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Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Job Overview:
AIMS is seeking skilled Inpatient-Pharmacy Technicians to join our team and provide high-quality pharmacy services at Brooke Army Medical Center - BAMC at Fort Sam Houston, TX. The successful candidates will be responsible for performing a variety of tasks in inpatient, outpatient, and oncology pharmacy settings, ensuring adherence to The Joint Commission (TJC) standards.
AIMS is seeking skilled Inpatient-Pharmacy Technicians to join our team and provide high-quality pharmacy services at Brooke Army Medical Center - BAMC at Fort Sam Houston, TX. The successful candidates will be responsible for performing a variety of tasks in inpatient, outpatient, and oncology pharmacy settings, ensuring adherence to The Joint Commission (TJC) standards.
Responsibilities
General Duties:
- Assess patient responses to drug therapy and plan drug therapy based on physician-established diagnoses.
- Receive and review prescriptions, including controlled drugs, on the pharmacy formulary.
- Assess patient responses to prescription or non-prescription drugs according to established agreements and protocols.
- Coordinate with prescribers to clarify issues with dosing, interactions, or instructions as needed.
- Prepare replenishment orders, receive incoming stock, check for discrepancies, and rotate medication stock and supplies.
- Enter medication orders into an electronic healthcare system and review for allergies, interactions, and duplicate orders.
- Perform standard assays on finished products, verify ingredients, labeling, and ensure a pharmaceutically elegant product is dispensed.
- Operate, maintain, and assist with pharmacy equipment, including PYXIS machines and point-of-use medication cabinets.
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician Duties:
- Prepare sterile products and perform pharmaceutical calculations for various preparations.
- Adhere strictly to sterile procedures and maintain equipment.
- Prepare and fill physician orders for IV solutions, parenteral, and inpatient unit dose orders.
- Perform maintenance on equipment to ensure sterility of IV products.
- Participate in quality assurance data collection and review.
Schedule:
- Rotational Shifts
Qualifications:
- Minimum one (1) year of experience within the last five (3) years as an inpatient, outpatient, or oncology pharmacy technician.
- Graduate from a formal pharmacy technician program accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) or a similar program, including military training programs.
- Certification by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT), or CHPhT.
- Current active certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association (AHA) or American red Cross only.
Note: The pay rate includes Health and Welfare benefits
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