Registered Pharmacy Technician

Texas Children's; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children's Hospital seeks a Pharmacy Technician to support prescription processing, compounding, and distribution of medications. The role requires registration with the State Board of Pharmacy and potentially CPHT certification, with a preference for experienced technicians and sterile compounding training.

The position involves maintaining inventory, updating formulation records, and ensuring timely workflow across the pharmacy and related study activities, within a hospital setting.

Qualifications

• State Board of Pharmacy registration required for pharmacy technician.
• CPHT certification preferred for technician.
• Two years of pharmacy technician experience preferred; 40 hours sterile compounding training required by ACPE or ASHP.

Responsibilities

• Process prescriptions and prepare medications.
• Ensure proper distribution and delivery of pharmaceutical and supply shipments.
• Ensure doses are delivered within established departmental time-frame standards.
• Complete daily and monthly activity checklists including expired drug checking and ordering supplies.
• Check all communications including e-mail and mailbox each shift.
• Complete daily filing of medication orders and stop orders.
• Work with Materials and Logistics to maintain adequate stock of medications and supplies.
• Assist in implementing new formulations and updating the Master Formulation Book and related systems.
• Perform weekly inspections to ensure logs and study drugs readiness for scheduled patient visits.

Education

Registered Pharmacy Technician (State Board of Pharmacy)

CPHT (Pharmacy Technician Certification Board)

Tools

M&R computer program

Job description

SHIFT: 12 p - 10:30 p (Variable 10-Hour Shifts)

• Processes prescriptions/medication orders and prepares medication
• Ensures proper distribution/delivery of pharmaceutical and supply shipments
• Ensures the doses are delivered within established departmental time-frame standards
• Completes and documents daily and monthly activity checklists including expired drug checking, cleaning assignments, and ordering supplies and forms
• Checks all available means of communication including e-mail, and mailbox every shift
• Completes all daily filing, including medication orders and stop orders
• Works with Materials and Logistics to maintain adequate stock of medications and supplies
• Assists in the implementation of new formulations for manufactured products, new repackaged products, or any product deletions including updating the Master Formulation Book in the pharmacy areas, distributing, or pulling stock, and maintaining the M&R computer program
• Performs weekly inspections of pharmacy areas to ensure adequate supply of drug accountability logs and of study drugs and in preparation of scheduled patient study visits

RPHT-TX - Registered Pharmacy Technician from the State Board of Pharmacy required, OR PHAR INT - Pharmacy Intern CPHT certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board preferred 2 years pharmacy technician experience preferred 40 hours of training in compounding sterile products accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education or the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists required