Inpatient Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Technician

As a pharmacy technician, you ensure patient safety by accurately preparing and dispensing medications. Your efficiency in managing inventory and processing prescriptions allows pharmacists to focus on patient care. By providing excellent customer service and medication guidance, you enhance patient satisfaction and adherence to treatment plans.

Provides basic drug distribution and drug preparation services. Checks pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level, preparing labels, calculating quantities and other pharmaceutical therapies. Functions under the supervision of the pharmacist. Principle responsibilities include:

• Prepares medications.
• Prepares and selects medications for distribution.
• Prepares oral extemporaneous products.
• Performs bulk compounding.
• May process refill requests and prior authorizations.
• May perform data entry and adjudication.
• Manage and support automated drug distribution and drug inventory.
• Medication picking, delivery, and restocking to automated dispensing cabinets (ADC).
• Troubleshoots basic problems identified by ADC users and/or peers.
• Delivers and restocks controlled substances.
• Assists with returns, waste, and reporting/resolution of discrepancies.
• May perform daily ordering.
• May perform inventory management.
• May use wholesaler return programs and supports reverse distribution processes.
• Complete and document quality assurance activities.
• Monitors expiration dating.
• Ensures pharmacy environment is clean and free of clutter, safe, and presents a professional atmosphere.
• Reports discrepancies or inaccuracies to pharmacist or supervisor.
• May complete audits for days supply, signatures, dates, take as directed and returns-to-stock.
• May maintain records of invoices, reports, and other documents.
• Repackages and labels bulk medications or splits tablets into unit dose packaging.
• Creates labels using standard format.
• Fills and labels prepacking medications.
• Assigns expiration dates and maintains records.
• Packages appropriate quantities.
• May check medications for packaging accuracy.
• Provides customer service.
• Answers phone and directs calls to appropriate party
• May manage point of sale
• May consult refill management program to ensure safe, timely, and cost-effective utilization of medications.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required qualifications include being 18 years of age with education and/or experience needed to meet required functional competencies as listed on the job description.

Preferred qualifications include a high school diploma or GED, vocational or technical training from an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accredited pharmacy technician training program, and 0 to 2 years pharmacy technician experience.

Licenses/certifications required include a Registered Pharmacy Technician - MN Board of Pharmacy and a Certified Pharmacy Technician - Pharmacy Technician Certification Board within 12 months of date of hire.

Physical Demands include light work: lifting weight up to 20 lbs. occasionally, up to 10 lbs. frequently.

Pay Range: $21.72 to $31.70 per hour. The pay described reflects the base hourly pay range. Your starting rate would depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, your experience, education, and the union agreement (if applicable). Shift, weekend and/or other differentials may be available to increase your pay rate for certain shifts or work.

Benefits include medical/dental, PTO/time away, retirement savings plans, life insurance, short-term/long-term disability, paid caregiver leave, voluntary benefits (vision, legal, critical illness), tuition reimbursement or continuing medical education as applicable, student loan support benefits to navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, and Allina Health is a 501(c)(3) eligible employer.