Compounding Pharmacy Technician I

Job Description Summary :

Under the direction of a licensed Pharmacist, the compounding technician I works in a clean room compounding medication at least 50% of the time in order to help ensure safe, accurate, and smooth compounding operations.

Job Description :

Job Responsibilities (listed in order of importance and / or time spent)

Prescription Compounding, Preparation, & Processing

• Assists pharmacist with the preparation and dispensing of medications and supplies in accordance with OCH policies & procedures, and in accordance with state regulations & standards.
• Prepares medications so they are accurately compounded.
• Performs basic pharmaceutical calculations in order to obtain correct dosages of medications.
• Accurately labels and packages medications.
• Participates in the process for assessing, managing, and reporting medication related incidents.

Site & Supplies / Equipment Maintenance

• Ensures pharmacy surfaces and laminar flow hoods are cleaned and sanitized.
• Inspects equipment and documents any equipment failures or defects.
• Assists with recording and maintaining pharmacy temperature & cleaning logs.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Does this position have supervisory responsibilities?

i.e. hiring, recommending / approving promotions and pay increases, scheduling, performance reviews, discipline, etc.)

No - X

Basic Education and / or Experience Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum of 1 year of pharmacy technician experience.
• Must be licensed or registered (if required by the state)

Basic Qualifications

• Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers, including meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Able to perform basic & intermediate level mathematical calculations.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Word (for example : opening a document, cutting, pasting, and aligning text, selecting font type and size, changing margins and column width, sorting, inserting bullets, pictures, and dates, using find and replace, undo, spell check, track changes, review pane and / or print functions).
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example : opening a workbook, inserting a row, selecting font style and size, formatting cells as currency, using copy, paste and save functions, aligning text, selecting cells, renaming a worksheet, inserting a column, selecting a chart style, inserting a worksheet, setting margins, selecting page orientation, using spell check and / or printing worksheets).
• Basic skill level in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example : inserting, rearranging, hiding, and deleting slides, navigating between slides, increasing list level, adding, centering, and editing text, changing views, inserting a table or a note, moving objects, printing outline view and / or running a slide show).

Physical Demand Requirements

• Ability to stand for extended periods of time.
• Frequent bending, stooping, reaching.
• Ability to carry at least 30lbs

Travel Requirements : (if required)

None

Preferred Qualifications & Interests (PQIs)

• Successful enrollment and completion of the OCH designated training course within 6 months of hire (if licensure and / or training course is required by the state).
• Previous healthcare or pharmacy technician experience is preferred.

Due to some state pay transparency laws, below is the minimum pay for the position :

Salary to be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Minimum pay is $17.84+