Pharmacy Techician Per Diem/Temp to Perm

Northwell•Village of Great Neck, NY

12h•Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacy Technician assists a Registered Pharmacist with non-professional and non-judgmental tasks related to preparing and dispensing medication. Key duties include filling, packaging, labeling, and stocking unit dose carts from patient profiles or computerized pick lists, and delivering them to nursing units. The role also involves filling medication bottles manually or mechanically, labeling drug containers according to specifications, and assisting in clean air rooms with sterile techniques for injectable prescriptions and IV additives. Additionally, the technician is responsible for maintaining various records and reports, such as IV records, inpatient medication records, and records for extemporaneous medications, as well as assisting with statistics and entering refill orders into a computer system. Inventory management is also a core responsibility, including maintaining sufficient stock at workstations, transporting pharmacy materials, and managing stock and inventory control records to ensure efficient operating conditions.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
Current national certification through Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)/National Healthcare Association (NHA), required.
NYSED- License
Minimum of two years experience as Pharmacy Tech in Retail
Ability to learn computerized hospital pharmacy system.
Must be able to do physically strenuous work.

Responsibilities

Assists Registered Pharmacist in the non-professional (non-judgmental) aspects preparing and dispensing medication.
Fills, packages, labels and stocks unit dose cart from patient profile card or computerized pick list; brings cart to nursing unit according to predetermined schedule.
Makes other deliveries, as required.
Fills bottles or other package forms with measured amount of medication either manually or mechanically.
Labels containers of drugs according to department specification, either manually or mechanically.
Assists in clean air room, using sterile technique in filling and labeling injectable prescriptions, where required.
Assists in preparation and/or labeling of IV additives.
Fills medication orders in inpatient area.
Packages sudden, unexpected medication requests, as required.
Assists Registered Pharmacist in maintaining a variety of records and reports.
Maintains IV records with Pharmacist direction.
Maintains records for medication in inpatient area.
Maintains records of preparation of extemporaneous medications.
Assists in the maintenance of statistics and records for all medication orders.
Enters orders into computer terminal for refill purposes.
Maintains sufficient inventory at workstations in Pharmacy.
Transports required pharmacy material, as necessary.
Receives and maintains records of stock and inventory control.
Assists in material control by maintaining records and inventories.
Maintains placement of sufficient daily inventory of supplies to all areas of the Pharmacy to assure efficient operating conditions.
Performs related duties, as required.