Pharmacy Technician Specialist – Training, Quality & Compliance

Pharmacy Technician Specialist – Training, Quality & Compliance (Healthcare)

Job Summary: Under the supervision of a pharmacist, the Pharmacy Technician Specialist in Training, Quality & Compliance performs standard pharmacy technician duties while leading pharmacy training programs, competency assessments, and sterile testing across all locations. This role ensures regulatory inspection readiness by maintaining organized documentation, supports quality initiatives such as audits and improvement projects, and serves as a back-up for one‑day‑a‑week clinic preparation, patient assistance drug processing, and drug and supply procurement.

• Prepare medication orders by compounding/admixing medications under a pharmacist’s supervision.
• Check all orders for completeness of information, verify patient information, and review laboratory values under direct pharmacist supervision.
• Admixer drugs as ordered by physician in an accurate and timely manner, ensuring compliance with department guidelines, CARTI policies, and aseptic technique and handling hazardous drugs.
• Calculate correct dosage volumes, converting between metric and apothecary equivalents.
• Maintain inventory of patient and sample medications.
• Properly dispose of all materials used when mixing chemotherapy or non‑chemotherapy IVs.
• Clean hood daily as stated in policy and procedures and assist with monthly cleaning.
• Check drugs monthly for outdates.
• Keep accurate logs on all patient assistance drugs.
• Maintain complete inventory control of medications, ensuring proper inventory levels; order supplies and medications; receive and shelve medications; ensure that standard drug supplies are in adequate supply in all departments.
• Prepare labels.
• Have a thorough understanding of department automation, data entry, and report generation.
• Complete all initial and annual training and testing as required.
• Know and follow CARTI policies and procedures.
• Proactively assist in the general pharmacy workflow as needed.

• Maintain a thorough understanding of required training and competency evaluations.
• Develop and maintain a robust, structured training program.
• Schedule and conduct competency evaluations and sterile testing at all locations within the required frequency.
• Ensure regulatory and accreditation inspection readiness by organizing and maintaining documentation across all locations for training, competencies, and quality activities.
• Oversee and/or perform sterile compounding training for all locations, ensuring consistent delivery and documentation.
• Support departmental quality initiatives, such as internal audits, process improvement projects, and data collection to support departmental needs.
• Serve as a back‑up for travel clinic preparation, medication procurement, patient assistance medication management, and/or other operational functions, as needed.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of pharmacy systems, data entry, and report generation.
• Assist the pharmacist with scheduling and staff assignments in the assigned area.
• Assist the pharmacy team with other duties as assigned.

May be required to travel to satellite clinics.

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Preferred:
  Two years of study in an accredited college or university.
• Required:
  
  Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy Technician License.
• Required:
  
  Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) certification.
• Within six months of hire date, must obtain Certified Pharmacy Technician Educator (CPTEd) certification.
• Within six months of hire date, must obtain National Pharmacy Technician Association Sterile and Hazardous Compounding Certification and become certified.
• Must undergo and pass a criminal background check.

• 3+ years experience in a pharmacy with IV skills.
• 3+ years experience educating, instructing, or training in pharmacy.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical and related medical terminology.
• Knowledge of metric and apothecary systems of weights and measurements.
• Knowledge of medical safety standards to assist in manufacturing and working…