Pharmacy Technician II

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Pharmacy Technician II with HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The pharmacy technician II performs technical duties under direct supervision of attending pharmacist, involving compounding and dispensing of medications and maintaining the drug inventory and patient records.

Major Responsibilities:

• Procures and distributes medications orders per physician request, pharmacist request, or prearranged work assignment according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.
• 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 Identifies and replaces outdated and unusable drugs.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.

Sterile products:

1. Cleans, operates and maintains the laminar air flow and hoods and biological safety cabinet according to departmental procedures.
2. Assures routine cleaning of room and surfaces following departmental procedures.
3. Wears appropriate garb and washes hands according to departmental procedures.
4. Chemotherapy/hazardous drug preparation procedures are followed.
5. Double gloves.
6. Pharmacist double check prior to preparation.
7. Follows spill procedures.
8. Primes tubing following departmental procedures.
9. Correctly uses delivery box according to departmental procedures.
10. Demonstrates aseptic technique and successfully passes testing for process validation (media fill test).
11. Disposes of sharps and hazardous waste according to organizational procedures.
12. Prepares sterile products according to departmental procedures.
13. Preparation of chemotherapy/hazardous drugs.
14. Preparation of parenteral nutrition.
15. Preparation of small and large volume parenteral products.
16. Preparation of sterile eye drops, irrigation solution and other sterile products.

Accurately replenishes floor stock medications:

1. Pyxis refill and floor stock requisitions.
2. Pyxis stock-outs are responded to within one hour.
3. Emergency kits and crash carts.
4. 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.

What qualifications you will need:

• (PharmTech) Pharmacy Technician License, or (PHARM-Intern) Pharmacist - Intern

No Travel Required

No experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin 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 Fort Walton-Destin Hospital is a 267-bed hospital. We are a top-performing quality hospital. We have over 300 of the most respected and qualified physicians in the area. We offer an Advanced Primary Stroke Center and a Cancer Care Center. Our services include open-heart surgery and a wide range of specialties. We give advanced care to critically ill patients. We offer emergency services at our main emergency room (ER). We also have a pediatric ER and two freestanding ERs. Together, our team has an unwavering conviction to improve more lives in more ways.

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.

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Pharmacy Technician II opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

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.