Pharmacy Technician I

Mclaren-Health-Care; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is seeking a Pharmacy Technician I to join its distributive pharmacy services team. Under the supervision of licensed pharmacists, you will prepare, label, and package medications, maintain records, and assist in stock management.

The role is part-time with evening shifts and requires a high school diploma and a Michigan Pharmacy Technician license (temporary, limited, or full). Preferred candidates may have prior pharmacy experience.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent is required.
• Valid Michigan Temporary, Limited, or Full Pharmacy Technician License; if current temporary license, obtain full license within 365 days.
• Previous pharmacy experience or coursework in pharmacy curriculum preferred.

Responsibilities

• Sets up, organizes and maintains work area.
• Assists Pharmacists under direction with filling containers, labeling, prepackaging and stocking.
• Performs pharmacy computer functions and processes orders.
• Prepares and labels IVs, hyperalimentation solutions and chemotherapy agents.
• Responds to patient admissions, transfers, discharges and physician orders.
• Maintains records, handles billing and remittance processes, and prints statements.
• Assists in ordering, receiving, inspecting and adjusting stock.
• Maintains floor stock, crash carts and nursing station inspection reports.
• Participates in training Pharmacy personnel and performance improvement activities.

Skills

Pharmacy experience

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Michigan Pharmacy Technician License

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Provides distributive pharmacy services and technical support for the Pharmacist. Under the direction and final check of a licensed Pharmacist prepares, packages and labels IV and unit dose interim and maintenance medications according to prescriber orders and to established policies and procedures.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Sets up, organizes and maintains work area.
• Assists Pharmacists, and under their direction, performs duties such as, but not limited to, filling containers, preparing and affixing labels, prepackaging pharmaceuticals, maintaining records, and stocking supplies.
• Performs pharmacy computer functions as required.
• Prepares and labels IVs, hyperalimentation solutions, chemotherapy agents, and other pharmaceutical products.
• Responds to patient admission, transfer, discharge, discontinued medication notices, and processes physician orders, according to established procedure.
• Assists in performing recordkeeping, billing and accounting functions, including, but not limited to, verifying remittances, corresponding with third party prescription payors, entering charges and payments, making adjustments, posting charges and printing statements.
• Assists in ordering, receiving, inspecting and adjusting stock.
• Maintains floor stock, crash carts and nursing station inspection reports.
• Assists in training Pharmacy personnel.
• Participates in performance improvement activities.

11. Provides for the age specific needs of the population served according to department standards, as evidenced by observation, documentation, and peer feedback.

(X) Newborn - Birth to discharge

(X) Infant - Any child up to one year

(X) Pediatric - One year to 12 years

(X) Adolescence - 13-17 years

(X) Adult - 18-64 years

(X) Geriatric - 65 years and older

Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Pharmacy Technician I Qualifications:

Required:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Valid Michigan Temporary, Limited, or Full Pharmacy Technician License; If current candidate has a Michigan Temporary Pharmacy Technician License, a valid Michigan Full Pharmacy Technician License must be obtained within 365 days of issuance.

Preferred:

• Previous pharmacy experience or courses in pharmacy curriculum

Additional Information

• Schedule: Part-time
• Requisition ID: 26004716
• Daily Work Times: 03:00pm-11:30pm
• On Call: No

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.