Cleveland Clinic

Pharmacy Technician - Inpatient

Union Hospital Part time

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Job Title

Pharmacy Technician - Inpatient

Location

Dover

Facility

Union Hospital

Department

Pharmacy-Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital

Job Code

C14003

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

Schedule

7:00am-9:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

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

Join Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital and experience world class healthcare at its best. Located in Dover, Ohio, the award-winning not-for-profit Union Hospital serves the communities of eastern Ohio. Here, you will be part of a talented, compassionate, and driven team of caregivers, work with state-of-the-art technology and provide stellar patient care. 

The Pharmacy Technician – Inpatient role is based in the basement pharmacy at Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital, supporting a 90-bed hospital that operates as a smaller-volume inpatient setting with a lean, highly collaborative team. The pharmacy team includes approximately eight pharmacy technicians and sixteen pharmacists who support overall medication operations across service areas including the emergency department, outpatient infusion, ICU, and step-down units. Caregivers in this role rotate through multiple responsibilities, including operating the manual carousel, supporting sterile compounding (both hazardous and non-hazardous), managing automated dispensing cabinets such as Pyxis, and assisting with medication distribution throughout the hospital. Technicians are cross-trained across all operational areas, creating a dynamic role that offers broad inpatient pharmacy experience while supporting safe, efficient medication delivery for patient care.

A caregiver in this position will work five, eigtht hour shifts in a two week period including shifts ranging from 6am-9pm with occasional coverage for night shift (9:00pm–7:00am) as needed. Caregivers are scheduled every third weekend working either 7:00am–3:30pm or 12:30pm–9:00pm, and are required to work two holidays per year, with scheduling balanced across major holidays.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:   

  • High School Diploma/GED   
  • Six months of related experience OR completion of a Pharmacy Technician Program   

Must meet all of the following license and certification combination requirements at the time of application:

  • Must be a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) OR the National HealthCareer Association (NHA)
  • AND 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.  If certified but current status with the Ohio Board of Pharmacy (OBOP) is Registered Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Technician Trainee it is required to update registration status to a Certified Pharmacy Technician with the OBOP within six months of hire.
  • Please note: A status as a Pharmacy Technician Trainee with OBOP does not qualify for this role.  However, please visit the apprenticeship program to express interest: https://talentcommunity.clevelandclinic.org/campaign/apprentiship-programs/ )

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:    

  • Six months of hospital experience   

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. 

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