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

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.
• Conducts advanced inventory management including controlled substance audits, reconciliation, and diversion prevention.
• Supports formulary management and contributes to inventory optimization strategies.
• Identifies systemic safety risks, contributes to root cause analysis, and leads initiatives to reduce medication errors.
• Serves as a safety advocate within the pharmacy team.
• Leads hazardous medication handling practices, including spill response, PPE training, and environmental safety audits.
• Ensures departmental adherence to USP <800> and institutional protocols.
• Leads or contributes to compliance audits, documentation, and medication-use process improvement initiatives.
• Prepares reports, assists with compliance documentation, and supports operational accountability, transparency, and readiness for regulatory inspections and accreditation surveys.
• Collaborates actively with pharmacy staff, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to optimize patient care and ensure continuity of pharmacy services across shifts, staffing assignments, and practice areas.
• Serves as a liaison between pharmacy and clinical teams to resolve medication-related issues.
• Mentors technicians and supports onboarding, competency validation, and peer development.
• Leads or participates in departmental quality improvement projects, educational initiatives, and practice advancement efforts.
• Supports training programs and contributes to the development and mentorship of pharmacy learners and staff.
• Executes advanced pharmacy technician duties with autonomy and precision across core workflows, hospital systems, and pharmacy operational programs.
• Demonstrates expertise in medication dispensing, preparation, inventory management, sterile compounding, controlled substance handling, and regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrates proficiency in advanced pharmacy services.
• Provides leadership and coverage in at least two core pharmacy practice areas, including central/distributive pharmacy operations, decentralized services, automated dispensing cabinet (ADC) management, and cleanroom compounding.
• Serves as a resource for resolving workflow issues and optimizing distribution processes.
• Leads troubleshooting and optimization of pharmacy automation systems, ADCs, and software platforms.
• Supports system upgrades, configuration changes, and training of staff in technology use.
• Other duties as assigned.

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