What are the responsibilities and job description for the Future Opening: Outpatient Pharmacy Technician position at AIMS LOCUM TENENS LLC?
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Overview: AIMS is seeking skilled Pharmacy Technicians to join our team and provide high-quality pharmacy services. The successful candidates will be responsible for performing a variety of tasks in inpatient, outpatient, and oncology pharmacy settings, ensuring adherence to The Joint Commission (TJC) standards.
Responsibilities:
General Duties:
- Assess patient responses to drug therapy and plan drug therapy based on physician-established diagnoses.
- Receive and review prescriptions, including controlled drugs, on the pharmacy formulary.
- Assess patient responses to prescription or non-prescription drugs according to established agreements and protocols.
- Coordinate with prescribers to clarify issues with dosing, interactions, or instructions as needed.
- Prepare replenishment orders, receive incoming stock, check for discrepancies, and rotate medication stock and supplies.
- Enter medication orders into an electronic healthcare system and review for allergies, interactions, and duplicate orders.
- Perform standard assays on finished products, verify ingredients, labeling, and ensure a pharmaceutically elegant product is dispensed.
- Operate, maintain, and assist with pharmacy equipment, including PYXIS machines and point-of-use medication cabinets
Outpatient Pharmacy Technician Duties:
- Enter prescriptions into the outpatient computer system, reviewing for allergies, interactions, and duplicate orders.
- Prepare package labels, inspect medication, verify correctness, and set prescriptions aside for final check by a pharmacist.
- Provide instructions to patients on proper medication use, referring questions to a pharmacist.
- Assist in medication storage area inspections and maintain security of pharmaceuticals.
- Assist with ordering and evaluating laboratory tests necessary to evaluate drug therapy effects.
Qualifications:
- Minimum one (1) year of experience within the last five (5) years as an inpatient, outpatient, or oncology pharmacy technician.
- Graduate from a formal pharmacy technician program accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) or a similar program, including military training programs.
- Certification by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT), or CHPhT.
- Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association (AHA).
- Compliance with applicable state laws concerning the profession.
Special Qualifications:
- Fully trained and qualified to provide high-quality services.
- Stability and continuity in the workforce to ensure uninterrupted performance of all tasks.
- Adherence to professional practice standards and TJC standards.
Compensation: $20.00 - $24.50 per hour
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
About Us
AIMS Locum Tenens, LLC, is a women owned and SBA’s 8(a) certified healthcare management company based in Northern Virginia and Washington DC area focus on healthcare management in both public and private sectors.
AIMS Locum Tenens is one of the fastest growing healthcare management solution specialized in management of highly skilled healthcare professionals in both commercial and government healthcare facilities all over the country. We have the experience, resources, and scale required to help physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals to take advantage of both short and long term staffing opportunities in a wide variety of practice specialties. We do staff healthcare providers for both short and long-term assignments to local, state and federal government healthcare facilities.
AIMS realizes the key to quality is attention to details. AIMS is the one stop shop for various healthcare facilities and handles every steps to get best candidate from sourcing, recruitment, candidate screening, credentialing, final placement and retention of highly qualified healthcare provider.
As one of the nation’s fastest growing healthcare management companies, AIMS Locum Tenens manages highly qualified physicians and nurses during staffing crisis at community hospitals, clinics and Army based MTFs (Military Treatment Facilities). Hospital systems, MTFs, nursing homes and out patient clinics benefit from our comprehensive, cost-effective supplemental medical staffing services.
Our No. 1 priority is to provide the best service to our healthcare professionals and our hospital and MTFs clients. We welcome feedback and suggestions so we can continually improve our service.
At AIMS Locum Tenens, our core pillars—dedication, commitment, trustworthiness, and superior service—drive every aspect of our business.
Salary : $20 - $25
