Pharmacy Technician | Inpatient Pharmacy | 72 Hours Biweekly | Midnight Shift

ChristianaCare • Newark, DE

1d • $20 - $30 • Onsite

About The Position

ChristianaCare is recruiting a full-time flex Pharmacy Technician for its inpatient pharmacy, working 72 hours biweekly on a midnight shift. The pharmacy team dispenses approximately 8,000,000 individualized patient doses annually and 252,000 retail/mail-order prescriptions, with a focus on providing safe and efficacious medications. Technicians assist pharmacists in delivering timely, efficient, cost-effective, and appropriate pharmaceutical care. The position requires working every other weekend and holidays as needed, with shift times varying according to departmental needs.

Duties include maintaining patient medication carts and bins, delivering scheduled 24-hour cart fills, handling returned and discontinued medications, restocking supplies, managing automated dispensing cabinet inventory, receiving supplier orders, and sending or delivering prepared medications to nursing units. The technician also prepares IV medications using aseptic techniques and in compliance with USP 795, 797, and 800 regulations, using appropriate PPE and closed system transfer devices when preparing chemotherapy or other hazardous medications.

The role involves standing and walking up to eight miles per day with intermittent sitting, occasional extended periods at a computer terminal, and movement throughout ChristianaCare. It requires manual dexterity, pushing or pulling a fully weighted cart, and lifting up to 50 pounds.

Requirements

• High school diploma.
• PTCB certification, unless enrolled in a PharmD program.
• Applicants with pharmacy technician experience must obtain PTCB certification within one year of employment.
• Applicants enrolled in or graduated from a four-year bachelor's program in a listed health science major or other health-related degree must obtain PTCB certification within one year of employment.
• Basic typing skills.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the position, including standing and walking up to eight miles per day, manual dexterity, pushing or pulling a fully weighted cart, and lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to work every other weekend and holidays as required.

Nice To Haves

• Hospital pharmacy experience.
• Computer experience, such as using window-based programs.

Responsibilities

• Assist pharmacists in providing timely, efficient, cost-effective, and appropriate pharmaceutical care to patients.
• Refill patient medication bins using robot cart fills and manual picks; update carts for new orders, discontinued medications, and medication transfers.
• Update medication-bin labeling when patients are admitted, transferred, or discharged.
• Deliver and exchange 24-hour cart fills to nursing units at scheduled times.
• Check medication storage areas for medications belonging to discharged patients or that have been discontinued, and return medications to stock.
• Reorder medications in short supply and restock the picking station and other pharmacy areas.
• Send prepared medications through the pneumatic tube system and deliver medications that cannot be tubed to the appropriate nursing-unit location.
• Manage automated dispensing cabinet inventory, accurately selecting and loading medications.
• Ensure medications are stored properly, remove discontinued medications, and keep only in-date medications in storage.
• Receive and check incoming supplier orders.
• Prepare IV medications using aseptic techniques and in compliance with USP 795, 797, and 800 federal regulations.
• Use appropriate PPE and closed system transfer devices, as needed, when preparing chemotherapy and other hazardous medications.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage beginning on the first day of employment.
• Paid PTO.
• Retirement plans and retirement planning services.
• Twelve weeks of paid parental leave.
• Annual membership to Care.com and access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work.
• Financial coaching.
• Fitness and wellness reimbursement.
• Discounts on hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets, and other items.
• Employee assistance program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED