Pharmacy Technician II

HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland; Pearland (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland in Pearland, TX is seeking a Pharmacy Technician II to support pharmacists in delivering high-quality drug therapy and education to patients under direct supervision. You will fill orders, deliver meds to nursing units, assist with IV, chemo, and TPN preparations, set up daily medication carts, process discharges, and help with inventory control and reporting.

Requires a High School diploma or GED and appropriate pharmacy technician credentials, plus at least one

Qualifications

• High School Graduate / GED.
• (PHARM-Intern) Pharmacist - Intern, or (CPhT) Certified Pharmacy Technician, or (PharmTech) Pharmacy Technician License.
• IV Therapy, or (BCSCP) Compounded Sterile Preparations Pharmacy Specialty.
• No Travel Required.
• 1 years experience Required Years of Experience.

Responsibilities

• The employee proactively works toward and achieves goals set in the previous evaluation period.
• Regularly communicates with manager to update on progress or express needs for assistance.
• Makes delivery and pickup rounds to nursing units, as required.
• Fill medication orders for checking by a pharmacist and tubes/delivers to nursing unit after R.Ph. Checking.
• Processes discharges and transfers (i.e. Cart fill, pickup and credit discharge meds IV: Techs).
• Processes IV's, Chemo's, and TPN's. Reconciles IV's, Chemo's, and TPN's.
• Restocks work area. Cart Set Tech: Set daily medication carts for RPh checking, then delivers med. carts after R.Ph. checking.
• Repackaging of non-unit dose medications Central: Generate Computer Reports and delivers reports to nursing units.
• Process specialty drug boxes e.g. L&D boxes General: Check assign areas for expiration date.

Skills

IV Therapy

Team collaboration

No travel

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Pharmacist Intern (PHARM-Intern)

Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)

Pharmacy Technician License

Job description

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a(an) Pharmacy Technician II? At HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary and Qualifications

This position will be responsible for the provision of drug therapy and pharmaceutical education to the customers under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist. The services must be that of the highest quality, cost effective and delivered in an efficient and professional manner.

What will you do in this role:

• The employee proactively works toward and achieves goals set in the previous evaluation period. Regularly communicates with manager to update him or her on progress or express needs for assistance.
• Makes delivery and pickup rounds to nursing units, as required.
• Fill medication orders for checking by a pharmacist and tubes/delivers to nursing unit after R.Ph. Checking.
• Processes discharges and transfers (i.e. Cart fill, pickup and credit discharge meds IV: Techs
• Processes IV's, Chemo's, and TPN's. 5. Reconciles IV's, Chemo's, and TPN's.
• Restocks work area. Cart Set Tech:
• Set daily medication carts for RPh checking, then delivers med. carts after R.Ph. checking.
• Repackaging of non-unit dose medications Central:
• Generate Computer Reports and delivers reports to nursing units.
• Process specialty drug boxes e.g. L&D boxes General:
• Check assign areas for expiration date.
• Maintains a neat and clean work area
• Complies with/ensures compliance with hospital and department policies, including but not limited to: a. Adheres to department attendance policy. b. Follows appropriate guidelines for planning/arranging schedule changes or vacation/holidays. c. Reports to work on-time. d. Completes job duties within required time frame, according to established schedule or workflow
• Ensures inventory control and formulary maintenance by: a. Listing shorts on short book. b. Appropriate charging and crediting of medications. c. Regularly communicates with purchasing manager to assure adequate stock is available.
• Assists in cross-training of co-workers. 2. Assists in the orientation of new employees. 3. Assists co-workers in problem-solving and helps co-workers' complete other tasks when needed. 4. Regularly communicates problems to supervisor or Assistant DOP. 5. Educational development fulfilled by attending required department in-services.

What qualifications you will need:

• High School Graduate / GED
• (PHARM-Intern) Pharmacist - Intern, or (CPhT) Certified Pharmacy Technician, or (PharmTech) Pharmacy Technician License
• IV Therapy, or (BCSCP) Compounded Sterile Preparations Pharmacy Specialty
• No Travel Required
• 1 years experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• 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

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

As the first hospital in Pearland, Texas, HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland is proud to provide healthcare resources to the south Houston communities. Our50+ bed hospital isn't just a neighborhood hospital, but we are an exceptional full-service hospital that happens to be in your neighborhood. Our hospital provides expert emergency care, breast cancer screening, and cardiology services. Our emergency department provides fast and effective care, our women's diagnostic imaging center provides full-service mammogram procedures, including diagnostic and 3D mammograms, for effective breast cancer screening, and our cardiology team ishome to some of the top Houston cardiologists. HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland aspires to connect with each one of our patients to build a network of caring individuals. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

\"Good people beget good people.\"- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Pharmacy Technician II opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.