Pharmacy Techician - Hospital Contract $34/HR
About The Position
The Pharmacy Technician assists a Registered Pharmacist with non-professional, non-judgmental aspects of preparing and dispensing medication. Duties include filling, packaging, labeling, and stocking unit-dose carts; preparing medication deliveries; filling and labeling medication containers; assisting with sterile preparation and labeling of injectable prescriptions and IV additives; filling inpatient medication orders; and packaging urgent medication requests. The role also supports pharmacy recordkeeping and reporting, including maintaining IV and inpatient medication records, documenting extemporaneous medication preparation, assisting with medication-order statistics, and entering refill orders into a computer terminal. The Pharmacy Technician maintains pharmacy workstation inventory, transports materials, receives and tracks stock, and supplies pharmacy areas with daily inventory. Other related duties may be assigned. The position requires physically strenuous work.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Current national certification through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or National Healthcare Association (NHA).
- NYSED license.
- Minimum of two years of experience as a Pharmacy Technician.
- Ability to learn a computerized hospital pharmacy system.
- Ability to perform physically strenuous work.
Responsibilities
- Assist a Registered Pharmacist with non-professional, non-judgmental aspects of preparing and dispensing medication.
- Fill, package, label, and stock unit-dose carts from patient profile cards or computerized pick lists, and deliver carts to nursing units on schedule.
- Make other medication deliveries as required.
- Fill bottles or other packages with measured amounts of medication manually or mechanically.
- Label drug containers according to department specifications, manually or mechanically.
- Assist in the clean air room using sterile technique to fill and label injectable prescriptions, where required.
- Assist in preparing and/or labeling IV additives.
- Fill medication orders in the inpatient area and package sudden, unexpected medication requests.
- Maintain IV records under Pharmacist direction and maintain inpatient medication records.
- Maintain records of extemporaneous medication preparation and assist with statistics and records for medication orders.
- Enter refill orders into a computer terminal.
- Maintain sufficient inventory at pharmacy workstations and transport pharmacy materials as necessary.
- Receive and maintain stock and inventory-control records.
- Maintain records and inventories to support material control.
- Ensure sufficient daily inventory of supplies is placed in pharmacy areas.
- Perform related duties as required.
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Education Level
High school or GED
