Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Technician

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Procures and distributes medications orders per physician request, pharmacist request, or prearranged work assignment according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.

Accurately fills medication orders and follows labeling requirements:

• Physician orders
• First doses and non-Pyxis medications (if applicable)
• Tube first dose meds at least every 15 minutes
• Labeling follows departmental procedures
• Products are bar-coded according to departmental procedures
• Investigational medications (if applicable)

Accurately prepackages medications following departmental procedures.

Delivers medications and supplies to patient care and ancillary areas accurately per established schedule.

Controlled substances are accurately dispensed with proper documentation. Counting discrepancies and suspected diversion is immediately brought to the attention of a pharmacist.

Maintains adequate stock of medications and supplies according to established policies and procedures.

• Assists in ordering, receiving, unpacking, and storing pharmaceuticals and supplies in appropriate locations.
• Rotates stock to ensure use before expiration date. Identifies and replaces outdated and unusable drugs.
• Restocks pharmacy inventory.
• Disposal of unusable returned medications follows departmental procedures.
• Accurately replenishes floor stock medications:
• Pyxis refill and floor stock requisitions
• Pyxis stock-outs are responded to within one hour.
• Emergency kits and crash carts
• Surgical kits

Contributes to the effective operation of the department.

• Picks up orders, requisitions, and medications for return from patient care areas when on delivery rounds.
• Enters charges and credits for patient medications accurately and in a timely manner to avoid any late corrections to the patient's account.
• Generates reports and labels as required.
• Organizes and prioritizes work assignments. Appropriately responds to emergency STAT, Now and routine requests.
• Makes STAT deliveries to patient care areas when requested.
• Answers the telephone within three rings, identifying themselves and the department. Directs calls to appropriate personnel.
• Answers requests at the window. Promptly responds to the intercom system.
• Processes requests from pneumatic tube system at least every 15 minutes.
• Keeps pharmacy areas and equipment clean, neat, and well organized.
• Maintains logs, records, and other required documentation accurately. Files documentation in appropriate locations.
• Demonstrates effective and appropriate oral and written communication.

Participates in the quality improvement activities of the department.

• Completes and documents all assigned medication storage inspections at least monthly. Identifies and replaces outdated and unusable medications. Informs pharmacist of any drug related problems and their resolution status.
• Collects data, conducts quality monitors and inspections, and maintains logs, records and other documentation as assigned.
• Assures patient medications have been checked and released by a pharmacist prior to dispensing or delivery.
• Assesses and documents daily refrigerator and freezer temperatures as assigned.

Maintains competence required for current position.

• Maintains Fl Pharmacy Technician Registration.
• Attends and participates in at least one staff meeting per month (full-time and PRN staff). Obtains prior approval when unable to attend.
• Attends orientation, education and training programs. Review literature and other materials pertinent to the practice of pharmacy.
• Completes all competencies/ skills assessments by established deadlines.
• Stays current with pharmacy communications such as MOX, e-Mail, mailbox, bulletin boards and shift change report.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

No Travel Required

No experience Required Years of Experience

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital is a 523-bed, full-service medical and surgical acute care center. For over 49 years, we have served North Central Florida. We offer comprehensive cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, and neurosciences. We offer minimally-invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery, weight loss surgery and treatment. Other services that we provide include women's health and wound therapy. We are fully accredited by the Joint Commission and certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center. Our hospital has an Accredited Chest Pain Center by ACC (American College of Cardiology) and is designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and Bariatric Surgery. We are committed to patient safety and quality of care. We have received the highest scores available in recognition of this commitment.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Pharmacy Technician opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.