Pharmacy Techician Full-time FlexStaff Contract

Pharmacy technician - Flexstaff

Responsibilities: -

• 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Performs related duties, as required.

*ADA Essential Functions

• Experience and qualifications
• 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 in Retail
• Ability to learn computerized hospital pharmacy system.