Pharmacy Technician - Warehouse, Home Infusion

                    

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Job Title

Pharmacy Technician - Warehouse, Home Infusion

                        

Location

Independence

                    

Facility

Business Operations Center

                     

Department

Infusion Pharmacy-Center for Connected Care

                      

Job Code

C14013

                     

Shift

Days + Call

                       

Schedule

11:00am-7:30pm/8:30am-5:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

**This role is eligible for a sign-on bonus of $2,500

Cleveland Clinic’s Business Operations Center serves as a key hub for our Home Care and Hospice operations as well as many administrative and support teams. This collaborative workplace supports a wide range of caregivers, clinical professionals, and operational teams. While many positions are based within the center, numerous home-visiting roles—including case managers, nurses, and therapists—travel throughout the Greater Cleveland and Akron/Canton areas to deliver exceptional care directly to patients in their homes.

 

As a Pharmacy Technician in Home Infusion, a caregiver in this role will support pharmacy warehouse operations by preparing medications and supplies needed for infusion therapies delivered directly to patients' homes. Responsibilities include selecting and organizing medications for compounding, packing infusion supplies, maintaining inventory and preparing orders for distribution. Working closely with pharmacists and fellow caregivers, the Pharmacy Technician will help ensure medications, supplies, and DME are accurately selected and ready for timely delivery. This role combines pharmacy technician responsibilities with warehouse operations, offering an opportunity to contribute to patient care in a behind-the-scenes setting.

A caregiver in this position will follow a four-week rotating schedule, primarily working Monday through Friday from 11:00 AM to 7:30 PM, with a shift differential. Every fourth week, the Saturday schedule will shift from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. On-call coverage is required approximately seven times per month.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Prepares prescription orders for dispensing to patients and maintains inventory for the outpatient pharmacy.
• Assists with the extemporaneous compounding of prescriptions and the bulk compounding of prescription and over-the-counter items.
• Operates the point-of-sale cash register system according to department policies while ensuring positive patient experience during transactions.
• Assists in inventory management including monitoring and acting on reorder points, restocking prescriptions and non-prescriptions areas and removal of expiring products.
• Performs technical functions within assigned pharmacy to ensure timely and accurate outpatient prescription services.
• May be asked to provide multi-pharmacy support in an assigned area of focus.

 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:   

• High School Diploma/GED   

• Upon hire, you must be a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or the National Healthcare Association (NHA).  

• In addition to the above requirement, upon hire, it is required to hold an active registration through the Ohio Board of Pharmacy (OBOP) as either a Certified Pharmacy Technician, Registered Pharmacy Technician, or Pharmacy Technician Trainee   

• Please note: Caregivers with active Pharmacy Technician Trainee or Registered Pharmacy Technician registrations are required to update their registration to a Certified Pharmacy Technician registration with the OBOP within 6 months 

• Understanding of algebraic calculations necessary for the preparation of extemporaneous compounds    

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:    

• Six months of hospital experience  
• Completion of a Pharmacy Technician Program  
• Experience with shipping, receiving and inventory control  

Physical Requirements:

• Typical physical demands include ability to perform the job while standing, walking, reaching, stretching and sitting for prolonged periods; manual dexterity sufficient to perform computer, dispensing, and compounding.

Personal Protective Equipment:

•     Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

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