(7/4/2025) Pharmacy Technician I Certified-Pharm General-Full Time

Company: Christus Health
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: July 4, 2025

Job Description:

Job Description Description Summary: All pharmacy technicians work under the direction of Clinical Pharmacists to provide pharmacy services with compassion, excellence, and efficiency. Responsibilities: - Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders. - Must be 18 years or older. Operational Duties and Responsibilities - Pharmacy Technicians perform ONLY non-judgmental technical duties under the direct supervision of a pharmacist. - Prepares drug orders per physician request according to established policies, procedures, and protocols - Verifies computerized patient medication records accurately. Maintains, accurate, complete patient drug record. Compounds non-sterile pharmaceuticals. Provides services efficiently and in a timely fashion. - Issues controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law and institutional policies. - Verifies the daily activities of the department are complete and recorded. - Maintains competency required for current job title/position - Maintains current technician license. Ensures applicable CE records and licensure are maintained in department files. Attends staff meetings. - Completes all competency/skills assessment requirements. - Specialty area - Serves as the technician in specialty areas such as the operating room or pharmacy work areas outside the central pharmacy. - Ambulatory care - Provides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services as assigned such as but not limited to anticoagulation clinics, intensive medical home, transition of care, Discharge Medication reconciliation, etc. - Retail - Performs outpatient distributive functions related to entering prescriptions orders, selecting the correct medications for new and refilled prescription orders, and coordinates delivery of medications for patient pick-up or delivery. Clinical Duties and Responsibilities - Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective drug therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols. - Reads, extracts, and interprets information in patient medical records accurately. - Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions accurately and in a timely manner. - Coordinates pharmacist drug education to patients and their families per institutional protocol. - Participates in the quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department. Collects data, conducts monitors and inspections, and maintains logs, records and other documentation as assigned. - Provides services efficiently and in a timely fashion. Occupational Hazards - Potential for exposure to hazardous and toxic substances (including chemotherapeutic, cytotoxic drugs and cleaning solutions), sticks or cuts by needles and other sharp items. - Risk 0 exposure category. - Potential for musculoskeletal injuries if proper lifting and carrying techniques are not used. - Potential exposure to biologic material when participating in direct patient care activities (e.g., patient education, code attendance). Job Requirements: Education/Skills - High School Diploma or equivalent required Experience - Pharmacy experience preferred Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications - Registered Pharmacy technician in the State of practice required - Certified pharmacy technician preferred Work Schedule: TBD Work Type: Full Time

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