Pharmacy Technician (Tech I), Rotating Shifts, Pharmacy

Shady Grove Medical Center

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Adventist HealthCare seeks to hire an experienced Pharmacy Technician for our Pharmacy Department who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

As a Pharmacy Technician you will:
• Prepare and delivers medication to Pyxis
• Maintain an accurate inventory of medications and supplies by performing inventory management cycle counts and Pyxis unit inspections with electronic documentation
• Assess need for and prepacks oral and solid medications for dispensing
• Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications include:
• High school diploma or GED/equivalent
• Graduation from an ASHP accredited or PTCB recognized Pharmacy Technician Training Program preferred.
• Preferred: 1 year of pharmacy experience
• Preferred: Previous experience with Cerner, Pyxis, Pharmogistics, Carousels.
• Required: Licensure as Pharmacy Technician by the Maryland Board of Pharmacy.
• Preferred: Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or National Healthcareer Association (NHA) Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT).
• Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Work Schedule:

Employment Type: Full-time
Hours per Week: 40 hrs/week
Shift Type: Day / Evenings / Night / Rotating nights as needed
Weekend Requirements: Required every other weekend rotation
Holiday Requirements: Required/Rotating/ Follow company holiday calendar
On-Call: No
Shift Differential Eligible: Yes 

This 6-week training program is designed to introduce Pharmacy Technicians to hospital based practice and will be a combination of clinical and technical competence including:

• Classroom Lecture

• On-Site Training

• Unit dose training

• IV Room training

• Supervised shifts

• Final exam and performance review & evaluation

• Location & Schedule:

• Weeks 1 & 2 at Adventist HealthCare Support Center in Gaithersburg, MD

• Weeks 3-6 at Shady Grove Medical Center, Rockville, MD

• Training program is a Monday - Friday 8 hour shift from 9am-5pm

**Post 6-week training program, the position becomes a standard full-time rotating shift position.

Upon hire you will complete a six-week Pharmacy Technician Training Program, to develop clinical and technical competence in health-system pharmacy through a variety of modalities, including classroom, simulation and application of learning in a hospital pharmacy setting. Demonstrated competence will include clinical skills (medication knowledge and pharmacy calculations), technical skills (Cerner, Logistics and Pyxis), and interpersonal skills (building relationships with other healthcare providers, patients, and team members).

Pay Range:

$19.64 - $25.65

If the salary range is listed as $0 or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as:

United States of America (Non-Exempt)

At Adventist HealthCare our job is to care for you.

We do this by offering:

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts

• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise

• Free Employee parking

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire

• Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)

• Paid Time Off

• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period 

• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance

• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County.