Department: 38590 API Specialty Pharmacy - Retail Pharmacy Status: Full time Benefits Eligible: Yes Hou rs Per Week: 40 Schedule Details/Additional Information: The Aurora Specialty Pharmacy team provides high-touch care for a variety of patients on delicate, high cost, and exclusive medications. Join a team of 16 highly skilled and motivated tech specialists and pharmacist coordinators, based out of the closed-door Menomonee Falls specialty pharmacy on Whittaker Way! Providing superior care in a fast-paced environment, our specialists are involved in patient and provider phone calls, prescription filling, medication packaging, inventory management, various exciting projects, and more! Find excellent hours here: Our tech specialist position will work rotating shifts within the hours of 8am-6pm (Mon-Fri), along with a Saturday (9am-1pm) roughly every couple of months. Flexible environment. Closed on major holidays.

Specialty Pharmacy Tech

Full Time, 1st Shift

Menomonee Falls, WI

Major Responsibilities:

Performs services and functions within assigned area(s) where complex pharmaceutical processes require the utilization of advanced skills and knowledge beyond those obtained as a Pharmacy Technician. Works in atypical environments such as compounding, remote dispensaries, or medication history.

Serves as an expert with equipment and technology in specialized areas. Problem solves technical issues in the specialized area as they arise.

Identifies quality improvement opportunities based on specialized skill set to ensure safe, effective, and efficient services and patient care. Provides input to and supports implementation of operational changes, advancements, and site and system standardization. Participates in site or system specialized work teams, committees, and councils.

Is a Role model in clinical support needs such as but not limited to DIR fees.

Complies with legal, regulatory, and accreditation standards. Keeps current with changes in the specialized field and collaborates with department leadership to adopt best practices. Holds others accountable to best practices in the specialized area.

Serves as a resource in the specialized area for other pharmacy team members, physicians, nurses, and ancillary departments. Problem solves complex problems and ensures that issues are escalated and closed as needed.

Collaborates with department leaders to develop and coordinate team member education, training, orientation, and competency. Trains other team members in specialized areas.

Serves as the department liaison to system pharmacy teams in specialty area. Collaborates with leadership to communicate changes in specialty area.

Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required: Pharmacy Technician certification (CPhT) issued by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, or

Pharmacy Technician Certified (CPhT) issued by the National Healthcare Association.

Education Required: High School Graduate.

Experience Required: Typically requires 5 years of experience in providing services as a Pharmacy Technician, depending on specialty area.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required: Good mathematical skills

Attention to details

Exceptional customer service, communication, organization, problem resolution and process development skills.

Demonstrated ability to work independently, maintain confidentiality, and take initiative.

Advanced computer skills

If applicable per assigned work location and workflow scope, diabetic shoe fitting certification is required and will be obtained through on the job training.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Ability to stand for long periods of time.

Ability to walk, lift, squat, bend, twist, crawl, kneel, climb and reach about shoulders throughout the work day.

Lifts, carries and/or pushes/pulls various items (bags, boxes, carts, etc.) while utilizing proper technique.

Ability to deliver medications to via patient preferred mode (bedside, curbside, etc)

Flexibility to travel amongst Aurora Pharmacy locations

Must be able to:

lift up to 35 lbs from floor to chest-level.

lift and carry up to 35 lbs at waist height a reasonable distance.

Must be able to:

push/pull with 30 lbs of force.

Pay Range $24.85 - $37.30 Our Commitment to You: Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including: Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job Incentive pay for select positions Opportunity for annual increases based on performance Benefits and more Paid Time Off programs Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs Educational Assistance Program About Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names in Illinois; in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.