Pharmacy Technician Specialist

HCA Florida Lake City Hospital; Lake City (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Prescription drug coverage

Dental plan

Vision plan

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401(k) with match

Education assistance

Fertility benefits

Job summary

HCA Florida Lake City Hospital in Lake City, FL is seeking a Pharmacy Technician Specialist to perform advanced and basic technician functions, support Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADCs), and assume leadership duties as directed by the pharmacy management team.

The role requires strict adherence to policies and regulatory requirements, aseptic technique for parenteral compounding, and precise documentation, with opportunities to train and supervise other technicians and contribute to quality

Qualifications

• Must hold a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) credential or a Pharmacy Technician License.
• Hospital pharmacy operations experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identifies critical issues, prioritizes workload and communicates needs promptly.
• Maintains documentation logs and regulatory compliance.
• Provides direction and training to other technicians as assigned.
• Supervises technicians to ensure policy and regulatory adherence.
• Assists pharmacists in clinical reviews and medication reconciliation.
• Performs required calculations and accurate compounding with aseptic technique.
• Ensures proper medication storage, transport, and order fulfillment.
• Oversees daily ADC routines and inventory management.

Education

CPhT Certification

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. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Pharmacy Technician Specialist

Job Summary And Qualifications

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Pharmacy Technician Specialist is responsible for accurately performing advanced and basic pharmacy technician functions in a timely manner. In addition, they are responsible for performing duties associated with Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADCs), other specialized duties and/or leadership roles as assigned by the pharmacy management team.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Identifies critical issues, prioritize workload and communicate to appropriate personnel any issues in a timely manner
• Completes all education requirements and/or other activities needed to maintain competency Complies with facility policy and procedures and regulatory requirements
• Interacts in person and by phone with hospital personnel politely and appropriately.
• Accurately maintains and coordinates required documentation logs
• Provide direction and training to other technicians as assigned.
• Assists in the supervision of other technicians to ensure that policies and procedures and regulatory requirements are uniformly and consistently followed.
• Responsible for maintaining medication storage and security as per regulatory requirements throughout the organization
• Accurately performs audits (i.e. anesthesia, overrides, billing, etc.) as assigned.
• Performs and monitors compliance for quality control and performance improvement functions as assigned
• Accurately performs and documents monthly medication storage area inspections as assigned
• Performs and supervises other technicians for administrative billing functions as assigned
• Assists the pharmacists in clinical reviews as assigned (i.e. medication reconciliation, triaging reports, etc).
• Accurately performs required calculations
• Accurately and safely compounds and label medications and parenteral admixtures
• Always utilizes aseptic techniques in the preparation of parenteral compounding
• Compliant with all USP 797 daily/monthly requirements (i.e. Cleaning laminar airflow cabinets and biological safety cabinets, wearing personal protective equipment, etc.)
• Always obtains a final check from the pharmacist before releasing any prepared parenteral compounds, before packaging any medication, or dispensing any medication
• 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
• Compounds chemotherapy preparation per established protocol
• Ensures that medications and other pharmacy supplies are accurately transported in a timely manner to appropriate areas
• Accurately fills orders in the pharmacy
• Ensures that medication returns are consistently and timely restocked in the pharmacy.
• Automated Dispensing Cabinet (ADC) Super User/Trainer
• Performing daily ADC routines as assigned (i.e. restocks, outdates, discrepancy resolution, loading and unloading, etc.) and provides oversight of these activities for appropriate inventory management
• Coordinates and communicates with the appropriate support personnel. Performs trouble shooting (see tech II) and addresses all problems appropriatel

What qualifications you will need:

• (CPhT) Certified Pharmacy Technician, or (PharmTech) Pharmacy Technician License

No Travel Required

Benefits

No experience Required Years of Experience

HCA Florida Lake City 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 Lake City Hospital is a 140+ bed acute care hospital. For over 60 years, we have served Columbia, Hamilton, and Suwannee counties and surrounding communities. Our hospital is a part of HCA Healthcare North Florida. We offer medical and surgical programs including 24-hour emergency care, heart care, interventional cardiology, orthopedics, cancer care, and imaging and rehabilitation services. We are an Accredited Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. We are an Accredited Chest Pain Center by the American College of Cardiology. We have achieved Disease Specific Certification in the treatment of Sepsis by the Joint Commission. For 20 years in a row, we have been named the area's Best of the Best Hospital. We were named an employer of choice in 2019 by the Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce.

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

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Pharmacy Technician Specialist opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

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.