Registered Pharmacy Tech (Part Time w/ Benefits, Evenings)

Miami Children’s Hospital; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 60,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

Miami Children’s Hospital seeks a Registered Pharmacy Technician for a part-time evening shift with benefits. The role supports pharmacists with order processing and inpatient IV admixture preparation, including chemotherapy, TPN and cardiac meds, while maintaining inventory and answering phones.

Candidates must be Florida-registered, with preferred hospital pharmacy experience, good English communication, and comfort with unit-dose and medication dispensing.

Qualifications

• Florida Pharmacy Technician license active and in good standing.
• Experience in hospital pharmacy preferred.
• English fluency required; professional communication.
• Knowledge of IV admixture and unit-dose preparation.
• Ability to read, write, and perform basic math calculations.

Responsibilities

• Answers the phone according to departmental standards and directs calls with excellent customer service.
• Prepares and delivers medications per hospital standards to designated nursing units and handles returns.
• Maintains active participation in Lean committee initiatives.
• Performs area inspections and removes outdated medications prior to expiration.
• Receives daily shipments and reports medication barcodes into the system.
• Assists with stocking, cleaning, and organizing the storage room.
• Prepares medications for patient use from stock and bulk supply.
• Prepares unit-dose and cassette fills for patients.
• Prepares IV admixtures and large-volume IV medications using aseptic technique.
• Prepares PN, chemotherapy, OR and cardiovascular trays.
• Weighs, counts, labels, and verifies medications for pharmacists.
• Responds to equipment alerts and maintains dispensing machines.

Skills

Hospital pharmacy technician

English proficiency

Pharmacy math calculations

IV admixture preparation

Unit dose preparation

Customer service

Education

High School education

Approved pharmacy certification course

Florida Pharmacy Technician license

Job description

Job Description

Registered Pharmacy Tech (Part Time w/ Benefits, Evenings) - 302089

Description

Description Job Summary Supports Pharmacists with order processing, preparation of general and specialty medication (Chemotherapy, TPN and Cardiac Preps) IV solutions, syringes, admixtures and/or non- IV doses. Processes floor stock orders, maintains medication inventories, answers the phones, provides customer support, and removes outdated medications and medication deliveries for the Inpatient Pharmacy.

Qualifications

• Registered in the State of Florida as a Pharmacy Technician- maintain active and in good standing throughout employment.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Registered in the State of Florida as a Pharmacy Technician- maintain active and in good standing throughout employment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• High School education or equivalent preferred.
• Graduate of an approved pharmacy certification course preferred.
• Three years of experience as a hospital pharmacy technician preferred.
• Able to read, write, and speak English fluently.
• Able to communicate verbally and in writing in a professional manner.
• General and specialty (Chemotherapy, TPN and Cardiac IV) admixture preparation experience or trained for inpatient pharmacy preferred.
• Knowledge and skills in IV admixture and Unit Dose medication preparation for inpatient pharmacy or bulk dispensing for outpatient pharmacy preferred.
• Ability to comprehend and analyze information.
• Knowledge of percentage and basic math calculations.
• Ability to coordinate the sequence of a process.
• Ability to relate cooperatively, courteously, and constructively with patients, nursing personnel, coworkers, physicians, etc.
• Knowledge of Metric system of measurement.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills of medication preparation and dispensing for an outpatient pharmacy.
• Knowledge of generic and brand medication names.
• Able to communicate effectively with the public and internal customers.
• Able to deal with pressure to meet deadlines, to be accurate, to handle constantly stressful and changing situations, and to create a positive work environment.

Job Specific Duties

• Answers the phone according to departmental standards and directs calls as appropriate using excellent customer service.
• Prepares and delivers medications per hospital standards to the designated Nursing Units in a timely manner and picks up returned medications.
• Maintains active participation in Lean committee initiatives.
• Completes periodic area inspections in a timely manner, as assigned, for removal of outdated medications prior to expiration of medication.
• Receives daily shipments of medications from vendors and warehouse and accurately reports medication barcodes into designated computer system.
• Assists with stocking, maintaining, cleaning, and organizing the storage room.
• Prepares medications accurately and efficiently for individual patient use from stock and bulk supply.
• Accurately and efficiently prepares standardized doses of medication including unit dose and cassette fill for patient use.
• Prepares specific IV admixtures syringes and large volume IV medications accurately and efficiently using proper USP 797 aseptic technique.
• Accurately prepares Parenteral Nutrition (PN), Chemotherapy, OR and Cardiovascular Trays.
• Accurately weighs, counts, and measures medications, labels patient specific medications, and places the finished product in a suitable container for pharmacist check.
• Responsible for responding to equipment alerts, maintaining the automated dispensing machines, and other routine equipment in the Pharmacy and hospital.

Job

Pharmacy