Job description

We are searching for a Certified Pharmacy Technician– someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you’ll assist the pharmacist in the preparation, filling, and delivery of medications, and other tasks associated with dispensing. This role requires someone with excellent knowledge of compounding and handling of pharmaceuticals.

Responsibilities

• Assists the pharmacist in ensuring the appropriateness of medication doses by obtaining and entering patient information at the prescription intake window including weight, allergies, and other medications
• Performs cashiering according to policy and procedure as evidenced by lack of over/short pulls overdue prescriptions for credit
• Assists the pharmacists in ensuring patients receive correct written medication information on all new prescriptions
• Pulls the correct medication required to fill prescriptions and orders as verified by the pharmacist and as documented by a lack of dispensing errors
• Legibly initials all doses and obtains pharmacist initial/final checks
• Ensures medications/prescriptions are checked by a pharmacist before distribution
• Follows aseptic technique and infection control in the preparation of sterile products
• Assigns dilution and expiration dating labels to medications according to department standards
• Ensures communication of extemporaneously compounded ambulatory prescriptions is relayed to compounding & repackaging area
• Ensures medications/prescriptions are processed and delivered within department timeframe standards
• Maintains adequate stock of medications/supplies and follows procedures established for stock replacement
• Completes and properly documents daily and monthly activity checklists including expired drug checking, cleaning assignments, area inspections, and ordering supplies and forms
• Ensures counseling refusals are properly documented
• Performs and documents medication refill and pickup reminders to increase patient compliance
• Answers the phone within departmental standards and limits personal phone calls to not interfere with patient care or operations
• Maintains patient confidentiality as documented by lack of complaints and observation by manager
• Demonstrates initiative when opportunities are presented as evidenced by successful completion of projects

Qualifications

• Registration with the State Board of Pharmacy to work as a technician in Texas
• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPht) by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board
• Two years of pharmacy technician experience and IV certification highly preferred
• Strong math, reading, communication, and computer skills
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, etc.)
• Ability to operate equipment used in the preparation of sterile products

Company Profile

For more than 35 years, Vital care infusion services have been dedicated to expanding access to high-quality infusion therapy and driving better patient outcomes by providing local, safe, convenient, and professional infusion services.

Vital Care of North Houston is a comprehensive home infusion pharmacy. This compounding facility provides safe, convenient, and caring infusion therapy services for patients with acute and chronic conditions, in the comfort of the home or an alternate infusion site. Vital Care is committed to providing quality care with a comprehensive and high touch approach.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Physical setting:

• Office
• Outpatient

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Houston, TX 77057: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• IV Certification (Required)
• PTCB Certification (Required)

Work Location: In person

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