Pharmacy Technician II - Per Diem

About the position

The Pharmacy Technician II - Per Diem position at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center involves preparing sterile and non-sterile medications, communicating with Pharmacists and Nursing Staff to ensure timely preparation and delivery of medications, and delivering medications including controlled substances to nursing areas and ancillary departments in accordance with established policies and procedures and DEA and DPH regulations.

Responsibilities

• Restocks floor stock/automated dispensing machines.
• Enters charges/credits against patient profile to ensure an accurate bill.
• Monitors medication order reports to assign medication to an automated dispensing machine.
• Delivers all medication in compliance with all DEA, DPH & State Board of Pharmacy regulations.
• Prepares and delivers IV medications in accordance with Federal USP 797 & USP 800 standards.
• Maintains records pertaining to IV admixtures, maintains cleanliness in sterile areas, and completes QA.
• Repackages bulk supplies of medications in unit of use packaging & engages in non-sterile compounding in accordance with all Federal USP 795 & USP 800 standards.
• Checks for expired medications within the pharmacy & automated dispensing cabinets.
• Ensures that all expired/damaged medications are disposed of in accordance with RCRA, OSHA & NIOSH regulations.
• Prepares specialized sterile products including TPNs, neonatal, hazardous, and chemotherapeutic & study medications in accordance with Federal USP 797 standards.
• Maintain staffing in two or more areas of the pharmacy.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required.
• License Mass Registered Pharmacy Tech required.
• Certificate 1 Pharm Tech Cert Board required, or Certificate 2 EXCPT required.
• 0-1 years related work experience required.
• Registration required with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy as a Registered Pharmacy Technician.
• Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications.

Nice-to-haves

• Three to six months experience as a hospital pharmacy technician.
• Ability to perform simple and complex pharmaceutical calculations.