.

Job Description

• Baptist Health is looking for a Specialty Pharmacy Fulfillment Technician to join our team at our new Central Pharmacy in LaGrange, KY.


• Demonstrates commitment to the quality, philosophy, and values of Baptist Health by maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures, organizational objectives, process improvement, and safety standards.


• Performs all tasks associated with medication fulfillment for centralized specialty and home delivery prescriptions as permitted by state regulatory and accrediting agencies.


• Assists in the maintenance of pharmacy automation systems pursuant to state & federal regulations and BH policies and procedures.


• Performs nonsterile compounding per current guidelines and as permitted by state law and under direct supervision of a pharmacist.


• Maintains compliance with cold chain and room temperature prescription packaging requirements based on seasonal pack-out changes.


• Assists in inventory management processes including order review, performing compliant receiving, inventory returns, restocking shelves, and physical inventory preparation.


• Collaborates with onsite call center team to coordinate services and resolve prescription issues.


• Assists with maintaining the pharmacy department by keeping it clean and in order and ensures all assigned tasks are completed at the end of the shift.


• Escalates problems to a pharmacist or manager if unable to resolve independently.


• Assists in training new staff and contributes to team meetings.

Minimum Education, Training and Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.


• If not already registered, Pharmacy Technician registration must be completed with KY Board of Pharmacy by date of hire (no testing is required; only a completed application and fee).


• Previous retail, mail order, central/call center pharmacy work experience highly preferred.


• National pharmacy technician certification (PTCB) preferred.

About Baptist Health

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.

Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law.

Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.