Pharmacy Technician - Full Time, Nights (Bethlehem Campus)
About The Position
The Pharmacy Technician works under the direction of a pharmacist to deliver medications and perform unit-dose activities, including filling patient medication orders and cassettes, updating admissions, discharges, and transfers (ADT), filling floor-stock orders, preparing outpatient prescriptions, inspecting medication areas, maintaining controlled-substance records, and using the pharmacy computer system. The role also includes IV and admixture responsibilities such as labeling premixed solutions; restocking and ordering solutions and supplies; and preparing parenteral products, parenteral nutrition solutions, irrigations, antineoplastic solutions, and extemporaneous compounds. The technician performs administratively assigned duties. The schedule is eight days on followed by six days off. The position requires completion of on-the-job training in each departmental area within the first six months. Pharmacy technicians must maintain active registration with the Board of Pharmacy in the state where they work. State-specific registration requirements apply in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Requirements
- Complete on-the-job training in each area of the department within the first six months of employment.
- Registered Pharmacy Technicians must maintain active status through the Board of Pharmacy in the state(s) where they work.
- Pennsylvania: For new applicants, registration as a Pharmacy Technician Trainee is required upon hire, with Pharmacy Technician board registration required within 180 days of hire. Pharmacy students registered as a Pharmacy Intern in Pennsylvania do not also need to register as a Pharmacy Technician.
- New Jersey: New applicants must file a registration application within 10 days of hire and be registered with the state board within 180 days of hire.
- Ability to meet the stated physical and sensory requirements, including lifting and carrying up to 35 pounds and occasionally pushing or pulling up to 200 pounds.
Nice To Haves
- At least six months of previous hospital pharmacy experience.
- Pennsylvania: State registration with the PA Board of Pharmacy as a Pharmacy Technician is preferred upon hire.
- New Jersey: State registration with the NJ Board of Pharmacy as a Pharmacy Technician is preferred upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Fill medications and IV orders using computer-generated labels; fill and update patient cassette drawers; exchange cassette drawers; deliver and retrieve medications from patient-care areas or use the pneumatic tube when appropriate; and credit returned patient medications.
- Answer the telephone and pharmacy window appropriately, involve other pharmacy staff when needed, direct drug-information questions to a pharmacist, communicate professionally, and pass pertinent information to the technician on the next shift.
- Prepare prepackaged medications under pharmacist supervision using proper technique, maintain required log books, and complete work within the shift.
- Prepare parenteral, admixture, antineoplastic, and Home IV Therapy orders; compound extemporaneous preparations under pharmacist supervision using proper aseptic technique; and maintain required log books.
- Keep the work area clean and orderly and maintain adequate par levels.
- Review, fill, and deliver nursing floor stock and controlled substances; inspect medication areas; prepare outpatient prescriptions in accordance with federal and state pharmacy laws; maintain controlled-substance inventory; restock the CD Module; and process CD Module returns.
- Deliver or retrieve medications when the supervising pharmacist determines it is necessary.
- Perform Transitional Care Unit activities, including filling new medication orders and medication cassettes and crediting medications.
- Complete and maintain IV/admixture laboratory and departmental competencies.
- Communicate effectively and cooperatively while maintaining the confidentiality of hospital information.
- Perform routine activities with minimal supervision, offer additional help when needed, and participate in training new employees.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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