What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Tech | Pharmacy | Full-time position at Tamarack Health Ashland Medical Center?
No Pharmacy Experience? No Problem. Start Your Career with Us.
We know many great candidates hesitate to apply because they think they need prior pharmacy experience or certifications. At our hospital, we provide paid, on-the-job training to help you succeed from day one.
- No license yet? We’ll guide you through the Wisconsin registration process—and reimburse the cost.
- Not PTCB certified? We’ll support you and cover the cost to obtain certification.
- New to healthcare? We’re happy to train motivated candidates looking to start a meaningful career.
This role is in a hospital pharmacy setting—not retail, meaning you’ll be part of a collaborative healthcare team supporting patient care behind the scenes (no drive-thru or retail sales pressure).
About the Job:
Assists in the packaging, labeling, preparation and delivery of pharmaceutical products under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist and provides technical support in all phases of drug distribution; assists with clerical and supply functions and is competent to prepare sterile products including chemotherapy and biotherapy.
Job Duties:
- Accurately refill automated dispensing cabinets.
- Prepares IV medications, chemotherapeutic agents, and IV fluid mixtures using aseptic technique and maintains competency.
- Conducts and completes activities directed toward maintaining the quality assurance of compounded sterile preparations, including chemotherapeutics.
- Repackage oral solid and liquid drugs in unit dose packaging as needed.
- Fills and delivers floor stock requisitions.
- Keeps work areas and compounding/repackaging supplies clean.
- Completes monthly station checks.
- Checks-in order and restocks pharmacy inventory.
- Reconcile invoices to purchase orders and code invoices.
- Orders pharmaceutical products and supplies through wholesaler or direct utilizing group purchasing contracts.
- Return expired pharmaceuticals through a reverse distributor.
- Answers telephone.
- Delivers medications to patient care areas.
- Performs additional tasks, special projects and other duties as assigned.
- Maintains continuous chain of custody of controlled substances.
Requirements:
- Two years hospital pharmacy experience or PTCB certification preferred.
- Must be registered with the State of Wisconsin.
Benefits and Salary:
Commensurate with position and experience. Comprehensive benefits package to include: medical, HSA, dental, 403(b) with employer match of 5%, life insurance, long-term disability, PTO, sick time, EAP, wellness benefits, etc.
About Us:
As an independent hospital, we live our mission to improve the health and wellbeing of the people of our region. To improve access to care, we have expanded our local specialty and primary care services in our communities. Not far from Duluth, MN, our campus resides in the beautiful north woods of Wisconsin where you can balance work and home life on our beautiful lakes and trails by partaking in personal interests such as biking, cross-country skiing, hiking, fishing, water sports, ATVing, snowmobiling, and much more.
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