Job Title: Compounding Pharmacy Technician

Job Description

The Compounding Pharmacy Technician prepares and compounds customized medications in a highly regulated pharmacy environment, supporting both sterile and non-sterile production. This role focuses on staging and preparing components for drug production in a clean-room setting, compounding low- to high-risk sterile products, and filling patient orders under the supervision of a pharmacist. The technician follows established Standard Operating Procedures, maintains strict quality and safety standards, and ensures that all compounded medications meet potency, purity, integrity, sterility, and accuracy requirements.

Responsibilities

• Follow all applicable Standard Operating Procedures related to sterile and non-sterile compounding, safety, and quality control.
• Perform non-sterile compounding of medications, including capsules, liquids, topical preparations, nasal preparations, suppositories, troches, and tablet triturates.
• Conduct sterile compounding of medications, including injections, ophthalmic solutions, and inhalation solutions, ensuring standards for sterility and endotoxin content are consistently met.
• Carry out sterile-to-sterile transfers, packaging, and labeling of one or more drugs in accordance with regulatory and internal quality requirements.
• Stage and prepare all components for drug production in a clean-room environment, ensuring materials are correct, available, and properly documented.
• Compound medications, fill and label prescriptions, and pre-package bulk compounded medications in anticipation of prescription orders.
• Monitor inventory levels, identify low, expiring, or expired chemicals and compounds, and initiate re-order processes as needed.
• Receive new inventory, verify accuracy, and maintain required documentation such as Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and Certificates of Analysis.
• Access and review MSDS information when working with hazardous or non-hazardous chemicals to ensure proper handling and safety practices.
• Perform environmental monitoring and validation testing according to established policies and procedures to maintain a compliant compounding environment.
• Support daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning of the compounding and clean-room areas using appropriate disinfectants and techniques.
• Maintain high standards of accuracy, potency, quality, purity, integrity, sterility, and endotoxin content for all compounded products.
• Work quickly and accurately under time and volume constraints while maintaining meticulous attention to detail.
• Collaborate closely with supervising pharmacists and other pharmacy staff to ensure safe and timely preparation of patient medications.
• Complete initial and ongoing competency evaluations as required by policies and procedures to maintain authorization to perform compounding activities.
• Perform data entry related to prescriptions, inventory, and production records with a focus on accuracy and compliance.
• Support inventory accuracy through cycle counts and participation in supply chain and production planning activities.
• Assist with medication refill processes and patient order fulfillment, as authorized and under pharmacist supervision.
• Provide professional customer service in interactions related to pharmacy services, as appropriate to the setting.
• Carry out other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications as assigned to support pharmacy operations and patient care.

Essential Skills

• Registration with the State Board of Pharmacy as required for pharmacy technicians.
• Pharmacy technician certification (e.g., CPhT) and current pharmacy technician license, as applicable.
• Strong aseptic technique and excellent hand-eye coordination for sterile compounding tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to work quickly and accurately under time and volume constraints.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Knowledge of pharmacy operations and compounding processes, including sterile and non-sterile techniques.
• Ability to follow detailed Standard Operating Procedures and comply with regulatory and quality standards.
• High level of attention to detail to consistently meet standards for potency, quality, purity, integrity, sterility, endotoxin content, and accuracy.
• Competence in inventory management, including monitoring stock levels and identifying expiring or expired materials.
• Basic data entry skills for recording prescriptions, inventory transactions, and production information.
• Ability to work effectively under the supervision of a pharmacist in a collaborative pharmacy team.
• Strong commitmen