Pharmacy Technician II

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Pharmacy Technician II with HCA Florida Gainesville Hospital you can be part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Performs technical duties under direct supervision of attending pharmacist, involving compounding and dispensing of medications and preparation of sterile products including chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition solutions, maintaining the drug inventory and patient records.

• Procures and distributes medication orders per physician request, pharmacist request, or prearranged work assignment according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Accurately fills medication orders and follows labeling requirements: physician orders, first doses and non-Pyxis medications (if applicable), tube first dose meds at least every 15 minutes, labeling follows departmental procedures, products are bar-coded according to departmental procedures, investigational medications (if applicable), accurately prepackages medications following departmental procedures.
• Repairs and maintains laminar air flow and hoods and biological safety cabinets according to departmental procedures.
• Assures routine cleaning of room and surfaces following departmental procedures, wears appropriate garb and washes hands according to departmental procedures.
• Follows chemotherapy/hazardous drug preparation procedures: double gloves, pharmacist double check prior to preparation, follows spill procedures, primes tubing following departmental procedures, correctly uses delivery box according to departmental procedures, demonstrates aseptic technique and successfully passes testing for process validation (media fill test), disposes of sharps and hazardous waste according to organizational procedures, prepares sterile products according to departmental procedures.
• Prepares sterile products: chemotherapy/hazardous drugs, parenteral nutrition, small and large volume parenterals, sterile eye drops, irrigation solution and other sterile products.
• Delivers medications and supplies to patient care and ancillary areas accurately per established schedule.
• Controlled substances are accurately dispensed with proper documentation; counting discrepancies and suspected diversion are immediately brought to the attention of a pharmacist.
• Maintains adequate stock of medications and supplies according to established policies and procedures: assists in ordering, receiving, unpacking, and storing pharmaceuticals and supplies in appropriate locations, rotates stock to ensure use before expiration date, identifies and replaces outdated and unusable drugs, restocks pharmacy inventory, disposes of unusable returned medications following departmental procedures, accurately replenishes floor stock medications, Pyxis refill and floor stock requisitions, responds to Pyxis stock-outs within one hour, manages emergency kits and crash carts, surgical kits.
• Contributes to the effective operation of the department.
• Picks up orders, requisitions, and medications for return from patient care areas when on delivery rounds.
• Enters charges and credits for patient medications accurately and in a timely manner to avoid any late corrections to the patient’s account.
• Generates reports and labels as required.
• Organizes and prioritizes work assignments; appropriately responds to emergency STAT and routine requests.
• Makes STAT deliveries to patient care areas when requested.

• Pharmacy Technician License (Pharm Tech) or Pharmacist Intern (PHARM-Intern) required.
• No travel required.

HCA Florida Gainesville Hospital offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of colleagues.

• Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence.
• 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support and dependent scholarships, partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.