Pharmacy Technician
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Pharmacy Technician
State of Utah
250 Health & Human Services
Location
Utah, 84129
Salary
$21.80 - $21.80
per hour
Type
Full Time
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Job Description
Summary
This job involves assisting a licensed pharmacist in a correctional health facility by preparing medications, managing inventory, filling prescriptions, and maintaining clean work areas.
It requires strong attention to detail and good people skills to coordinate with nursing staff and train others.
A good fit would be someone licensed as a pharmacy technician with prior experience in a similar role, comfortable with physical tasks and working in a secure environment.
Key Requirements
- Licensed as a Pharmacy Technician
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Experience working as a Pharmacy Technician (preferred)
- Pass DHHS background check, pre-employment drug testing, and Utah Department of Corrections screening
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, lift up to 50 lbs., and handle physical exertion
- Attention to detail for medication preparation and inventory management
- Comfortable in potentially high-risk environments like correctional facilities
Full Job Description
Pharmacy Technician
Are you licensed as a Pharmacy Technician? If so, the Division of Correctional Health Services is seeking to higher an individual with good attention-to-detail to work under the supervision of a licensed Pharmacist.
Please Note: An offer of employment will be contingent on the applicant successfully passing a DHHS background check, pre-employment drug testing, and a Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) background screening.
Job Responsibilities:
- Preparing, maintaining, and organizing unit dose cubies for our automated dispensing cabinets (Pyxis) and canisters for our pharmacy filling machine/robot (DOSIS)
- Entering/typing prescriptions in our pharmacy software
- Filling prescriptions manually
- Receiving and verifying delivery of daily orders from wholesalers
- Preparing and mailing prescriptions to patients at alternative locations, cleaning equipment and work areas
- Coordinating with nursing in problem solving issues concerning patient prescriptions
- Ordering and maintaining inventory of medications, both virtually and physically, including controlled substances to ensure their security
- Cleaning, sterilizing, and/or disinfecting areas and/or equipment.
- Training new pharmacy staff
Minimum/Required Qualifications:
- Must be licensed as a Pharmacy Technician
- Excellent interpersonal skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working as a Pharmacy Technician
Schedule:
- Four 10-hour shifts per week
The Agency:
The Division of Correctional Health Services has a mission of improving the lives of staff and individuals who are incarcerated and promoting public safety by delivering safe and effective integrated healthcare. To learn more about the agency, please click HERE.
Additional Information
Licensure as a Pharmacy Technician Risks found in potentially dangerous or unusual environmental stress situations, e.g. working at great heights, working in extreme outdoor weather conditions, being subject to possible physical attack, etc. Work requires physical exertion. May require the ability to stand; walk over rough surfaces; bend, crouch, stoop, stretch, reach, lift moderately heavy items (up to 50 lbs.) in a recurring manner and/or for long periods of time. An offer of employment will be contingent on the applicant successfully passing a DHHS background check, pre-employment drug testing, and a Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) background screening.
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