Pharmacy Technician Per Diem

Yale New Haven Health•Bridgeport, CT

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacy Technician performs technical duties associated with delivering pharmaceutical services at Bridgeport Hospital. Duties include medication distribution and inventory management, cross-functional pharmacy work, technical support, and other tasks within the technician’s scope of practice as departmental needs dictate. Employees are expected to support YNHHS’s vision, mission, and values, promote patient-centered care and fiscal responsibility, and follow CHAMP and STAR behaviors with patient safety as the top priority. The role includes preparing and delivering medications to patient-care-unit storage areas, maintaining medication inventory, supporting pharmacists, and responding professionally to inquiries from nursing, providers, and ancillary staff. The technician uses pharmacy and hospital technology, maintains records, follows HIPAA and applicable safety and regulatory standards, and helps ensure timely, accurate pharmacy services. The employee may be expected to work on-call shifts. Coverage includes day, evening, and overnight shifts. The employee is considered essential personnel and is expected to work when scheduled during inclement weather. Work involves walking, sitting, standing, and crouching, with occasional exposure to mechanical parts, airborne particles, fumes, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level is moderate.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
At least 6 months of pharmacy technician or healthcare experience; successful completion of an academic or military pharmacy technician training program is considered equivalent to one year of pharmacy technician experience.
Current state Pharmacy Technician registration or licensure, or eligibility to obtain it before the start date.
Active Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) certification or equivalent on or within 12 months of the hire date.
Excellent customer-service and communication skills.
Proficiency in mathematical calculations.
Ability to work effectively with computer and technology equipment and perform basic troubleshooting.
Ability to meet the physical demands described, including walking, sitting, standing, crouching, and lifting or moving items up to 50 pounds occasionally.

Nice To Haves

College degree.
Successful completion of an academic or military hospital pharmacy technician training course.
Hospital experience.

Responsibilities

Accurately pick, prepare, package, label, and deliver medications to appropriate patient-care-unit storage areas, including automated dispensing cabinets and medication refrigerators.
Use appropriate product packaging for medications.
Fulfill, sort, and deliver medication orders promptly, including stat orders, new orders, refills, stock-outs, transfers, and recalls.
Maintain appropriate medication storage, par levels, cleanliness, temperature conditions, and stock rotation to support safety and reduce stock-outs and expired medications.
Assist pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care and replenish medications for emergency trays, including code carts and anesthesia trays.
Handle and dispose of hazardous and non-hazardous waste appropriately, and maintain a clean, well-stocked work area.
Complete pharmacy services within established timeframes and identify and escalate concerns related to pharmacy care.
Maintain medication inventory at appropriate par levels, rotate stock based on expiration and usage patterns, and remove expired or soon-to-expire medications from distribution.
Receive wholesaler medications and replenish pharmacy stock accurately, including through automated medication carousels.
Use handheld tablets with barcode-scanning functionality.
Demonstrate proficiency in medication distribution and automation/technology processes, and in one or more additional pharmacy areas.
Perform calculations and medication product manipulation, dilution, or compounding as needed to prepare and label unit-dose oral solids, liquids, or injectables according to policy and regulatory standards.
Prepare hazardous-category products in accordance with departmental safety guidelines, OSHA regulations, and applicable industry standards.
Document manufactured medications, controlled-substance movement, packaged medications, and investigational drugs according to departmental policies and regulatory standards.
Follow aseptic technique, infection control, and universal precautions as instructed for the work area.
Use and troubleshoot pharmacy-care technology, including electronic medical records, automated dispensing systems, inventory software, carousels, packaging software, sterile-product workflow tools, barcode-labeling programs, and RFID technology as applicable.
Respond to inquiries from nursing, providers, and ancillary staff by phone, in person, or electronically; manage, triage, and follow up on inquiries in a timely and professional manner.
Follow HIPAA requirements in all communications and maintain records for compounding, packaging, and controlled-substance medication distribution.
Work on-call shifts as required and work scheduled shifts during inclement weather as essential personnel.
Walk, sit, stand, and crouch; regularly lift or move up to 10 pounds, frequently up to 25 pounds, and occasionally up to 50 pounds.