Job Description
Overview
The Home Infusion/Specialty Pharmacy Technician assists pharmacists in providing comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients, ensuring accurate and timely medication preparation and delivery. This role involves working in a fast-paced environment to support both sterile and non-sterile compounding needs.
Key Responsibilities - Perform sterile and non-sterile compounding.
- Communicate with patients, caregivers, and providers to coordinate refills, troubleshoot medication deliveries, and ensure continuity of care.
- Process new and refill prescriptions, manage inventory (stocking, auditing, and checking for expiration), and clean/sanitize the pharmacy area.
- Utilize pharmacy software (CPR+, NewLeaf, Epic, OneTrack, and TherigySTM) for documentation, inventory control, and patient management.
Qualifications
Illinois Pharmacy Technician Requirements Licensure & Certification - Initial Hire: Must submit proof of your IDFPR application on your hire date to qualify for a 60-day grace period to obtain your license.
- Certification: If licensed after December 31, 2007, you must become a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) through either PTCB or NHA within two (2) years of receiving your license.
Exemptions - Student Pharmacists: Anyone enrolled in a first professional degree program in pharmacy and designated as a "Student Pharmacist" by the IDFPR is exempt from these requirements.
Responsibilities
- Purchasing & Inventory: Accurately prepares and submits purchase orders and requisitions for drugs and supplies; assists in the coordination and completion of the annual inventory.
- Sterile Compounding: Assists pharmacist in coordinating, scheduling, and preparing sterile admixtures using aseptic techniques; generates batches and labels in accordance with dispensing orders.
- Pharmacy Operations: Enters and processes new prescriptions/refills; monitors and maintains inventory; packs orders for specific patient populations.
- Record Keeping & Documentation: Maintains accurate clinical records; completes required documentation for efficient, safe, and continuous care.
- Compliance & Maintenance: Ensures the clean room, warehouse, and equipment are maintained per policy; monitors for, returns, or destroys expired/unusable drugs.
- Billing & Quality Control: Performs billing functions (patient, nursing unit, controlled substances); performs/records quality control activities.
- Clinical Support: Prepares and delivers enteral nutritional supplements; updates drug prices under pharmacist supervision.
- Communication: Answers telephones, takes messages, and directs calls to appropriate personnel.
About Us
Find it here. Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance – and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all at Carle Health.
Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Health Alliance™. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: human.resources@carle.com.
Compensation and Benefits
The compensation range for this position is $17.60per hour - $28.51per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.
Job Tags
Local area, Shift work