Supervisor - Pharmacy Technician

Baptist-Health-Care,-Inc.; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Care, Inc. in Pensacola, FL is seeking a Supervisor - Pharmacy Technician to lead and coordinate pharmacy technician operations, ensuring safe, efficient medication distribution and compliance with regulatory requirements under pharmacy leadership.

The role directs daily activities of technicians, oversees workflow, inventory, sterile compounding, and bedside delivery programs, and partners with pharmacists to support patient care and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent Required.
• 3 years Pharmacy experience in a hospital setting. Required.
• Registered Pharmacy Technician State of Florida Upon Hire Required
• Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) within 6 Months Required

Responsibilities

• Serves as a liaison between pharmacy leadership and technical staff, fostering effective communication and accountability.
• Performs advanced duties to support workload and continuity of services, including emergency preparedness activities.
• Oversees medication distribution processes, pharmacy automation systems, and technician workflow to ensure timely and accurate delivery.
• Coordinates sterile compounding operations and ensures compliance with USP <797> and USP <800> requirements.
• Monitors IV inventory and supports competency assessments, environmental monitoring, and quality assurance programs.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Pharmacy automation systems

Job description

The Supervisor - Pharmacy Technician provides leadership, oversight, and coordination of pharmacy technician operations to ensure safe, efficient, and compliant medication distribution and pharmacy support services under the direction of pharmacy leadership. The Supervisor directs the daily activities of pharmacy technicians, coordinates workflow and staffing resources, ensures adherence to departmental policies and regulatory requirements, and promotes operational excellence across all areas of pharmacy practice. In collaboration with pharmacy leadership, the Supervisor oversees technical operations including medication distribution, automated dispensing technologies, inventory management, regulatory compliance, and continuous process improvement initiatives. The Supervisor monitors productivity and identifies opportunities for operational enhancement and supports the implementation of best practices to improve efficiency, service levels, employee satisfaction, and patient outcomes. The Supervisor - Pharmacy Technician may perform advanced technical and operational duties as needed to support departmental workload and maintain continuity of services. The Supervisor serves as a liaison between pharmacy leadership and technical staff and represents the pharmacy department professionally in interactions with patients, physicians, nurses, colleagues, vendors, and other healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a liaison between pharmacy leadership and technical staff, fostering effective communication, collaboration, and accountability. Collaborates with pharmacists, nursing staff, physicians, and other healthcare professionals to support patient care and pharmacy operations.
• Performs advanced pharmacy technician duties as needed to support workload demands and maintain continuity of services, including participation in emergency preparedness activities and support of pharmacy operations during severe weather events, disasters, and other emergency situations.
• Oversees medication distribution processes, pharmacy automation systems, and technician workflow to support timely and accurate medication delivery throughout the organization. Ensures medication area cleanliness and outdated medications are removed and accurately documented for monthly inspections. Monitors supply and drug inventory for opportunities for PAR optimization. Coordinates inventory management activities, including automated dispensing cabinets, medication replenishment, repackaging operations, electronic inventory technologies, medication storage processes, and hazardous medication handling requirements to maintain safe and efficient pharmacy operations.
• Coordinates sterile compounding operations and cleanroom activities to ensure compliance with USP <797>, USP <800>, organizational standards, and regulatory requirements (if applicable). Ensures that all daily quality checks are completed and documented appropriately (cleaning, pressures, etc.). Participate in the completions of a USP <797>/USP <800> annual gap analysis.
• Monitors IV inventory to assure optimization of supplies, fluids, and medications including exploring new IV supplies that may be more cost effective. Assists with technician competency assessments, environmental monitoring, surface sampling, hazardous drug handling activities, quality assurance programs, and collaborates with the pharmacy leadership in conducting annual USP <797> and USP <800> gap assessments and implementing corrective action plans as needed (if applicable).
• Oversees medication reconciliation workflows and technician activities to support the timely and accurate collection, documentation, and communication of patients' medication histories (if applicable).
• Identifies opportunities for improvement, data collection, and analysis to optimize efficiency. Completes Medication Reconciliation GAP analysis annually, with pharmacy administration oversight. Oversees Medication Reconciliation self-audit program, with audits results presented at pharmacy QAPI.
• Supports transitions of care initiatives, including medication discrepancy resolution, promotion of bedside prescription delivery services, identification of eligible patients, and activities designed to improve medication access, adherence, satisfaction, and continuity of care following discharge (if applicable).
• Coordinates all technical aspects of bedside delivery program including filling, checking, delivering medications timely.
• Assures quality checklists are documented and completed monthly (outdated medications reviews, hazardous tray documentation, etc.).
• Assists with inventory control to optimize inventory, including managing return products.
• Supervises team members, which includes orientation, development and evaluation of team members, and monitoring the provision of delivering quality services. Participates in the recruiting, interviewing, and selecting of team members following policies, guidelines and applicable laws. Ensures training for new team members and retraining. Supports evaluation of team member’s performance relative to job goals and requirements. Provides coaching to staff, recommends education programs, and ensures adherence to internal policies and standards.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent Required
• 3 years Pharmacy experience in a hospital setting. Required

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician State of Florida Upon Hire Required
• Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) within 6 Months Required

About Us

Baptist Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system committed to improving the quality of life for people and communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama. The organization includesthree hospitals, four medical parks,Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, and an extensive primary and specialty care provider network. With more than 4,000 team members, Baptist Health Care is one of the largest non-governmental employers in northwest Florida.

Baptist Health Care, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. BHC maintains and enforces a policy that prohibits discrimination against any workforce members or applicants for employment because of sex, race, age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, religion, genetic information, or other category protected by federal, state or local law. Certain positions may require a Level 2 Background check through AHCA. Additional information about this requirement can be found here: Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse

Job Info

• Job Identification 11046
• Job Category Licensed Technical
• Posting Date 10/01/2026, 02:41 PM
• Locations 123 Baptist Way, Pensacola, FL, 32503, US
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift Varies
• FTE 1.0 FT

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