Inpatient Pharmacy Technician – Regional Float
Job ID:
R127768
Shift:
Various
Full/Part Time:
Full_time
Location:
Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh – 855 N Westhaven Dr
Oshkosh, WI 54904
210 Wisconsin American Dr
Fond Du Lac, WI 54937
Benefits Eligible:
Yes
Hours Per Week:
40
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
**Exciting Full-Time Opportunity: Regional Inpatient Pharmacy Technician**
Join our dynamic pharmacy team as a full-time **Regional Inpatient Pharmacy Technician**! This role offers the unique opportunity to cover multiple locations, ensuring seamless pharmacy operations across various sites. While your primary location and onboarding will be at Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh, you'll also assist with staffing needs at Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac, Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan, Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc, Aurora Medical Center Bay Area, and Aurora BayCare Medical Center. Compensation for travel time and mileage to secondary locations is included.
As a crucial part of our team, you will be trained to perform key tasks such as restocking pharmacy automation systems, completing medication histories, and preparing sterile compounds. While your typical schedule will be first shift, you may be asked to cover alternative shifts as needed to support critical operations.
**Preferred qualifications** include previous pharmacy experience and PTCB certification. This is an excellent opportunity to expand your skills and contribute to a high-functioning team committed to providing top-notch patient care.
Major Responsibilities:
- Develops competence in dispensing and delivery of medications. This includes developing competence in the department’s use of information systems, technology, and automation used for dispensing and storage of medications.
- Develops competence in preparing non-sterile products following USP, state, and federal recommendations, as required.
- Develops competence in entering medication orders in the computer system and/or processing medication requests via the computer system.
- Develops competence in managing phone calls from customers and team members such as nurses, physicians or patients. This includes accurately understanding and interpreting the issue, timely resolution, or timely hand-off to another team member as appropriate.
- Develops competence in pharmacy procedures and documentation as required, satisfying legal, regulatory, and department requirements of pharmacy practice.
- Complies with legal, regulatory, accreditation standards. This includes (but is not limited to) controlled substance procedures, USP procedures and DNV requirements.
Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:
Licensure (IL only): State of Wisconsin (registration):
Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Technician Student; 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 two certifications: Immunization and non-vaccine injectable to be granted from the state of WI or if from out of state, the program is approved by the accreditation council for pharmacy education (ACPE) or by the WI pharmacy examining board.
Education Required:
- High School Graduate.
Experience Required:
- No experience required.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
- 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 and body fluids and communicable disease. Therefore, protective clothing and equipment must be worn as necessary.
This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.
Aurora Health Care is the largest health system in Wisconsin and a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. The state’s largest private employer, the system serves patients across 17 hospitals, more than 70 pharmacies and more than 150 sites of care. Aurora Health Care, in addition to Advocate Health Care in Illinois and Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, is now part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides nearly $5 billion in annual community benefits.
