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Certified Pharmacy Technician

Ames, IA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-21 → 2026-09-26

Core

Prepare, package, label, and distribute medications for inpatient, outpatient, and clinic patients in a veterinary teaching hospital while managing inventory and supporting student training.

Role type

Certified Pharmacy Technician (Veterinary)

Builds

Medication dispensing, sterile/nonsterile compounding, inventory management, and client service for animal patients.

Domain

Veterinary healthcare / Pharmacy operations

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Pharmacy technician certification (PTCB or NHA), sterile and nonsterile compounding, pharmacy software systems, inventory management, controlled substance recordkeeping, client communication

Preferred skills

Hospital or specialty pharmacy experience, electronic medication order entry systems, sterile compounding experience

Technologies

Pharmacy software systems, electronic medication order entry systems

Responsibilities

Process and distribute medications for various patient types, prepare sterile and nonsterile pharmaceutical products, manage medication and supply inventories, answer client calls and explain procedures, train veterinary students on pharmacy processes

Seniority

Entry-level to Mid-level, hands-on IC

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