Pharmacy Technician

Overview

Symbria Rx is currently seeking a Pharmacy Technician to add to our growing IV-Production team in Woodridge.     

As one of the few 100% employee-owned companies in healthcare, our business practices are guided strictly by the values to which our employee owners are committed to. For more than 20 years, Symbria has been providing an outstanding work environment for talented employees to deliver patient centered care to the geriatric population in senior-living and post-acute settings. 

What is Long-Term Care Pharmacy  

Symbria offers the personalized care of an independent pharmacy along with the resources to drive groundbreaking solutions. With two decades of experience as a pharmacy technology leader, we continuously invest in cutting-edge innovations to ensure the safety of patients and residents while helping our organization partners thrive.   

Our advanced strip packaging programs not only save time and enhance accuracy but also minimize waste and promote medication adherence across all healthcare settings.  Symbria services long-term care settings such as: Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing, Memory care, Developmental communities and many more specialized live-in settings.  

Position Summary 

The primary purpose of this position is to assist the pharmacist in the preparation of medications for distribution to Long-Term Care (LTC) communities based on physician orders, achieved by following departmental policies and procedures within the scope of pharmacy standards. This position will involve sterile compounding, non-sterile compounding in addition to filling other non-compounded medications based on the needs of workflow.  

 

Work Schedule:

• Monday through Friday, 4:30pm to 1:00am. (Start time is flexible)
• Rotating Saturdays with Friday off.

 

Responsibilities

• Prepare IV solutions, including calculation and compounding of IV’s according to physician’s prescription with 100% accuracy. 

• Process IV orders through the pharmacy software system. 

• Set up new IV compounds in the pharmacy software system utilizing the IV price code table. 

• Create and maintain resident IV folder in the paperless software system. 

• Follow aseptic technique while compounding in IV hood. 

• Track usage of IV pumps sent to communities and arrange for retrieval. 

• Properly dispose of expired/returned IV solutions. 

• Meet daily deadlines of scheduled medication deliveries. 

• Assist and maintain accurate IV inventory. 

• Submit daily insurance claims and adjudicate any IV rejections. 

• Maintain daily, weekly and monthly cleaning responsibilities that follow the standard 797 codes for IV Room maintenance. 

• Must complete IV Room and temperature logs with 100% accuracy. 

• Must have the ability to manage workflow independently. 

Qualifications

• High School diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Pharmacy Technician license and Certification (CPhT) required.
• IV experience preferred or equivalency of a pharmacy technician training program.

Why work for us?

At Symbria our employees act like owners – because we are owners!  As one of the few 100% employee-owned healthcare providers, our focus remains on delivering best-in-class services within our Pharmacy, Rehabilitation and Well-Being operations, which allows our clients to improve the lives and well-being of their patients and residents.  Our teams utilize insights and analytics to drive better health outcomes for our partnered post-acute and senior living communities while providing them with flexible service options.

 

Symbria’s Core Values drive the way we partner with those clients, their patients and residents and the way our diverse employee-owners work together:

• Integrity – Honest, Fairness and ethics
• Compassion – Commitment to serving seniors
• Stewardship – Maximizing mission and margin
• Innovation – Striving to enhance our value to your organization
• Teamwork – Working together unselfishly toward goals

As an employee-owner, Symbria’s success becomes your success.  In addition, we provide:

• Competitive pay, aligned with market guidelines
• Full Benefits Package, including very generous paid time off plans
• Professional liability coverage
• 100% employer-funded ESOP retirement plan
• 401(k) and Roth(k) plans
• Continuing e