Pharmacy Tech Trainee

UPMC • Altoona, PA

6d

About The Position

Responsible for proper storage and distribution of drugs, receiving and accounting for drugs from vendors, and delivering drugs to patient care and other areas. The role also picks up drug returns and applicable paperwork and returns unit-dose products to their proper receipts. Responsibilities include filling patient drug boxes, floor stock orders, and automated dispensing cabinets, assisting pharmacists as directed, and maintaining a daily report.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Register with the State of Pennsylvania as a Pharmacy Technician Trainee and complete the training program to advance to Pharmacy Technician I.
• Familiarity with a typewriter keyboard and the ability to produce a neat, accurate, and legible copy.
• Ability to adapt to the computerized Pharmacy Information Systems utilized.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and good judgment.
• Act 34 clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Previous pharmacy experience.

Responsibilities

• Select drugs from stock in the proper dose, dosage form, and quantity as ordered by a physician, under direct supervision of a pharmacist.
• Repackage drugs into unit-of-use containers.
• Prepare correct labeling for bulk drugs.
• Interpret physician orders and distinguish pharmaceutical orders from laboratory tests, radiology, nursing, and other orders.
• Apply a basic understanding of physical and chemical stability as it relates to parenteral pharmaceuticals.
• Perform basic pharmaceutical calculations.
• Understand microbial contamination and use aseptic technique when preparing sterile pharmaceutical products.
• Accurately fill floor stock requests.
• Perform monthly medication storage area inspections.
• Receive and account for drugs from vendors; store and distribute drugs properly.
• Deliver drugs to patient care and other areas, pick up drug returns and paperwork, and return unit-dose products to their proper receipts.
• Fill patient drug boxes and automated dispensing cabinets.
• Assist pharmacists as directed and maintain a daily report.
• Perform in accordance with system-wide competencies and behaviors, and perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED