What are the responsibilities and job description for the Automation Pharmacy Technician position at Symbria?
Overview
Symbria Rx Services is seeking a Full-Time Automation Pharmacy Technician to add to our growing team at our Pharmacy located in Woodrige, IL!
Symbria offers the personalized care of an independent pharmacy along with the resources to drive groundbreaking solutions. With two decades of experience as a pharmacy technology leader, we continuously invest in cutting-edge innovations to ensure the safety of patients and residents while helping our organization partners thrive. Our advanced automated packaging systems not only save time and enhance accuracy but also minimize waste and promote medication adherence across all healthcare settings. Automation Pharmacy Technicians are core to the Long-Term Care (LTC) pharmacy model, supporting automated workflows which free pharmacists to focus on clinical care.
What is Long-Term Care Pharmacy
Symbria offers the personalized care of an independent pharmacy along with the resources to drive groundbreaking solutions. With two decades of experience as a pharmacy technology leader, we continuously invest in cutting-edge innovations to ensure the safety of patients and residents while helping our organization partners thrive.
Our advanced strip packaging programs not only save time and enhance accuracy but also minimize waste and promote medication adherence across all healthcare settings.
Symbria services long-term care settings such as: Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing, Memory care, Developmental communities and many more specialized live-in settings.
Position Summary
- Symbria Automation Pharmacy Technicians assist the pharmacist in the preparation of medications for distribution to LTC communities based on physician orders, achieved by following departmental policies and procedures within the scope of pharmacy standards.
- Sunday through Wednesday (Overnight) 7:00pm-5:30am.
Responsibilities
- Assists the pharmacist(s) on duty as their primary responsibility; performing these duties as priority.
- Fills orders accurately and efficiently in a timely manner, under the supervision of a pharmacist.
- Develops knowledge of pharmacy policies and procedures and complies with them.
- Any and all duties as assigned by pharmacists or managers.
Duties:
- Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot pharmacy automated packaging systems.
- Manage inventory, restock meds, monitor system usage, and recommend items/formulary adjustment within the automated packaging systems.
- Perform quality assurance checks on medication strips and correct any machine or user errors.
- Organize medication strips in clients’ communities according to their specifications.
- Monitor and maintain consumables for automated packaging systems.
- Meet daily deadlines of scheduled medication deliveries.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, the ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily is necessary and the qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required:
- High School diploma or general education degree (GED).
- Knowledge of business English, spelling and commercial arithmetic with ability to write in a clear and legible manner.
- Professional interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to interpret and follow oral and written instructions.
- General computer knowledge including Windows applications.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work in a flexible schedule as operational needs dictate, including nights, weekends, and holidayQualifications preferred:
- Pharmacy experience; minimum one year.
Why work for us?
At Symbria our employees act like owners – because we are owners! As one of the few 100% employee-owned healthcare providers, our focus remains on delivering best-in-class services within our Pharmacy, Rehabilitation and Well-Being operations, which allows our clients to improve the lives and well-being of their patients and residents. Our teams utilize insights and analytics to drive better health outcomes for our partnered post-acute and senior living communities while providing them with flexible service options.
Symbria’s Core Values drive the way we partner with those clients, their patients and residents and the way our diverse employee-owners work together:
- Integrity – Honest, Fairness and ethics
- Compassion – Commitment to serving seniors
- Stewardship – Maximizing mission and margin
- Innovation – Striving to enhance our value to your organization
- Teamwork – Working together unselfishly toward goals
As an employee-owner, Symbria’s success becomes your success. In addition, we provide:
- Competitive pay, aligned with market guidelines
- Full Benefits Package, including very generous paid time off plans
- Professional liability coverage
- 100% employer-funded ESOP retirement plan
- 401(k) and Roth(k) plans
- Continuing education
- Credit union membership
Symbria’s Talent Team handles candidate communication directly rather than utilizing outside agencies; if interested in this role, direct application to the job posting and contact with a Symbria talent team member is recommended.
All applicants will be afforded equal opportunity without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, military status or an unfavorable discharge from military service.
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