Pharmacy Technician I

About the Role

• Department: 38410 Atrium Health Pineville - Pharmacy
• Status: Full time
• Hours Per Week: 40
• Schedule Details:
• First Shift: 4:00 AM - 12:30 PM, 5:00 AM - 1:30 PM, 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM, or 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
• Second Shift: 1:00 PM – 9:30 PM & occasional 3:30 PM - 0000
• Requires working every third weekend and select holidays.
• Pay Range: $21.85 - $32.80

Key Responsibilities

• Perform a variety of clerical, distributive, technical, and data gathering duties to provide medications to patients and support pharmacists.
• Develop competence in dispensing and delivery of medications, including the department’s use of information systems, technology, and automation.
• Develop competence in preparing non-sterile products following USP, state, and federal recommendations.
• Develop competence in entering medication orders in the computer system and/or processing medication requests.
• Develop competence in managing phone calls from customers and team members, including understanding, interpreting, and resolving issues or escalating them appropriately.
• Develop competence in pharmacy procedures and documentation, satisfying legal, regulatory, and department requirements.
• Comply with legal, regulatory, and accreditation standards, including controlled substance procedures, USP procedures, and DNV requirements.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Technician Student registration (IL only).
• Certification (CPhT) issued by PTCB or ExCPT within two years of hire, or sooner if required by law. Must sit for the certification exam at least one time within the first year of employment.
• Patient-facing teammates may be required to have three certifications: Immunization, BLS through an entity approved by Advocate Health, and non-vaccine injectable certification from the state of WI or an ACPE/WI pharmacy examining board approved program.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate.
• No experience required. Prior hospital pharmacy technician experience is preferred.
• Good mathematics skills.
• Attention to details.
• Good communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Basic computer skills.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.
• Frequent fine motor motion of hands and wrists to operate keyboard and manipulate syringes.
• Lifts, carries, and/or pushes/pulls various items (bags, boxes, carts, etc.) while utilizing proper technique.
• Will be frequently required to lift to 35 lbs., lift and carry up to 35 lbs. at waist height a reasonable distance, push/pull with 30 lbs. of force.
• Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, bend, kneel, climb, twist, crawl and reach above shoulders.
• Must have functional speech, vision, touch, and hearing.
• May be exposed to chemical hazards.
• May be exposed to chemical and hazardous waste, as well as blood, body fluids, and communicable disease. Protective clothing and equipment must be worn as necessary.