Pharmacy Technician

Nitelines Usa•Ayer, MA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacy Technician assists the staff pharmacist with ordering, stocking, storing, preparing, and dispensing prescription and non-prescription medications. The role supports pharmacy operations in a patient-care environment and involves maintaining medication and supply inventories, records, and pharmacy areas in accordance with applicable laws, departmental safety and sanitation guidelines, and BOP Formulary and budgetary constraints. The position is full-time in Ayer, Massachusetts, with a Monday–Friday schedule between 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., including a 30-minute unpaid lunch period, for no more than 40 hours per week.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must hold an active, unrestricted pharmacy technician license that conforms to community standards and applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
Must have current CPR certification.
Must have at least one year of Pharmacy Technician experience.
Must know methods, techniques, and procedures for performing job activities using various medical equipment and automated systems.
Must know safety principles and infection control in the patient-care environment.
Must be able to relate and deal effectively with physicians, peers, and others.
Must be able to recognize and report changes in patients’ physical and emotional conditions.

Responsibilities

Assist the staff pharmacist with ordering, stocking, storing, and dispensing prescription and non-prescription medications while observing budgetary guidelines and BOP Formulary constraints.
Keep pharmacy areas clean and orderly in accordance with departmental safety and sanitation guidelines.
Help maintain current medication stock in the main pharmacy, satellite camp, crash carts, emergency bags, and Automated Dispensing Systems; check expiration dates according to policy.
Help maintain needed forms, update Pill Line/Restricted Medication cards for inmates, and file Medication Administration Records in the Medical Record.
Assist the pharmacist in preparing unit-dose or pre-packaged medications.
Complete and maintain competency through the Pharmacy Competency Module and keep current with the BOP Formulary and its changes.
Maintain narcotics counts and needle and syringe inventories.
Maintain and restock supplies for the “Night Stock” cabinet and audit the “Night Stock” or Automated Dispensing System.
Maintain working technical computer skills related to pharmacy work.
Participate in Improving Organizational Performance Data and Quality Assurance Activities as directed by the Pharmacist or HSA.
Perform clerical duties, including using the BOP electronic medical record, documenting and scheduling on a computer, scanning and filing documents, typing, preparing callouts and institutional memorandums, answering phones, scheduling patients, and maintaining stock records.