Inpatient Pharmacy Tech Non-Certified; Per Diem

Description

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Summary:

Embrace an active role where your steps make a difference. Enjoy a workday filled with purposeful walking and bustling energy. Become a vital link across multiple hospital areas, where each step you take supports patient care and pharmacy excellence. This position is based in the Central Inpatient Pharmacy and supports the entire UNC Medical Center, including all six hospitals. We are seeking a highly motivated, detail‑oriented, and adaptable Pharmacy Technician who thrives in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.

In this vital role, you will contribute to high‑impact patient care by supporting the preparation, distribution, and timely delivery of medications to patient care units, surgical suites, and emergency departments. The position requires precision, strong teamwork, and resilience.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop a broad range of pharmacy technician skills and grow professionally within a leading academic medical center. Candidates should be prepared for a rigorous workflow and be committed to patient safety, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement.

• Compounds and/or prepares medications (sterile products, oral, topical, controlled substances, etc.) with the exception of high‑risk medication processes as defined by the entity, as authorized by a physician, under the supervision of a licensed Pharmacist.
• Delivers exchange medications to the respective patient area and returns unused medications to the pharmacy.
• Documents pharmaceutical activities including patient billing for medications and equipment, quality control requirements, etc. using automated and paper systems. Ensures accuracy of data.
• Responds to and triages requests from customers for assistance with pharmacy services such as medication delivery, drug information, etc.
• Operates and supports automated dispensing technology to supply correct medications for individual patients, according to pharmacist and physician orders.
• Orders, receives, restocks, and rotates inventory, and completes expiration date management.
• Contributes to process improvement projects.
• Completes regulatory compliance inspection of medication storage areas, including inspections and/or controlled substance inventories, USP
  797 and other regulatory documentation as required.

• High school diploma or GED. Completion of an academic pharmacy technician training program preferred.

• Active pharmacy technician registration with the NC Board of Pharmacy (NCBOP) within 30 days of hire.
• Must obtain pharmacy technician certification from Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or National Health career Association (NHA) within 24 months of hire unless registered with the NCBOP as a pharmacy intern and actively enrolled in a Pharm
  
  D program.

• Prior pharmacy technician experience is preferred.

Legal

Employer:

STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit:
Pharmacy Inpatient Operations

Work Type:
Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00

Salary Range: $17.60 - $24.29 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type:
Onsite

Work Schedule:

Weekend

Location of Job: US:

NC:

Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime:
Exempt:
No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.