Honor Health

Nonprofit healthcare system providing comprehensive care

Advanced Practice Pharmacy Tech-Pharmacy Buyer

PharmacyPosted on Nov 10

Full-timePhoenix, AZ, USA

About the Job

Requirements

A high school diploma or GED is required.
Pharmacy technician experience or completion of a formalized technician training program is required.
An Arizona State Board of Pharmacy Licensed Pharmacy Technician license is required.

Responsibilities

Practice within State Board of Pharmacy, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Food and Drug Administration rules and regulations.
Prepare prescription orders, including sterile and non-sterile, hazardous and non-hazardous preparations, and unit-dose oral solids; ensure pre-packaging records are complete.
Dispense medications and use automated dispensing machines, including Lynx and Pyxis.
Prepare automated dispensing machine cart fills, stock and restock machines, run reports, and enter required documentation.
Retrieve narcotics and follow requirements for complete controlled-substance distribution.
Assist the inventory specialist in maintaining drug inventory levels; process credits and returns to wholesalers; stock and restock medications.
Monitor expiration dates, perform unit inspections using quality-assurance checklists, maintain clean workspaces, and complete temperature-control logs.
When assigned to IV-room duties, compound sterile or non-sterile pharmaceuticals, including chemotherapy, total parenteral nutrition, and IV admixtures; complete quality-assurance checks, refrigerator-temperature monitoring, hood-cleaning documentation, equipment-calibration verification, and environmental sampling; ensure medication orders and sterile compounds meet departmental guidelines; and assist with IV-room stock.
When assigned inventory-specialist duties, perform purchasing and inventory control; review stock for ordering or requisition through wholesalers and vendors; ensure appropriate storage, quality, and integrity; validate invoices for order accuracy and compliance; maintain inventory to budgetary goals; communicate critical shortages and high-dollar or high-volume drugs; coordinate recalls and transfer logs; manage hospital formulary inventory; and use Pharmogistics to optimize distribution and inventory.
When assigned automation duties, oversee hospital automation equipment, support technology projects, upgrades, and installations, and assist pharmacists by establishing workflows for automated dispensing machines, unit-dose packagers, DoseEdge, and other technology.
When assigned ambulatory infusion clinic duties, oversee medication-use activities and pharmacy services; prepare and deliver sterile and hazardous medications, complex IV admixtures, chemotherapy, and biotherapy admixtures; plan purchasing and inventory control in compliance with regulations; and collaborate with physicians and clinical staff on drug dosing, standardization, and quality metrics.
When assigned retail or specialty pharmacy duties, assist under pharmacist supervision with receiving written or electronic prescriptions, filling and dispensing, responding to patient queries, maintaining records, and assisting with patient insurance authorization and manufacturer assistance programs.
When assigned medication-reconciliation duties, obtain, verify, and document medication histories in the electronic medical record accurately and promptly; interview patients, family members, or significant others for emergency-department admissions or direct inpatient admissions under pharmacist supervision; and interact professionally with patients, visitors, physicians, and hospital staff.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

Prior buying, 340B, and supply-chain experience is preferred.
Three years of pharmacy technician experience in retail, hospital, infusion clinics, medication reconciliation, or wholesaler settings is preferred.
Completion of a formalized technician training program is preferred.
Certified Pharmacy Technician certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or ExCPT is preferred.
A pharmacy technician diploma is preferred.

Primary City/State:

Deer Valley - 2500 W Utopia Rd Phoenix, AZ 85027

Category:

Pharmacy

Shift:

Day

Department:

Pharmacy Specialty



Location: NSSC, 2500 W Utopia Rd, Phoenix
Hours: Full-Time Days, 8am-5pm
Prior Buying, 340B, and Supply Chain Experience Preferred
$5,000 Sign-on Bonus Available!

Great care starts with great people. (Like you.)

At HonorHealth, you’ll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most — caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

Responsibilities:

JOB SUMMARY

The licensed pharmacy technician may work in various settings. Hospital, Retail and Ambulatory Infusion Clinics. Additionally, the pharmacy technician may specialize in a certain skill set, such as pharmacy buyer/inventory specialist, automation technician, IV room sterile processing technician, IV chemotherapy technician and medication reconciliation technician. The job duties assigned will be aligned to the technician and pharmacy supervisor or directors agreed upon work assignment. The pharmacy technician may be assigned to a variety of settings and/or skill sets. Note: The pharmacy technicians in physician based Ambulatory clinics are not required to be licensed by the State Board of Pharmacy however, HonorHealth policy requires all technicians to be licensed to allow for floating, cross coverage and flexibility in various pharmacy practice settings.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

General Pharmacy Technician Duties: Practice within all State Board of Pharmacy, DEA, and FDA rules and regulations Preparation of prescription orders Preparation includes sterile and non-sterile preparation (hazardous and non-hazardous) Unit dose preparation of oral solids, ensures pre-packaging records are complete Dispensation Knowledge and functionality of automated dispensing machines (ADM) (Lynx, Pyxis) Preparation of ADM cart fills / ADM stocking and restocking Run reports from ADMs and/or enter required documentation within ADMs Retrieve narcotics and follow all requirements for complete controlled substance distribution Purchasing / Inventory Control Assists inventory specialist in maintaining drug inventory levels Credits/returns to wholesaler Stocking / restocking Monitoring Expiration dates and unit inspections (Quality Assurance checklists) Maintain a completely clear and clean workspace at all times (sterile and non-sterile areas) Temperature control logs
Specific Skill Level Duties (in addition to general pharmacy technician duties as assigned): IV Room Pharmacy Tech: Compounds sterile or non-sterile pharmaceuticals. This includes but is not limited to chemotherapy, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), and IV admixture. Assures compliance with departmental quality assurance requirements including expiration date checking, refrigerator temperature monitoring, laminar air flow hood cleaning documentation, equipment calibration verification, viable and non-viable environmental sampling. Ensures medication orders and sterile compounding are prepared and the quality of products meets established departmental guidelines. Assists the Inventory Specialist to ensure the IV room is adequately stocked with needed medications and supplies including TPN additives and chemotherapy.
Inventory Specialist Tech: Performs purchasing and inventory control functions on a daily operational basis. Reviews and inventories stock to be ordered, procured, or requisitioned through various wholesalers and acceptable vendors and ensures proper storage, quality and integrity. Receives and validates invoices to ensure order is appropriate and complete and in compliance with contracts, cost management and laws and regulations. Maintains inventory levels based on budgetary goals and communicates critical shortages, high dollar or high-volume drugs. Coordinates drug recalls, drug transfer logs and manages the hospital formulary inventory. Utilizes technology such as Pharmogistics to optimize pharmacy distribution and inventories.
Automation Tech: Responsible for oversight of all aspects of the hospital automation equipment and serves as a resource for technology projects, upgrades and new equipment installation. Assists pharmacists in daily provision of pharmaceutical services to the patients by establishing overall operational workflows as it relates to the automation drug dispensing machines (ADMs), unit dose packagers and other technology such as DoseEdge.
Ambulatory Infusion Clinic Pharmacy Technician: Oversees the daily activities of the medication use process and provides comprehensive pharmacy services in an ambulatory setting. Responsible for preparation and delivery of sterile and hazardous medication, complex IV admixtures, chemotherapy and biotherapy admixtures. Responsible for proper planning, purchasing, and inventory control based on compliance of rules and regulations. Collaborate with physicians and clinical staff on drug dosing, standardization and quality metrics.
Retail / Specialty Pharmacy Technician: Performs pharmacy technician duties for retail pharmacy according to State Board of Pharmacy. The technician assists under pharmacist supervision in receiving written or electronic prescriptions, filling, and dispensing. The technician will also respond to patient queries, maintain records, assist in patient insurance authorization and manufacture assistance programs.
Medication Reconciliation Technician: Responsible for obtaining, verifying, and documenting medication history in the electronic medical record in an accurate and timely manner in compliance with standard procedures and regulatory standards. Under the supervision of a pharmacist, the technician will perform medication histories through patient/family/significant other interviews for patients in the emergency department to be admitted to an inpatient unit or a direct inpatient admission. The technician will have direct interaction with patients, visitors, physicians, and hospital staff in a professional manner consistent with organizational values.
Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

High School Diploma in or GED Required
Other / Certificate in Completion of a formalized Technician Training Program. Preferred

EXPERIENCE

Other pharmacy technician experience or completion of a formalized technician training program. Required
3 years of pharmacy technician experience (retail, hospital, infusion clinics, medication reconciliation or wholesaler experience) Preferred

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS

Pharmacy Technician (LPT) - License by AZ State Board of Pharmacy Required
Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) - Certification issued by Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) OR by the certification of pharmacy technicians (ExCPT) Preferred
Pharmacy Technician Diploma Preferred

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Honor Health

Nonprofit healthcare system providing comprehensive care

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Desired Qualifications

Location: NSSC, 2500 W Utopia Rd, Phoenix

Hours: Full-Time Days, 8am-5pm

Prior Buying, 340B, and Supply Chain Experience Preferred

$5,000 Sign-on Bonus Available!

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