Lead Pharmacy Technician - Inpatient Pharmacy
Lead Pharmacy Technician - Inpatient Pharmacy
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Job Description
The Lead Pharmacy Technician plays an essential role in maintaining a pharmacys efficiency accuracy and compliance by overseeing both technician training and scheduling. Their leadership ensures that pharmacy technicians are properly certified well-trained and effectively scheduled to meet operational demands and patient needs. This position requires a detail-oriented individual with advanced knowledge of hospital pharmacy operations as well as strong organizational and communication skills.
Education
HS Diploma or equivalent required
Licensure/Certification
Licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia required.
National Certification preferred
Experience
Relevant experience leading a pharmacy technician training program
Experience with use of office software computer applications and keyboarding required.
Essential Job Duties:
- Develop implement and maintain a comprehensive training program for new and existing inpatient pharmacy technicians that achieve the requirements in Virginia statute.
- Actively participate in the recruitment process; coordinates and performs interviews for potential candidates; provides input into candidate selection.
- Assist the Director of Pharmacy with the development implementation and maintenance of a Pharmacy Technician Career Ladder.
- Educate and monitor technician progress. Provide hands-on guidance to improve their accuracy and efficiency.
- Create and maintain technician work schedules to ensure adequate staffing. Adjust schedules based on pharmacy workload peak hours and technician availability. Monitor shift coverage and proactively address scheduling conflicts.
- Coordinate continuing education opportunities to keep staff updated on industry changes.
- Foster a positive and productive work the team; encourages and facilitates an environment of excellence professionalism and teamwork within the Pharmacy Department.
- Collaborate with pharmacy leadership to optimize department workflow efficiency. Assist in the development implementation and review of departmental operating policies and procedures.
- Provide positive and effective interaction with internal and external customers including but not limited to other facility leaders patients and their families vendors prospective employees schools and universities regulatory/accrediting agencies and professional associations.
- Perform other functions as determined by the Director of Pharmacy Services or their supervisor
Company Information
Augusta Health is a mission-driven independent nonprofit community health system located in Fishersville Virginia in Virginias scenic Shenandoah Valley. Augusta Health offers a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient which includes Augusta Medical Center a 255 bed inpatient facility and Augusta Medical Group which is comprised of 40 practice locations and four urgent care locations.
Equal Opportunity
Augusta Health recruits hires and promotes qualified candidates for employment without regard to age color disability gender identity or expression marital status national or ethnic origin political affiliation race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation veteran or military discharge status and family medical or genetic information.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
