Registered Pharmacy Technician (Days)

Texas Children's Hospital; Katy (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is seeking a Registered Pharmacy Technician to support pharmacists in compounding, repackaging, filling and delivering medications for patients from neonates to adults. You'll ensure accurate dispensing and compliance with safety standards, while assisting with stock, records and controlled substances under supervision.

The role requires state certification, relevant experience, and willingness to participate in training and quality checks.

Qualifications

• RPHT-TX - Registered Pharmacy Technician licensed by State Board of Pharmacy.
• PHAR INT - Pharmacy Intern.
• CPHT certification preferred.
• 2 years pharmacy technician experience preferred.
• 40 hours of sterile compounding training accredited by ACPE or ASHP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Processes prescriptions/medication orders and prepares medication
• Ensures proper distribution/delivery of pharmaceutical and supply shipments
• Ensures doses are delivered within established departmental time-frame standards
• Completes daily and monthly activity checklists including expired drug checking and ordering supplies
• Checks communications including e-mail and mailbox each shift
• Completes daily filing, including medication orders and stop orders
• Maintains stock of medications and supplies with Materials and Logistics
• Assists in updating Master Formulation Book and M&R system
• Performs weekly inspections of pharmacy areas for drug accountability and study drugs
• Supports preparation for scheduled patient study visits

Education

RPHT-TX - Registered Pharmacy Technician

PHAR INT - Pharmacy Intern

CPHT certification

2 years pharmacy technician experience

40 hours of sterile compounding training

Job description

Job Description

We are searching for a Registered Pharmacy Technician -- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will assist the pharmacist in the preparation related to the repackaging and compounding, filling, and delivery of medications, and other tasks associated with dispensing in a manner developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served (0-adult). This role also assists in the procurement, record keeping, storage, and distribution of all controlled substances.

Responsibilities

• 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

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• 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 preferred

About Us

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city’s most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy. To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.