Certified Pharmacy Technician; Mount Sinai Hospital; Full Time; Variable
Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY
•Onsite
About The Position
The Certified Pharmacy Technician prepares pharmaceutical orders for patient care areas under Mount Sinai Pharmacy guidelines. This role involves maintaining adequate stock levels, reviewing medical areas for expired drugs, maintaining refrigeration temperature logs, and providing general assistance to pharmacists. This is a full-time position at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Requirements
- HS/GED
- Graduate of an approved pharmacy technician training program, OR an advanced degree, i.e. a Pharmacy Degree from another country OR relevant experience.
Nice To Haves
- 1-2 years relevant experience as a hospital pharmacy technician
- IV experience
Responsibilities
- Fills medication orders accurately.
- Retrieves and delivers medication in a timely fashion.
- Maintains adequate stock levels in the pharmacy and does not over-stock.
- Prepares/ checks Urgent Use Stock orders for patient care areas accurately and does not over-stock.
- Reviews medication areas for expired drugs in a timely fashion.
- Maintains medication refrigerator temperature logs in pharmacy areas and nursing units (as assigned).
- Determines the intravenous antibiotic needs of each of the satellite units at the beginning of the shift.
- Prepares Laminar Flow Hood for usage.
- Operates the Baxa pump.
- Reconstitutes antibiotic piggyback bottles with the proper diluents using aseptic technique.
- Defrosts frozen antibiotic intravenous mini-bags.
- Prepares antibiotic concentrate and aseptically adds to diluents mini-bags.
- Rotates all antibiotic products to maintain the maximum expiration and properly disposes of all expired products.
- Fills orders for satellites not involved with centralized IV program.
- Maintains the area in a neat and hygienic manner.
- Properly disposes of all intravenous needles and tubing and equipment.
- Assists in maintaining all required records.
- Provides general assistance to the pharmacist.
- Maintains inventory of all needed intravenous supplies.
- Prepares all pre-manufactured I.V.s with patient label to be checked by pharmacist.
- Delivery of patient IVs to nursing units.
- Performs all related duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
