Supervisor Pharmacy Technician Advocate

• Location: Austin, TX

• Department: Ascension Pharmacy Services

• Schedule: Day shift | Full-time | Monday-Friday

• Schedules and assigns daily work assignments for pharmacy technicians and may perform the duties of a pharmacy technician.
• Oversees process improvement activities.
• Acts as liaison between department, other hospital departments, physicians and external customers in matters relating to pharmacy operations.
• Collaborates with other disciplines to ensure that procedures and policies comply with organizational, federal, state and Board of Pharmacy rules and regulations.
• Conducts hiring, training, directing, development and evaluation of staff.

Licensure / Certification / Registration

• Required Credential(s):
  • One or more of the following:
    • Pharmacy Tech credentialed from the National Healthcare Association obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
    • Pharmacy Tech credentialed from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.

Education

• High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Technical degree with 1 year of experience OR 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.

Additional Preferences:

• Minimum of 5+ years of retail/mail-order pharmacy experience is required.

• Demonstrated experience leading or supervising pharmacy operations and technician teams is highly preferred.