Pharmacy Technician - Hospital Contract $30/hr

Northwell Health • Lake Success, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position assists a Registered Pharmacist in the non-professional aspects of preparing and dispensing medication. The role involves filling, packaging, labeling, and stocking unit dose carts, making deliveries, and filling bottles or other package forms with measured amounts of medication. The technician will also label containers of drugs, assist in clean air rooms using sterile technique for injectable prescriptions, and aid in the preparation and labeling of IV additives. Responsibilities include filling medication orders in inpatient areas, packaging urgent medication requests, and assisting the Registered Pharmacist with various records and reports, including IV records, medication records, and extemporaneous medication preparation records. The role also involves entering orders into the computer terminal for refills, maintaining inventory at pharmacy workstations, transporting pharmacy materials, and receiving and maintaining records for stock and inventory control. Additionally, the technician will assist with material control by maintaining records and inventories and ensuring sufficient daily inventory of supplies to all pharmacy areas for efficient operation. Related duties as required are also part of the role.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Current national certification through Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)/National Healthcare Association (NHA), required.
• NYSED- License
• Minimum of two years experience as Pharmacy Tech
• Ability to learn computerized hospital pharmacy system.
• Must be able to do physically strenuous work.

Nice To Haves

• IV ROOM EXPERIENCE PREFERRED

Responsibilities

• Assists Registered Pharmacist in the non-professional (non-judgmental) aspects preparing and dispensing medication.
• Fills, packages, labels and stocks unit dose cart from patient profile card or computerized pick list; brings cart to nursing unit according to predetermined schedule.
• Makes other deliveries, as required.
• Fills bottles or other package forms with measured amount of medication either manually or mechanically.
• Labels containers of drugs according to department specification, either manually or mechanically.
• Assists in clean air room, using sterile technique in filling and labeling injectable prescriptions, where required.
• Assists in preparation and/or labeling of IV additives.
• Fills medication orders in inpatient area.
• Packages sudden, unexpected medication requests, as required.
• Assists Registered Pharmacist in maintaining a variety of records and reports.
• Maintains IV records with Pharmacist direction.
• Maintains records for medication in inpatient area.
• Maintains records of preparation of extemporaneous medications.
• Assists in the maintenance of statistics and records for all medication orders.
• Enters orders into computer terminal for refill purposes.
• Maintains sufficient inventory at workstations in Pharmacy.
• Transports required pharmacy material, as necessary.
• Receives and maintains records of stock and inventory control.
• Assists in material control by maintaining records and inventories.
• Maintains placement of sufficient daily inventory of supplies to all areas of the Pharmacy to assure efficient operating conditions.
• Performs related duties, as required.

Benefits

• The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

What This Job Offers

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