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Pharmacy Technician I - Outpatient Pharmacy * Shift Varies 8hr/wk

University of Michigan Health-West

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Mar 2026

About the role

Requisition #: req11947

Shift: Varies

FTE status: 0.2

On-call: No

Weekends: No

General Summary:

The pharmacy technician performs the full range of technical and clerical level duties to assist the Pharmacist in the formulation, preparation, maintenance of patient records, dispensing and delivery of medications and pharmaceutical supplies. The Pharmacy Tech works under the direct supervision of the Pharmacist.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Must be 18 years of age or older.
Education: High school graduate or equivalent required. College courses or completion of a higher degree preferred.
Licenses: One of the following license types are required (in order of preference): Michigan Pharmacy Technician License, Michigan Pharmacy Technician License – Limited, Michigan Pharmacy Technician License – Temporary
- The temporary license allows an applicant to begin employment while preparing to take the examination required for full licensure. Full licensure must be obtained within the 210 day temporary licensure period.
Certifications: Pass certified pharmacy technician examination from either of the following: Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) – Preferred, or National Healthcareer Association (NHA)
- Note: Pharmacy technicians that have not completed the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) certification program MUST obtain this certification within 1 year or 3 attempts from date of hire.
Preferred experience: (In order of importance): 1-2 years of hospital pharmacy experience or 1-2 years of retail pharmacy experience.
Good math/basic algebra background mandatory; as obtained through formal education or prior experience as a pharmacy technician.
ASHP / USP 797 based certification in aseptic technique preferred.
Is an accurate, independent worker, possesses good communication skills, and, cooperates and takes direction from others.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Those performed on a daily or regular basis according to established policies, procedures, protocols, directives, or pharmacy operation standards.

1. Procurement and distribution of medication orders per physician request, pharmacist request, or prearranged work assignment.

a. Maintains a clean and safe working environment.
b. Assists the Pharmacist in drug set up and the filling of physician orders, medication kit and/or trays, c. medication carts, and floor stock requisitions.
c. Prepares intravenous (IV) admixtures or other sterile products accurately.
d. Delivers medications and supplies to patient care and ancillary areas accurately per established e. schedule.
f. Promptly returns any unused or discontinued medications to Pharmacy.
g. Restocks any kit, boxes, trays, or other medication storage system accurately and restocks and labels drug boxes for area ambulances.
h. Replenishes medications in emergency crash carts or boxes and fills unit dose carts.
I. Disposes of pharmaceutical waste according to hospital approved procedure.

2. Maintains adequate stock of medications and supplies.

a.     Assists in ordering, receiving, unpacking, and storing pharmaceuticals and supplies in appropriate locations.
b.     Rotates stock to ensure use before expiration date.
c.     Efficiently restocks automated dispensing machines (Pyxis) including the immediate restocking of any “stock out”.
d.     Identifies and replaces outdated and unusable drugs.
e.     Restocks medications and IV dispensing areas accurately.
f.      Prepackages medications from bulk to unit dose.

3. Maintains Departmental security and documentation requirements.

a. Manages and completes any paperwork associated with medications and IV room preparations.
b. Maintains logs, records, and other required documentation accurately. Files documentation in appropriate locations.
c. Prevents unauthorized personnel access to the Department or medication storage areas.
d. Keeps records of controlled substances - reports discrepancies to Pharmacy Director.
e. Fills controlled substance requests for nursing stations returns completed controlled substance usage sheets to Pharmacy.
f. Assists in completion of annual inventory.

4. Contributes to the effective operation of the Department.

a.Triages telephone calls appropriately in a professional, customer service fashion as nec