Certified Pharmacy Technician (Evening Shift)
About The Position
Nemours is seeking a Certified Pharmacy Technician to join the Nemours Children's Health team at Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware. The technician provides pharmacy services in the inpatient and outpatient pharmacy departments, assisting with the technical preparation and delivery of medications to patients. The role provides customer service to internal and external customers and works under the operational supervision of a pharmacist. The majority of the work involves preparing, dispensing, and distributing medications. Technicians may be assigned duties across non-sterile and sterile areas, including cart fill, Pyxis functions, IV preparation, unit-dose packaging, outpatient prescription processing, unit inspections, oral-liquid compounding, inventory maintenance, code-cart processes, point-of-sale prescription sales, prescription delivery, and answering phone calls. The role also includes accurately preparing individualized sterile and non-sterile extemporaneous medications using proper equipment and techniques, containers, labeling, and storage conditions, and accurately distributing pharmacy products in the required quantities and on time through hourly and batch deliveries. This is a full-time position of 32 hours per week, with rotating evening shifts starting as early as 12 p.m. or as late as 2 p.m. The schedule includes working every third weekend, both Saturday and Sunday, and two holidays each year: one in summer and one in winter. Evening hours after a specified time receive a percentage differential of hourly pay.
Requirements
- High school diploma required.
- Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) certification required.
- Certification must be from either the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) or the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB).
Nice To Haves
- One year of pharmacy technician experience preferred.
- Hospital pharmacy experience preferred.
- Children’s hospital pharmacy experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the technical preparation and delivery of medications to patients.
- Provide customer service to internal and external customers while working under the operational supervision of a pharmacist.
- Prepare, dispense, and distribute medications.
- Perform assigned pharmacy technician duties, which may include cart fill, Pyxis functions, IV preparation, unit-dose packaging, outpatient prescription data entry and third-party processing, barcoding, unit inspections, oral-liquid compounding, inventory maintenance and replenishment, code-cart processes, point-of-sale prescription sales, prescription delivery, and answering phone calls.
- Accurately prepare individualized sterile and non-sterile extemporaneous medications using appropriate equipment and techniques, containers, labeling, and storage conditions.
- Accurately distribute pharmacy products in the appropriate quantities and when needed through hourly medication delivery and batch delivery.
Benefits
- Evening time differential, calculated as a percentage of hourly pay for evening work after a specified hour.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
