Pharmacy Technician - Per Diem (Anderson campus)

St. Luke’s University Health Network•Easton, PA

18h•Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacy Technician works under the direction of a pharmacist to deliver medications and perform unit-dose activities, including filling patient medication orders and cassettes, updating admissions, discharges, and transfers (ADT), handling floor-stock orders and outpatient prescriptions, inspecting medication areas, maintaining controlled-substance records, and using the pharmacy computer system. The role also supports IV and admixture services by labeling premixed solutions; restocking and ordering solutions and supplies; and preparing parenteral solutions, parenteral nutrition, irrigations, antineoplastic solutions, and extemporaneous compounds. The technician performs other assigned administrative and departmental duties. The position requires completion of on-the-job training in each department area within the first six months. Pharmacy technicians must maintain active registration with the Board of Pharmacy in the state or states where they work. State-specific registration requirements apply in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The role has significant physical demands, including prolonged standing and walking, frequent handling and lifting, and carrying items while climbing stairs.

Requirements

Successful completion of on-the-job training in each area of the department within the first six months of employment.
Registered pharmacy technicians must maintain active status through the Board of Pharmacy in the state or states where they work.
Pennsylvania: As of June 28, 2026, state registration with the PA Board of Pharmacy as a Pharmacy Technician is preferred upon hire. New applicants must register as a Pharmacy Technician Trainee upon hire and obtain Pharmacy Technician registration within 180 days of hire. Pharmacy students registered as a Pharmacy Intern in Pennsylvania do not also need to register as a Pharmacy Technician.
New Jersey: State registration with the NJ Board of Pharmacy as a Pharmacy Technician is preferred upon hire. New applicants must file a registration application within 10 days of hire and obtain state-board registration within 180 days of hire.
Ability to perform the described physical activities, including walking and standing for extended periods, frequent handling and lifting or carrying up to 35 pounds, and occasionally pushing or pulling up to 200 pounds.
Ability to meet the described vision and hearing requirements.

Nice To Haves

At least six months of previous hospital pharmacy experience.
Pennsylvania Pharmacy Technician registration upon hire is preferred, subject to the stated requirements and exceptions.
New Jersey Pharmacy Technician registration upon hire is preferred.

Responsibilities

Fill medications and IV orders from computer-generated labels; fill and update patient cassette drawers and exchange drawers.
Deliver medications to and retrieve medications from patient-care areas, using the pneumatic tube when appropriate; credit returned patient medications.
Respond appropriately to telephone and pharmacy-window inquiries and visitors, involve other pharmacy staff when appropriate, and direct drug-information questions to a pharmacist.
Communicate courteously and professionally, maintain confidentiality, and pass pertinent information to the technician on the next shift.
Prepare prepackaged medications under pharmacist supervision using proper technique; maintain log books and complete work within the shift.
Prepare parenteral, admixture, antineoplastic, and Home IV Therapy orders; compound extemporaneous preparations under pharmacist supervision using proper aseptic technique; maintain log books and complete work within the shift.
Keep the work area clean and neat, free of excess items, and maintain adequate par levels.
Review, fill, and deliver nursing floor stock and controlled substances; inspect medication areas; prepare outpatient prescriptions in accordance with federal and state pharmacy laws.
Maintain the CD Module narcotic inventory, restock the CD Module, and process CD Module returns.
Deliver or retrieve medications when the supervising pharmacist determines it is necessary.
Perform Transitional Care Unit activities, including filling new medication orders and medication cassettes and crediting medications.
Complete and maintain IV/Admixtures lab and departmental competencies.
Perform routine activities with minimal supervision, offer additional help when needed, and participate in training new employees.
Perform other related duties as assigned.