Pharmacy Technician, Sterile Compounding
Indiana University Health
About the Role
The field of Home Infusion Pharmacy has revolutionized healthcare, providing patients with personalized, lifesaving therapy from the comfort of their home. We are seeking a detail-oriented pharmacy technician to join our expanding team of sterile compounding experts. This position is responsible for the handling, preparation, compounding, and distribution of medications, as well as maintaining the integrity of our sterile compounding suite.
Key Responsibilities
- Supports the pharmacy department under pharmacist supervision in areas such as inventory, preparation, distribution, compounding, processing of medications and supplies, specialty medications, and medication histories.
- Assists with all functions required for medication processing, including answering telephones, taking refill orders, entering orders into the system, and preparing medications for pharmacist check, disbursement, shipment, or delivery.
- May handle supplies, stock prepackaged items, maintain inventory, deliver supplies, maintain records, and distribute supplies.
- May assist in bulk compounding and preparation of I.V. solutions.
- Works with pharmacy staff to minimize the potential for medication errors.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- High School Diploma/GED required.
- Requires Indiana Pharmacy Tech-In Training OR Indiana Pharmacy Technician License OR intern/extern license if enrolled in an accredited college of pharmacy.
- Requires Pharmacy Technician National Certification within one year of hire (unless enrolled in accredited college of pharmacy or an ASHP/ACPE accredited Pharmacy Technician training program).
- Requires absence of criminal history related to the ability to work with drugs.
- Requires strong mathematical calculation skills.
- Requires ability to learn basic pharmacy technician skills in assigned areas and work under close supervision or defined procedures.
- Requires ability to learn effective written and communication skills.
- Requires ability to learn and execute customer service skills.
- Requires basic proficiency in typing and using Microsoft Office applications.