Job Description
Pharmacy Technician Inpatient I at UCHealth summary:
As an Inpatient Pharmacy Technician at UCHealth, I provide essential pharmacy support within a multidisciplinary team focused on patient safety and wellness. My responsibilities include managing automated dispensing machines, performing sterile and non-sterile compounding, and conducting medication inventory audits to ensure compliance with safety standards. Through proactive contributions and mentoring, I strive to improve patient care in a dynamic healthcare environment.
Description Location: UCHealth UCHlth Memorial Hospital North, US:CO:Colorado Springs
Department: Pharmacy North
FTE: Full Time, 0.8, 64.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)
Shift: Day and Evening Rotation
Pay: $21.49 - $27.94 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience
Minimum Requirements:
- High School diploma or GED.
- Pharmacy Technician certification from Colorado Board of Pharmacy (PHAT).
- Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPhT) by Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or equivalent.
At UCHealth, We Improve Lives
Picture yourself on a dynamic team improving lives in the following way(s):
- Provides top of scope pharmacy support utilizing evidence-based protocols and best practices to promote safety at the point of care
- Value and effectively partner with multidisciplinary team to achieve care outcomes
- Prioritize wellness, a patient perspective and evidence-based practice
- Model proficiency through precepting and mentoring those new to healthcare and/or UCHealth
- Welcomes new knowledge in a fast-paced, innovative clinical environment
- Contributes proactively to solutions to secure safety and quality at point of care
Pharmacy Technician:
- Manage Automated Dispensing Machines (ADMs) to ensure unit-specific medication is safely available
- Perform sterile and non-sterile compounding and bulk medication repackaging while maintaining adherence to safety and regulatory standards
- Conduct regular audits of medication inventory to identify expired or near-expired items, ensuring prompt removal and replacement
We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.
UCHealth invests in its Workforce.
UCHealth offers a Three Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee's contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals, and tenure with UCHealth. The bonus accumulates annually each October and is paid out in October following completion of three years' employment.
UCHealth offers their employees a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package:
- Medical, dental and vision coverage including coverage for eligible dependents
- 403(b) with employer matching contributions
- Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence; start your employment at UCHealth with PTO in your bank
- Employer-paid basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options
- Employer paid short term disability and long-term disability with buy-up coverage options
- Wellness benefits
- Full suite of voluntary benefits such as flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, health savings accounts (available with HD/HSA medical plan only), identity theft protection, pet insurance, and employee discount programs
- Education benefits for employees, including the opportunity to be eligible for 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees. Other programs may qualify for up to $5,250 pre-paid by UCHealth or in the form of tuition reimbursement each calendar year
Loan Repayment:
- UCHealth is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program! UCHealth provides employees with free assistance navigating the PSLF program to submit their federal student loans for forgiveness through Savi.
UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.
UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, color, national origin, language, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state, or local law. UCHealth does not discriminate against any qualified applicant with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when they do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.
Who We Are (uchealth.org)
Keywords:
Pharmacy Technician, Inpatient Pharmacy, Medication Management, Patient Care, Compounding, Medication Safety, Healthcare, UCHealth, Pharmacy Support, Clinical Pharmacy
Job Tags
Full time, Temporary work, Local area, Flexible hours, Shift work, Afternoon shift,