Pharmacy Tech-Home Infusion Specialty
Carle Health
Urbana, IL, United States
Urbana, IL, United States
- $17 p/hour
- Healthcare
- Full-time
- pharmacy technician
- home infusion
- sterile compounding
The Pharmacy Tech-Home Infusion Specialty supports pharmacists by preparing sterile and non-sterile medications, managing inventory, and coordinating patient care. Responsibilities include compounding, labeling, documentation, and assisting with billing and quality control activities. This role requires licensure and involves use of specialized software within a healthcare system.
Overview
The Home Infusion/Specialty Pharmacy Technician assists the pharmacist in the provision of pharmaceutical care to patients. Performs sterile and non-sterile compounding. Other tasks include, but are not limited to, filling, referral coordination, communicating with patients and their families, labeling and delivery, cleaning of pharmacy area, inventory management, processing and filling prescriptions and supplies. Software used: CPR+, NewLeaf, Epic, OneTrack, and TherigySTM. Hours may vary depending upon census and program need.
Qualifications
Certifications: Licensed Pharmacy Technician within 60 days of license application - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR); Certified Pharmacy Technician Not Required - Student Pharmacist or Licensed before 1/1/2008 - Exempt/Not RequiredExempt/Not Required; Certified Pharmacy Technician within 2 years of license issue date (IL) - VariesVaries, Education: , Work Experience:
Responsibilities
Accurately prepares and submits purchase orders and requisitions for drugs and supplies. Answers the telephone, takes messages, and directs calls to appropriate personnel. Assists in the coordination and completion of the annual inventory. Assists pharmacist in coordinating/scheduling preparation of sterile admixtures. Prepares and generates batch for preparation of sterile admixtures. Completes pharmaceutical records and other records as indicated. Ensures the clean room, warehouse, and related equipment are cleansed and maintained per organizational policy and procedures. Generates labels and packages in accordance with the dispensing order and under the supervision of a pharmacist. Maintains a thorough and accurate clinical record for each patient receiving care. Completes required written documentation in a timely fashion in order to facilitate efficient, safe, and continuous care between team members. Monitors for and appropriately returns or destroy expired or unusable drugs per policy/procedures. Participate with the pharmacist to enter and process new prescriptions and refills in the computer and to monoitor, maintain, prepare and pack orders for drugs and related supplies for specific patient populations. Perform miscellaneous billing functions, including patient charging and crediting, nursing unit charges, and controlled substance charging through manual entry into the computer, or with bar code reader. Performs and records various quality control activities and reports outcomes to the pharmacist or clinical supervisor. Prepares and delivers enteral nutritional supplements to patient care areas. Maintains enteral records and billing functions. Prepares/compounds sterile admixtures using aseptic techniques and under the direct supervision of a pharmacist. Updates drug prices in the computer when changes are received under the supervision of the pharmacist or clinical supervisor.
About Us
Find it here.
Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance – and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all at Carle Health.
Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Health Alliance™. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: human.resources@carle.com.
Compensation and Benefits
The compensation range for this position is $17.6per hour - $28.51per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.
The Home Infusion/Specialty Pharmacy Technician assists the pharmacist in the provision of pharmaceutical care to patients. Performs sterile and non-sterile compounding. Other tasks include, but are not limited to, filling, referral coordination, communicating with patients and their families, labeling and delivery, cleaning of pharmacy area, inventory management, processing and filling prescriptions and supplies. Software used: CPR+, NewLeaf, Epic, OneTrack, and TherigySTM. Hours may vary depending upon census and program need.
Qualifications
Certifications: Licensed Pharmacy Technician within 60 days of license application - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR); Certified Pharmacy Technician Not Required - Student Pharmacist or Licensed before 1/1/2008 - Exempt/Not RequiredExempt/Not Required; Certified Pharmacy Technician within 2 years of license issue date (IL) - VariesVaries, Education: , Work Experience:
Responsibilities
Accurately prepares and submits purchase orders and requisitions for drugs and supplies. Answers the telephone, takes messages, and directs calls to appropriate personnel. Assists in the coordination and completion of the annual inventory. Assists pharmacist in coordinating/scheduling preparation of sterile admixtures. Prepares and generates batch for preparation of sterile admixtures. Completes pharmaceutical records and other records as indicated. Ensures the clean room, warehouse, and related equipment are cleansed and maintained per organizational policy and procedures. Generates labels and packages in accordance with the dispensing order and under the supervision of a pharmacist. Maintains a thorough and accurate clinical record for each patient receiving care. Completes required written documentation in a timely fashion in order to facilitate efficient, safe, and continuous care between team members. Monitors for and appropriately returns or destroy expired or unusable drugs per policy/procedures. Participate with the pharmacist to enter and process new prescriptions and refills in the computer and to monoitor, maintain, prepare and pack orders for drugs and related supplies for specific patient populations. Perform miscellaneous billing functions, including patient charging and crediting, nursing unit charges, and controlled substance charging through manual entry into the computer, or with bar code reader. Performs and records various quality control activities and reports outcomes to the pharmacist or clinical supervisor. Prepares and delivers enteral nutritional supplements to patient care areas. Maintains enteral records and billing functions. Prepares/compounds sterile admixtures using aseptic techniques and under the direct supervision of a pharmacist. Updates drug prices in the computer when changes are received under the supervision of the pharmacist or clinical supervisor.
About Us
Find it here.
Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance – and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all at Carle Health.
Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Health Alliance™. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: human.resources@carle.com.
Compensation and Benefits
The compensation range for this position is $17.6per hour - $28.51per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.
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