Castle Rock – Nurse Resident – M/S Surgical Unit – Full Time – Nights

About the Role

Independently prepares and dispenses patient-specific medication doses, ensuring correct drug, dose, dosage form, expiration dating, and barcode scanning.

Responsibilities

• Independently prepares and dispenses patient-specific medication doses, ensuring correct drug, dose, dosage form, expiration dating, and barcode scanning.
• Independently compounds and manages complex and sterile medication preparations, including chemotherapy and hazardous formulations, following USP <795>, <797>, <800> guidelines and institutional protocols.
• Provides coverage in at least one advanced pharmacy practice area such as hazardous cleanroom compounding, CII safe management, medication history programs, decentralized clinical support, environmental monitoring, technician inventory check (i.e., tech check tech where authorized), or pharmacy inventory/purchasing management.
• Independently manages accurate medication inventory operations, including ordering and stocking product, receiving and rotating stock, removing expired medications, and guaranteeing perpetual inventory counts.
• Monitors and ensures proper medication storage, including cold chain custody, quarantine areas for expired medications, and overall inventory integrity.

Requirements

• Strong verbal and written communication, organizational, problem‐solving, and customer service skills Required
• Flexibility and willingness to adapt to changes as necessary Required
• Ability to interact constructively with supervisors, peers, and external customers Required
• Ability to follow direction from formal management personnel and work well under direct supervision of a pharmacist Required
• Ability to identify, follow up, and resolve discrepancies Required
• Ability to identify, mitigate, and assist in resolving pharmacy operational or program issues Required
• Ability to keep accurate and complete records Required
• Knowledge of medical terminology Required
• Must be able to read, write and speak conversational English Required
• Basic computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office Required
• Ability to teach pharmacy technician students Preferred
• Proficiency in hospital computer system technology and automation Preferred
• Knowledge and competence in aseptic techniques, hazardous drug compounding and USP 795, 797 and 800 standards (if applicable) Preferred
• Knowledge and competence in the medication reconciliation process (if applicable) Preferred
• Associate [Preferred]
• High School Grad or Equiv [Required]
• Completion of a pharmacy technician training program [Preferred]
• 1+ years of contemporary hospital pharmacy experience, retail or ambulatory experience required [Required]
• Registered Pharmacy Technician (RPhT) [Required]
• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) [Required]
• Associate's of Nursing (Required), Bachelor's of Nursing
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Cert (ACLS) – RQI Resuscitation Quality Improvement
• Basic Life Support – CPR Cert (BLS) – RQI Resuscitation Quality Improvement
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – EV Accredited Issuing Body
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Cert (PALS) – RQI Resuscitation Quality Improvement
• Registered Nurse (RN) – EV Accredited Issuing Body

Compensation

• Base pay: $34.26 - $59.24/hr

Benefits

• Benefits from Day One: Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off from Day One
• 403-B Retirement Plan
• 4 Weeks 100% Paid Parental Leave
• Career Development
• Whole Person Well-being Resources
• Mental Health Resources and Support
• Pet Benefits