Pharmacy Technician-In-Training Apprenticeship - Inpatient - Outpatient

Location

Avera McKennan Hospital

Regular

Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends (United States of America)

$19.25 - $26.75 (Actual pay rate dependent upon experience)

• Varied Shifts
• May be eligible for $3,000 sign‑on bonus!

Join Avera as a paid Pharmacy Technician‑In‑Training while you complete Avera’s accredited Pharmacy Technician Education Program. This program has a national certification pass rate of 100% for the last two years versus the 70% national average in that same timeframe. The program allows the opportunity to experience different pharmacy departments to best match individuals to a long‑term role, or they may be hired directly to a specific department.

Please ask your recruiter for more details upon applying.

• Work in various environments including medication distribution to clinics and critical access hospitals, and repackaging medications into unit‑dose forms.
• Effectively communicate with nursing staff, providers, patients and co‑workers.
• Non‑hazardous/ hazardous sterile compounding.
• Varied shifts: 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM, 2:00 PM – 10:30 PM, 2:30 PM – 11:00 PM with occasional overnights, weekends, and holidays.

• Monday – Friday schedule.
• Hybrid work schedule: ability to work from home on a hybrid basis after completion of training.
• Business casual dress code.
• Rotating workflow schedule to cover a variety of duties including inventory, dispensing, phones (inbound and outbound), shipping, and data entry.
• Specialty pharmacy with some retail and mail‑order dispensing.

• Fast‑paced, customer‑facing retail pharmacy.
• Direct patient care.
• Collaboration with other members of the healthcare team (nurses, case management, social work, doctors).
• Shift: 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM with approximately every 3rd–4th weekend.

• Closed‑door pharmacy.
• Fast‑paced environment.
• Strong potential for advancement.
• Shift: 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM with occasional weekends and holidays.

• Monday – Friday schedule.
• Working with a tight‑knit smaller team with years of experience.
• Great parking.
• Mix of sterile compounding, drug packaging/shipping, and inventory management.
• Plenty of opportunities for growth.
• Shift: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.

• Employs pharmacy staff specifically trained to fill prescriptions that are compounded for precise needs.
• Fast‑paced environment with high quality work.
• Monday–Friday 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM.

Assists in drug preparation, storage, distribution, and inventory management within a variety of pharmacy environments. It is recommended that this entry‑level position participates in and completes Avera Health’s Pharmacy Technician Education Program to prepare for the Certified Pharmacy Technician examination. Upon successful PTCB examination, or other approved certifying body, the technician‑in‑training will be promoted into the role of Pharmacy Technician. Avera requires a two‑year employment commitment upon completion of the program.

Technician‑in‑training works under the direct supervision of a registered pharmacist.

• Recommended to participate in and complete Avera Pharmacy Technician Education Program to become PTCB certified and registered as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Under pharmacist supervision, accurately input and/or prepare labels and packages for inpatient or outpatient medication orders and prescriptions to maintain an efficient, accurate, and high‑quality medication delivery system.
• Demonstrate proficient knowledge of medications, calculations, regulations, and regulation limitations, personal protective equipment, and promotion of patient safety to ensure high‑quality patient care and compliance.
• Effectively communicate with nursing staff, physicians, customers, co‑workers, supervisor, and management; participate in interdepartmental work groups and committees to promote high‑quality communication and prevent patient harm.
• Perform clerical functions such as, but not limited to, billing and pharmacy inventory procedures to promote an efficient medication distribution system.

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