Certified Pharmacy Technician III

About the role

AdventHealth in Winter Garden, Florida, is hiring a full-time Certified Pharmacy Technician III. The schedule is day-shift with weekend availability, with variable shifts starting between 7am and 2pm and lasting 8 hours. The role covers advanced pharmacy practice areas with autonomy and precision.

Key responsibilities

• Independently prepare and dispense patient-specific medication doses, including compounding complex and sterile preparations such as chemotherapy and hazardous formulations, following USP and institutional protocols.
• Provide coverage in at least one advanced practice area such as hazardous cleanroom compounding, CII safe management, medication history programs, decentralized clinical support, environmental monitoring, inventory checks or pharmacy inventory and purchasing management.
• Manage medication inventory, including ordering, receiving, rotating stock, removing expired products and maintaining perpetual inventory counts.
• Ensure proper storage, including cold chain custody and quarantine areas, and lead controlled substance audits, reconciliation and diversion prevention.
• Support formulary management, contribute to root cause analysis and lead initiatives to reduce medication errors.
• Lead hazardous medication handling, including spill response, PPE training and environmental safety audits, and serve as a safety advocate.
• Contribute to compliance audits, documentation, quality improvement projects and training of pharmacy learners and staff.
• Collaborate with pharmacy staff, nurses and other healthcare professionals, and act as a liaison between pharmacy and clinical teams.

Required profile

• High school graduate or equivalent; associate degree preferred.
• 1+ year of contemporary hospital pharmacy experience; retail or ambulatory experience required.
• Updated Registered Pharmacy Technician (RPhT) or Licensed Pharmacy Technician (RPhT) certification; NHA CPhT or PTCB preferred.
• Ability to read, write and speak conversational English.
• Ability to work under direct supervision of a pharmacist and to mentor pharmacy technician students (preferred).

Required skills

• Strong communication, organizational, problem-solving and customer service skills.
• Basic computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Preferred: proficiency in hospital computer systems and automation, aseptic techniques, USP 795/797/800, and medication reconciliation.

What we offer

• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance from day one.
• Paid time off from day one and a 403(b) retirement plan.
• Four weeks of fully paid parental leave and career development resources.
• Pay range of $19.42 - $31.07.