Position Summary: Under the leadership of the Director, Pharmacy, the Pharmacy Technician – Certified is an active member of the department that assists the Pharmacy staff in the preparation and distribution of pharmaceutical products. The Pharmacy Technician – Certified helps with prescriptions, delivery of medications, answering the phone, stocking shelves. The Tech maintains inventory of pharmacy supplies and submits reorders as needed. Basic Qualifications: • Education: Requires a high school diploma or a GED state certification. • Experience: Requires up to one year of work-related experience or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. • Licensure, Registrations & Certifications: Requires and maintains a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPT) registration. Requires and maintains a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance. Motor vehicle report required upon hire and reviewed annually. Essential Job Responsibilities: • Assists the pharmacist in providing medication, drug information and pharmaceutical services to patients, nurses, physicians, and other hospital personnel. • Assists in filing prescriptions using unit dose medications and basic compounding. • Prepares intravenous solutions and admixtures using aseptic technique. • Performs dosage calculations filling various prescriptions including IV antibiotics and fluids for patients ranging in age from newborn to geriatric. • Processes records of medications and supplies dispensed to patients or customers. Computers charge and either enters them into the computer or forwards them to the business office. • Maintains data, generates reports and provides the compiled information to other departments. • Receives and places supplies on shelves, tagging and pricing each item according to directions and processes all related paperwork. • Manages and rotates inventory within the pharmacy and on nursing units. • Processes patient charges for pharmaceuticals using the Pharmacy charging system. • Reconciles medication stores including controlled substances. • Receives, inventories and stores patient home medications. • Maintains the Pharmacy in a clean and orderly manner. • Transports drugs and medications to the Nursing Home or other off-site locations, picks up or returns drugs or medications from supplier locations as needed. • Functions as part of an interdisciplinary team promoting positive interpersonal communication skills when communicating with patients, families, visitors, physicians, and staff in other departments of the organization. • Complies with CRHS and department safety, infection control and performance improvement initiatives and sterile procedures, ensuring the delivery of products and services. • Presents a professional image to CRHS nursing, and medical staff members. • Performs other related job duties as assigned.