Pharmacy Technician PRN

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital; Fort Walton Beach (FL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work

401(k) plan with match

Education support

Job summary

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to perform dispensing duties under pharmacist supervision, manage drug inventory, and maintain patient records in a fast-paced hospital pharmacy.

Responsibilities include accurate order filling, labeling, Pyxis replenishment, stock management, and ensuring compliance with policies. Candidates must hold a Pharmacy Technician license and a high school diploma, with no travel required.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy Technician License is required.
• High School Diploma or GED is required.

Responsibilities

• Procures and distributes medication orders per physician or pharmacist requests.
• Accurately fills medication orders and labels according to procedures.
• Prepackages medications according to departmental procedures.
• Delivers medications and supplies to patient care areas on schedule.
• Dispenses controlled substances with proper documentation and reports discrepancies.
• Maintains stock and rotates stock to use before expiration.
• Enters charges and credits for patient medications accurately.
• Generates reports and labels as required.
• Keeps pharmacy areas clean and organized.

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

Position Summary

The pharmacy technician performs technical duties under direct supervision of attending pharmacist, involving dispensing of medications and maintaining the drug inventory and patient records.

Major Responsibilities

Procures and distributes medications orders per physician request, pharmacist request, or prearranged work assignment according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.

Accurately fills medication orders and follows labeling requirements:

1. Physician orders
2. First doses and non-Pyxis medications (if applicable)
3. Labeling follows departmental procedures
4. Products are bar-coded according to departmental procedures
5. Investigational medications (if applicable)

Accurately prepackages medications following departmental procedures

Delivers medications and supplies to patient care and ancillary areas accurately per established schedule

Dispenses controlled substances accurately with proper documentation; counting discrepancies and suspected diversions are immediately brought to the attention of a pharmacist

Maintains adequate stock of medications and supplies according to established policies and procedures

Assists in ordering, receiving, unpacking, and storing pharmaceuticals and supplies in appropriate locations

Rotates stock to ensure use before expiration date. Identifies and replaces outdated and unusable drugs

Restocks pharmacy inventory

Disposes of unusable returned medications follows departmental procedures

Accurately replenishes floor stock medications:

1. Pyxis refill and floor stock requisitions
2. Pyxis stock-outs are responded to within one hour
3. Emergency kits and crash carts
4. Surgical kits

Contributes to the effective operation of the department

Picks up orders, requisitions, and medications for return from patient care areas when on delivery rounds

Enters charges and credits for patient medications accurately and in a timely manner to avoid any late corrections to the patient's account

Generates reports and labels as required

Organizes and prioritizes work assignments; appropriately responds to emergency STAT, Now and routine requests

Makes STAT deliveries to patient care areas when requested

Answers the telephone within three rings, identifying themselves and the department. Directs calls to appropriate personnel

Answers requests at the window; promptly responds to the intercom system

Keeps pharmacy areas and equipment clean, neat, and well organized

Maintains logs, records, and other required documentation accurately; files documentation in appropriate locations

Demonstrates effective and appropriate oral and written communication

What qualifications you will need

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

No Travel Required

No experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, 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.

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital is a 267-bed hospital. We are a top-performing quality hospital. We have over 300 of the most respected and qualified physicians in the area. We offer an Advanced Primary Stroke Center and a Cancer Care Center. Our services include open-heart surgery and a wide range of specialties. We give advanced care to critically ill patients. We offer emergency services at our main emergency room (ER). We also have a pediatric ER and two freestanding ERs. Together, our team has an unwavering conviction to improve more lives in more ways.

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.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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.