Pharmacy Technician-Hospital Jobs

Pharmacy Tech

Tampa General Hospital Rehabilitation Hospital

Tampa General Hospital and Lifepoint Rehabilitation Services has opened our BRAND NEW freestanding 80-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in the medical district of downtown Tampa. Announced as a joint venture in May 2020, our new facility will help meet the growing needs of Tampa Bay, the region and the state for rehabilitation recovery and care.

The new rehabilitation hospital is located on Kennedy Boulevard between Oregon Avenue and Willow Avenue and brings downtown Tampa one step further in the development of a fully realized medical district that will attract the best scientists and physicians to the region and transform the area into a center for healthcare innovation. The rehabilitation hospital is projected to be approximately 80,000 square feet and cost $35 million. Kindred will manage the day-to-day operations of the new hospital, which is projected to employ more than 140 caregivers and staff. Tampa General Hospital will provide medical support services, such as imaging, lab and surgical procedures.

Full Press Release:
https://www.tgh.org/news/media-resources/tampa-general-hospital-and-kindred-healthcare-break-ground-new-inpatient

SUMMARY:

The Pharmacy Technician assists the pharmacists by preparing medications, performing routine duties, delivering medications, and assisting with clerical functions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Properly unit doses medications that do not come prepackaged
• Assists pharmacist, nursing staff, or other staff as appropriate
• Prepares patient drug orders
• Restocks usable medications/IVs returned to the pharmacy
• Prepares sterile and non-sterile compounds per USP standards
• Reviews patient MAR of potential admissions and plans medications to be delivered to medication machines
• Checks medication expiration dates and alerts pharmacist when needed
• Restocks automated medication dispensing machines
• Assists the pharmacist with audits
• Delivers medications to medication rooms, and nursing stations as appropriate
• Completes assigned unit inspections
• Files medication orders
• Other duties as assigned
• Answers telephone and processes requests according to procedures
• Communicates stock utilization and ordering needs, and assists with ordering inventory and supplies
• Compounds and labels extemporaneous liquid and solid products for patients according to procedure

• Registered as a pharmacy technician with the State Board of Pharmacy as required by state regulations
• High school diploma or GED
• Pharmacy Technician Certification as required by state regulations