About this role
The Pharmacy Technician II supports medication management and distribution within a hospital pharmacy environment. This role ensures accurate restocking, charging, and delivery of medications while maintaining strict regulatory compliance across all operations.
Daily tasks include monitoring automated dispensing systems, repackaging medications under USP standards, and preparing sterile IV admixtures. Technicians also check for expired stock and dispose of materials according to RCRA, OSHA, and NIOSH guidelines.
The position involves active participation in inventory management, drug procurement, and diversion prevention monitoring. Staff work closely with automated dispensing cabinets and sterile compounding areas to support safe medication practices.
Experienced technicians train new hires in central pharmacy operations, non-sterile compounding, and sterile products including TPN, neonatal, and hazardous compounding. This contributes to consistent quality and regulatory adherence across the team.
Requirements
- 2-5 years experience
- High School Diploma or GED
- Registered Technician with State
- CPhT certification
- Sterile compounding experience
- CPhT-Adv preferred
- Hospital pharmacy experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Restocks floor stock and automated dispensing machines
- Enters charges and credits against patient profiles to ensure accurate billing
- Monitors medication order reports to assign medications to automated dispensing machines
- Delivers medications in compliance with DEA, DPH, and State Board of Pharmacy regulations
- Repackages bulk medications in unit-of-use packaging per USP <795> and USP <800> standards
- Prepares and delivers IV medications per USP <797> and USP <800> standards while maintaining sterile areas and QA records
- Checks for expired medications in the pharmacy and automated dispensing cabinets and disposes of them per RCRA, OSHA, and NIOSH regulations
- Trains new staff in automated dispensing, medication monitoring, restocking, expiration checking, and sterile and non-sterile compounding
Similar roles
Pharmacy Technician Supervisor
10h10 hours agoSSM Health
Saint Louis, US · Full-time · $55,000 – $72,000
Pharmacy Assistant
10h10 hours agoNorthwell Health
New York City, US · Full-time · $38,000 – $52,000
Pharmacy Technician I - Inpatient
2d2 days agoLoma Linda University Health
Loma Linda, US · Full-time · $48,000 – $68,000
Retail Pharmacy Assistant
2d2 days agoFerry County Health
Republic, US · Full-time · $30,000 – $40,000