Pharmacy Technician Specialist

HCA Florida West Hospital; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) Plan with company match

Tuition and loan assistance

Paid time off and family leave

Job summary

HCA Florida West Hospital is seeking a Pharmacy Technician Specialist to support pharmacists in providing high-quality patient care. This role involves assisting with medication orders, maintaining documentation, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. High School graduate or GED and State Registration as a Pharmacy Technician are required. The position offers a comprehensive rewards package, including medical, retirement, and education support programs. The work setting is within a collaborative hospital environment in Pensacola, Florida.

Qualifications

• State Registration Pharmacy Technician required.
• High School Graduate or GED necessary.

Responsibilities

• Assist pharmacist in filling physician orders.
• Maintain required documentation logs accurately.
• Comply with regulatory requirements regarding medication storage.

Education

High School Graduate / GED

State Registration Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Pharmacy Technician Specialist to support pharmacists in ensuring high quality, efficient patient care at HCA Florida West Hospital.

Responsibilities

• Accurately assists the pharmacist in filling physician orders and according to the department’s established priorities.
• Identifies critical issues, prioritizes workload and communicates to appropriate personnel any issues in a timely manner.
• Greets people entering the department; smiles and makes direct eye contact; gives full attention to the person, maintains an even voice level.
• Answers telephones, answers questions and refers or transfers callers, answers telephones by the third ring, identifies the department and name, speaks clearly, addresses the caller by name when appropriate.
• Complete daily work assignments with minimal supervision or direction.
• Accurately maintain required documentation logs.
• Responsible for maintaining medication storage and security as per regulatory requirements throughout the organization.
• Performs quality control and performance improvement functions as assigned.
• Completes all education requirements and/or other activities needed to maintain competency.
• Accurately performs and documents monthly medication storage area inspections as assigned.
• Performs basic billing functions.
• Accurately performs required calculations.
• Accurately and safely compounds and labels medications and parenteral admixtures.
• Accurately packages and prepares pre-packages and unit dose medications for dispensing as assigned.
• Always utilizes aseptic techniques in the preparation of parenteral products.
• Complies with facility policy and procedures and regulatory requirements. Follows FL law for pharmacist supervision of technical duties as defined in regulations.
• Completes all duties assigned according to established policy and procedure.
• Adheres to all policies and procedures of the pharmacy/hospital.
• Requests assistance in the decision-making process and problem-solving as necessary.
• Retrieves data for Q.I. monitors and makes recommendations to improve care, resolve identified problems, and improve existing pharmacy programs.
• Always obtains a final check from the supervising pharmacist before releasing any prepared parenteral product, before releasing any packaged medication, or dispensing any medication.
• Compliant with all USP 797 shift/daily/monthly requirements (i.e. cleaning laminar airflow cabinets and biological safety cabinets, wearing personal protective equipment, etc.).
• Assists the Supervisor and Director of Pharmacy in developing, revising and improving departmental policies and procedures.
• Adapts personal schedule to meet hospital/departmental needs.
• Assists in coordinating the orientation of new employees, both professional and technical.
• Carries out any other duties deemed appropriate by the Director of Pharmacy.
• Attends and participates in monthly departmental staff meetings and is responsible for information communicated at the meetings.
• Performs daily ADC routines as assigned (i.e. restocks, outdates, discrepancy resolution, loading and unloading, etc.)
• Is familiar with adult crash carts, pediatric emergency bags, nursery crash cart, ED pediatric crash cart.
• Appropriately and timely notifies the pharmacy inventory manager of products that need to be reordered.
• Processes medication returns and restocking to the pharmacy.
• Replenishes ADCs, emergency cart trays, medication kits, medication boxes and floor stock accurately and as needed.
• Accurately performs inventory functions in RXMS system.
• Accurately transports medications and other pharmacy supplies in a timely manner to the appropriate area.
• Provide basic technical support for automated dispensing machines and other pharmacy computer systems.
• Prepares all work records needed for the day at their designated times including the discontinued, transfers, and discharged lists of parenteral preparations and efficiently processes these reports before they are dispensed to the patient care areas.
• Complies with ongoing processes to monitor outdates as per policy and procedures.
• Performs receiving and check in of medication/supply orders as defined in policy and notifies the pharmacy purchaser/buyer of any shortages, overages or damages of products.
• Manages drug supplies in a cost effective manner and identifies opportunities to minimize waste.
• Practice and adhere to the "Code of conduct" philosophy and "Mission and Value Statement".
• Key-punches all charges accurately and in a timely manner.
• Reconciles billing documents daily with meditech and patient accounting.
• Reviews high cost charge report daily for charge discrepancies.
• Places medication order in the pharmacy buyer’s absence.

Qualifications

• State Registration Pharmacy Technician
• High School Graduate / GED

Benefits

HCA Florida West 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

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.