Job Description

Job Description

City/State

Virginia Beach, VA

Overview

Work Shift

Rotating (United States of America)

Sentara is hiring a Pharmacy Technician II to support Sentara PACE !

$5,000 Sign on Bonus offered to eligible candidate!

Location: Sentara Independence (Virginia Beach)

Status: Fulltime (40 hrs)

Hours: M-F 8:30am-5:00pm, occasional Saturday (8:45-3:30pm)

*This position involves working with a small team and communicating with providers and nurses instead of directly communicating with patients.

*Position includes providing onsite support to our 7 hospitals in the Hampton Roads and Peninsula area! Mileage reimbursement for travel will be offered.

Required qualifications:

• Virginia Pharmacy Technician license
• CPhT license through PTCB or NHA - required if licensed in VA after 7/1/2021

Preferred qualifications:

• Recent retail experience and hospital experience
• Long Term Care Pharmacy experience (knowledgeable with filling 30-day pill packages and data entry for individual patients)
• Strong data entry skills

Job responsibilities:

• Prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist
• Measure, mix, count out, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications according to prescription orders
• Responsible for managing the drug distribution system and providing technical support in all aspects of the delivery of safe, effective, patient-focused, and cost-efficient drug therapy

About Sentara

Sentara is a Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina based not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that has been in business for over 131 years. Offering more than500 sitesof care including 12 hospitals, PACE (Elder Care), home health, hospice, medical groups, imaging services, therapy, outpatient surgery centers, and an 858,000-member health plan. The people of the communities that we serve have nominated Sentara "Employer of Choice" for over ten years. U.S. News and World Report has recognized Sentara as having the Best Hospitals for 15+ years. Sentara offers professional development and a continued employment philosophy!

Our success is supported by a family-friendly culture that encourages community involvement and creates unlimited opportunities for development and growth.

We welcome you to be a part of an excellent healthcare organization that cares about our People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity. Join a team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve!

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Job Summary

Prepares medications under the direction/supervision of a pharmacist. Responsible for managing the drug distribution system and providing technical support in all aspects of the delivery of safe, effective, patient-focused, and cost-efficient drug therapy. Displays the ability to perform and maintain a higher level of competency in all technician tasks and functions. Serves as trainer and mentor for the Pharmacy Technicians to ensure compliance with Sentara Commitments and provide quality service. In addition to Tech II responsibilities, specializes in gaining full proficiency in at least one specific area of discipline.

VA OR NC (depending upon state location) Pharmacy Technician Registration Number and PTCB or NHA Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)

1-year hospital pharmacy technician experience required

Qualifications:

Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) - Certifications - Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPhT) - Certification - National Healthcareer Association (NHA), Pharmacy Technician - State license - North Carolina Board of Pharmacy (NCBOP), Pharmacy Technician - State License - Virginia Department of Health Professionals (VADHP)

Pharmacy Technician

Skills

Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Mathematics

Sentara Healthcare prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

Per Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), some clinical environments require proof of education; these regulations are posted at ecfr.gov for further information. In an effort to expedite this verification requirement, we encourage you to upload your diploma or transcript at time of application.

In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.

Job Tags

Full time, Relocation bonus, Shift work, Saturday,

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