Pharmacy Technician II

HCA Florida Osceola Hospital; Kissimmee (FL); On-site; USD 22,041 - 30,307; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k) match

Education support

Paid time off

Fertility assistance

Job summary

HCA Florida Osceola Hospital in Kissimmee, FL is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to assist under the supervision of the Clinical Pharmacist. You will prepare and dispense medications, ensure bar code verification in Meditech, and support quality improvements and patient care.

Responsibilities include ADC routines, inventory oversight, accurate record keeping for transfers and discharges, and collaboration with the health care team to maintain safe medication use and timely patient service.

Qualifications

• PharmTech Pharmacy Technician License is required.
• High School Graduate or GED required.
• No travel required.

Responsibilities

• Under supervision of the Clinical Pharmacist, prepares and dispenses prescribed medications in an accurate and timely manner.
• Verifies barcode is recognized by the Meditech system prior to dispensing.
• Performs quality control and participates in performance improvement activities.
• Participates in rounding and responds to patient needs to improve outcomes.
• ADC Super User/Trainer performing daily ADC routines and inventory management oversight.
• Prepares and monitors day-end records including Discontinued, Transfers and Discharges lists of parenteral preparations.
• Maintains communications with colleagues and other healthcare team members.
• Performs monthly medication storage area inspections.

Education

PharmTech Pharmacy Technician License

High School Graduate / GED

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Job Summary And Qualifications

Provision of Care: Under the supervision and direction of the Clinical Pharmacist, prepares and dispenses prescribed medications, drugs and other pharmaceuticals in an accurate and timely manner.
Ensures that all medications are appropriately bar-coded prior to dispensing; verifies barcode is recognized by the Meditech computerized order entry system.
Performs and monitors compliance for quality control and performance improvement functions as assigned.
Participates in rounding and proactively responds to patient needs to improve patient outcomes and positively impact overall patient experience.
Automated Dispensing Cabinet (ADC) Super User/Trainer Performing daily ADC routines as assigned and provides oversight of these activities for appropriate inventory management.
Prepares and monitors all work records needed for day at their designated times including the Discontinued, Transfers, and Discharges Lists of parenteral preparations and efficiently processes these reports before they are dispensed to the patient care areas.
Assists Coordinator Pharmacy Inventory in ensuring that the department has the necessary supplies, equipment and stock needed for daily operations.
Maintains proactive and effective communications with colleagues, and other members of the healthcare team.
Accurately performs and documents monthly medication storage area inspections as assigned.

Organization Policies & Process Improvement

Actively contributes to and works toward hospital wide improvement in meeting core measures, patient safety and service excellence goals.
Continuously evaluates work process and design; understands role in ensuring quality/performance improvement, productivity, and service delivery to meet stakeholder needs.
Performs duties in accordance with departmental policies and procedures, and recognized professional, quality, patient safety, environmental and infection control standards. Demonstrates knowledge of the occurrence reporting system.
Uses system to report potential patient safety issues.
Follows established guidelines for reporting a significant medical error or unanticipated outcome in the patients care which results in patient harm.

What qualifications you will need:

• (PharmTech) Pharmacy Technician License
• High School Graduate / GED

No Travel Required

Benefits

3 years experience Required Years of Experience

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida Osceola Hospital is a 404-bed tertiary care hospital. We are accredited by the Joint Commission and are a Level II Trauma Center. We are a teaching hospital in collaboration with UCF College of Medicine. Our hospital is conveniently and centrally located in the Heart of Kissimmee. We are only minutes from Orlando, St. Cloud, Celebration, and Poinciana. We are committed to enhancing the standard of healthcare by providing services including Emergency Care, Trauma Care, Pediatric ER, Heart & Vascular Institute, and Comprehensive Stroke Center. Other services include The Baby Suites Maternity Care, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Level II, Women’s Services, Behavioral Health, Orthopedics & Spine, and a Graduate Medical Education Program. We expand our care to the community with our freestanding Emergency Department at Hunter’s Creek ER.

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