Pharmacy Technician

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WI-Agnesian Pharmacy Waupun

Regular

Job Highlights:

Pharmacy Technician – Waupun, WI

Join SSM Health's Long-Term Care Pharmacy team in Waupun, WI! We're seeking a dependable and customer-focused Pharmacy Technician to support medication services for nursing facilities throughout the region. Enjoy a primarily weekday schedule with no holidays or Sundays, a collaborative team environment, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient care every day.

Schedule Highlights

• Monday–Friday day shifts, typically between 8:00am and 6:30pm
• Most shifts are 8:30am–5:00pm
• Every fifth Saturday from 8:00am–2:00pm
• No holidays or Sundays scheduled

Additional Information

• On-call rotation only once every five weeks
• On-call responsibilities are primarily handled from home using a pager and laptop to support emergency medication fills and answer questions from nursing facilities
• Supportive team culture focused on service, accuracy, and patient care

Ideal candidates have strong customer service skills, data entry experience, attention to detail, and enjoy working as part of a team while helping others.

Job Summary:

Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist and according to standard procedures, assists in transcription, storage, preparation, dispensing, and delivery of medications. This entry-level pharmacy position is responsible for learning and assisting with non-sterile and /or sterile compounding, operating pharmacy automation systems, and maintaining accurate documentation and records in compliance with regulatory standards.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists in the preparation of medication orders that may include transcription, workflow management, automation utilization, and medication readiness for non-sterile compounding, checking, dispensing, and delivery.
• Distributes medications to designated areas and returns unused, discontinued, or damaged doses to the pharmacy. Properly utilizes automation to ensure medications are secured and in-date in their area of use.
• Supports inventory management activities that include receipt, storage, security, and inspection. Ensures that inventory areas are clean, and that inventory is rotated, in-date and properly labeled.
• Adheres to regulatory requirements and quality assurance standards. Completes all documentation and maintains records in compliance with standard procedures. Promotes a safe practice environment and reports safety events when they occur.
• Provides excellent customer service to patients, other staff and ancillary departments and maintains high standards of confidentiality in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

EDUCATION

• High School Diploma/GED or education equivalency for licensing.  

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
 
State of Work Location: Illinois

•     Pharmacy Technician, Registered - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
•     Or
•         FUTURE - Pharmacy Technician, Registered within 2 months - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
•      And
•         IL Registration Application