Pharmacy Technician

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and ability to work with minimal supervision
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action
• Identifies and fills medications, surgical kits, medication carts, emergency crash carts, requisitions and specialty items
• Prepares Sterile compounds and IV admixtures for injection and infusion including hazardous medications, chemotherapy, and biologics
• Fills and labels individual patient medications according to a computer generated medication profile
• Packages medications into a unit-of-use form, labeling all medications and supplies with the required information
• maintains a log of each preparation
• Delivers medications to nursing units to automated dispensing cabinets and retrieves discontinued medications
• Maintains appropriate inventory of automated dispensing cabinets
• rotates all floor stock and inventory to reduce outdated medications
• Assists in ordering, receiving, unpacking and storing pharmaceuticals and supplies in appropriate locations
• Replaces returned medications to appropriate locations, rotating the inventory and checking for expired medications
• Controls and checks medications outside of the department by performing unit inspections and emergency cart checks
• Appropriately handles controlled substances, including maintaining security, reconciling controlled substance dispenses and accounting for transactions of expired, waste and return
• Enters patient charges and credit information into the computer
• Maintains logs, records and other required documentation

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Pharmacy Technician License (IDFPR)
• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) certification through PTCB or NHA required for all licensed after 2008 (within 6 months of hire or sooner if required by IL pharmacy practice act)

One year or less of related work experience, demonstrating familiarity with routines and procedures customary to the position

• tuition reimbursement
• loan forgiveness
• 401(k) matching
• lifecycle benefits
• sign-on bonus eligibility