Pharmacy Technician: Sterile Prep & Unit-Dose Distribution

Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc.; Paintsville (KY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) in Kentucky seeks a Certified Pharmacy Technician to support outpatient and inpatient drug distribution, sterile product prep, and related pharmaceutical operations. The role covers preparing labels, maintaining inventories, and ensuring accurate medication dispensing within unit-dose systems.

The position requires Pharmacy Tech certification, a high school diploma or GED, and prior pharmacy experience.

Qualifications

• Must successfully complete Pharmacy Math and Computer Proficiency examinations.
• Demonstrated ability to perform pharmaceutical calculations accurately.
• Proficient in computer applications and pharmacy information systems.
• Must have no history of alcoholism, drug addiction, or indiscriminate use of habit-forming or dangerous drugs.
• Must have no felony convictions or criminal record.

Responsibilities

• Performs duties under the supervision of the Director of Pharmacy or designee.
• Types correspondence, reports, memoranda, forms, requisitions, billing documents, prescription labels, product labels, and other pharmacy-related documents as required.
• Performs routine office functions including answering telephones, taking messages, distributing mail, and operating office equipment such as computer terminals, printers, bar-code scanning devices, electronic ordering systems, adding machines, copiers, and other departmental equipment.
• Maintains and retrieves departmental records and files, including correspondence, licenses, drug information resources, prescription records, patient profiles, cash receipts, and records related to controlled substances and pharmacy supplies.
• Assesses, organizes, and coordinates workload to maximize productivity and ensure timely medication distribution.
• Performs medication distribution, billing, crediting, and charging functions within the unit-dose drug distribution system and outpatient pharmacy accurately and efficiently.
• Maintains adequate inventories of pharmaceuticals and supplies by conducting inventories, placing orders, receiving shipments, and maintaining records of order status and product availability.
• Stocks and rotates pharmaceutical inventory to minimize expired medications and maintains monthly expiration date records.
• Demonstrates knowledge and proficiency in the unit-dose distribution process, including oral medications, injectables, large-volume parenterals, piggyback medications, compounded products, premixed formulations, and bulk medications.
• Maintains automated dispensing systems (e.g., Pyxis) through stocking, loading, unloading, report generation, removal of expired medications, and related maintenance activities.
• Demonstrates competency in the preparation and compounding of sterile products as required.
• Maintains crash carts and emergency medication supplies.
• Enters medication orders, charges, credits, floor stock usage, patient demographic information, and other pertinent pharmacy data into the appropriate systems.
• Maintains current drug references and formulary information, including additions and deletions, and provides medication information when appropriate, referring clinical questions to the pharmacist as necessary.
• Updates patient medication profiles for pharmacist review.
• Repackages and labels medications for future distribution.
• Assists with medication distribution by filling unit-dose carts, preparing prescription dosages, and delivering medications to nursing units and patients.
• Stocks the pharmacy with vials, bottles, labels, packaging materials, and other necessary supplies.
• Assists in maintaining a clean, organized, and aseptic pharmacy environment.
• May assist with drug therapy-related research activities.
• May prepare prescriptions for mailing.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Pharmacy math

Computer proficiency

Pharmacy information systems

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Pyxis

Job description

Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) in Kentucky seeks a Certified Pharmacy Technician to support outpatient and inpatient drug distribution, sterile product prep, and related pharmaceutical operations. The role covers preparing labels, maintaining inventories, and ensuring accurate medication dispensing within unit-dose systems.

The position requires Pharmacy Tech certification, a high school diploma or GED, and prior pharmacy experience.