Pharmacy Technician I - Full Time, Days/Evenings

Texas Health Resources; Texas; On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

PTO

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Paid parental leave

Flex spending

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan repayment programs

On-site childcare

Job summary

Texas Health Resources is hiring a Pharmacy Technician I for the Plano location. The role involves timely preparation and delivery of medications to nursing units and departments, with emphasis on accuracy and safety.

You will work in a setting with rotating shifts, including weekends, and participate in ongoing professional development. Qualified candidates have a high school diploma or equivalent, hospital pharmacy experience preferred, and RPhT upon hire.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or Equivalent is required.
• Pharmacy Tech Hospital experience is strongly preferred.
• RPhT - Registered Pharmacy Technician Upon Hire is required.
• IV Certification Upon Hire is preferred.
• Proficiency in written and verbal English, computers, and basic math including conversions, proportions, ratios, and algebra.

Responsibilities

• Timely and accurate preparation and delivery of medications to nursing units and appropriate departments.
• Maintain accuracy of work and required competencies, adhering to quality improvement and patient safety standards.
• Ongoing professional development and growth, lead by example and manage own time.
• Communicate effectively and build positive working relationships; model teamwork.
• Train new employees on routine tasks under supervision.
• Share responsibility for minimizing pharmaceutical costs and improving processes.

Skills

English proficiency

Computer literacy

Math skills (conversions)

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Pharmacy Technician I - Pharmacy Department

Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together

Work location: Texas Health Plano - 6200 West Parker Road TX 75093-7914

Work hours: Full Time, 40 hours a week. Days/Evenings rotating shifts including weekends.

Department highlights

• We have a high level of safety with experienced staff.
• 24/7 pharmacist and technician coverage of a 386-bed facility managing 4 facilities (Texas Health Neighborhood Care and Wellness Emergency - Department, Seay Psychiatric Hospital, Texas Health Plano Pediatric Imaging, and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital).
• Leadership supportive of individual and departmental education and growth.
• Fantastic team and ancillary department support.

Here’s What You Need

• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent is required
• Pharmacy Tech Hospital experience is strongly preferred
• RPhT - Registered Pharmacy Technician Upon Hire is required
• Other IV Certification Upon Hire is preferred
• Proficiency in written and verbal English language, computers, the ability to adapt to various software systems, and basic math including conversions, proportions, ratios, and algebra.
• The ability to work alone and as part of a team.

What You Will Do

• Timely and accurate preparation, delivery to the nursing units/appropriate departments & storage of medications, including (when appropriate) the use of technology to do so, varies by location.
• Ensuring accuracy of one's own work as well as the maintenance of required competencies, and other documentation. Must reflect consistently departmental quality improvement and Patient Safety standards, programs, and initiatives.
• Ongoing professional development and growth, leads by example, perpetuates accountability, manages own time.
• Communicate effectively, develop positive working relationships and role model teamwork that reflects the Texas Health Promise Behaviors.
• Trains new employees on routine tasks, under the direction of designated personnel.
• Shares the responsibility for minimizing pharmaceutical costs (including wastage) and discovering new process efficiencies.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Pharmacy Technician

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment programs as well as several other benefits.
• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Since 1991, Texas Health Plano has served the communities of Plano, Frisco, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson and McKinney. We’re a 386-bed, full-service hospital serving North Texas with incredible care and amazing people. We specialize in emergency medicine and trauma, cardiology, neurosurgery and spine, advanced orthopedics, women’s services, adult and adolescent behavioral health, an adult intensive care unit and state of the art and technologically advanced surgical services. Plus, we’re a Level II Trauma Facility, the only health care facility in Collin County to have achieved both the Level IV NICU and Level IV Maternal facility designation and have a DNV-certified Comprehensive Stroke Program. Texas Health Plano is a four-time Magnet-designated hospital, the only AACN Beacon Gold adult intensive care unit in the DFW area, accredited by the Joint Commission in Hip and Knee Replacement and a Primary Heart Attack Center. We offer top-notch benefits including an on-site childcare center created for working parents.

If you’re ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community, then let’s show the world how we’re even better together! Learn more about our culture, benefits, and recent awards.