Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Prepare and package daily patient medications using automated pharmacy packaging systems, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with established procedures.
- Accurately fill and dispense prescriptions while maintaining the highest standards of patient safety and quality.
- Stock, monitor, and maintain automated dispensing cabinets throughout the facility to ensure medication availability, security, and accountability.
- Conduct monthly inspections of medication storage areas to ensure compliance with organizational policies, pharmacy regulations, and accreditation standards.
- Manage pharmacy inventory levels, including ordering, receiving, storing, and tracking medications and supplies to prevent shortages and minimize waste.
- Prepare and submit purchase requisitions in accordance with established procurement procedures.
- Maintain accurate pharmacy records, logs, reports, and documentation required for regulatory compliance and operational effectiveness.
- Collaborate with healthcare providers, nursing staff, and pharmacy leadership to support quality patient care.
- Contribute to a safe, secure, and efficient pharmacy operation within a correctional healthcare environment.
- Perform other duties as assigned in support of FCH's mission, values, and operational objectives.
Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Knowledge of pharmacy operations, medication distribution, and inventory management practices.
- Experience with automated dispensing systems, pharmacy software, and electronic medical records (EMR).
- Understanding of applicable federal, state, and pharmacy regulations, including controlled substance management.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to maintain accuracy in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks while meeting deadlines and maintaining quality standards.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and time-management skills.
- Ability to maintain confidential information and comply with HIPAA requirements.
- Demonstrated professionalism, sound judgment, integrity, and discretion.
- Ability to work effectively in a secure correctional healthcare setting and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams.
- Strong customer service skills and the ability to build positive working relationships with patients, staff, leadership, and external partners.
- Commitment to patient safety, quality improvement, and continuous process excellence.
Why Join FCH?
- Meaningful work serving an underserved patient population.
- Collaborative healthcare team environment.
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Stable healthcare organization with a mission-driven culture.
Our mission is to revolutionize medical and mental healthcare in correctional and institutional facilities through compassionate, clinician-led, patient-centered care.
