Certified Pharmacy Technician

UMass Memorial Health; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, MA is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support medication preparation, packaging and distribution under supervision. You will work in a fast-paced hospital pharmacy, handle inventory, and ensure accurate record keeping.

Candidates must complete a board-approved technician program, have a high school diploma, and be proficient with a pharmacy computer system. This non-exempt role offers 40 hours weekly and opportunities to grow within the health system.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and board-approved technician training.
• Proficient in math and data entry with basic computer skills.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions with accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Perform duties in assigned practice area; staff other areas as needed.
• Process orders using pharmacy computer system and deliver meds.
• Prepare and package medications; sterile product preparation via aseptic technique.
• Maintain inventory and monitor expiration dates; assist with audits.
• Document activities per regulatory/hospital requirements and protect patient confidentiality.
• Assist with continuous quality improvement and problem solving projects.

Skills

Math proficiency

Computer data entry

Follow oral/written instructions

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Board-approved pharmacy technician-training program

Tools

Pharmacy computer system

Pyxis machines

Job description

Are you an internal caregiver, student, or contingent worker/agency worker at UMass Memorial Health?

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

Schedule Details:

Scheduled Hours:

Shift:

Hours: 40

Cost Center: 10020 - 3800 Pharmacy

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Under the direct supervision of a technician supervisor and pharmacist, performs medication related tasks such as packaging, preparation of all forms of medications, record keeping, and all non judgmental aspects of drug distribution.

I. Major Responsibilities:

• 1. Performs duties in assigned practice area. Required to work in other practice areas, as staffing requires.
• 2. Processes orders using pharmacy computer system. Delivers patient medications to medication room areas and stocks automated medication stations (Pyxis machines).
• 3. Familiar with pharmacy technology and equipment. Capable of troubleshooting routine technical problems.
• 4. Prepares and packages most forms of medications. Prepares sterile products using aseptic technique in compounding parenteral nutrition, antibiotics, and other IV drugs.
• 5. Maintains inventory including floor stock medication. Reorders, restocks, and monitors expiration dates of all medications.
• 6. Maintains required documentation in accordance with regulatory and hospital requirements and maintains respect for patient confidentiality. Assists in generating pharmacy reports.
• 7. Conducts medication room inspections in assigned patient care area in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• 8. Assembles drugs in an accurate and efficient manner for pharmacists to check; maintains a clean and orderly work area.
• 9. Repackages bulk drugs in unit of use containers.
• 10. Assists in quality indicator monitoring.
• 11. Assists with yearly inventory in assigned areas.
• 12. Participates in identifying problems or areas for improvement and assists supervisor with problem solving projects and improving operations; participates in Continuous Quality Improvement activities and/or teams.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:

• 1. Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
• 2. Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
• 3. Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
• 4. Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
• 5. Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
• 6. Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• 7. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

• 1. High school diploma or equivalent.
• 2. Must have successfully completed a Board-approved pharmacy technician-training program by obtaining a passing score on a Board-approved pharmacy technician assessment exam.

Preferred:

Experience/Skills:

Required:

• 1. Proficient in math. Knowledge and ability to use a computer for data entry.
• 2. Must be able to follow oral and written instructions with accuracy, efficiency, and dependability.

Preferred:

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies, including age-specific competencies and their measurements, will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:

Work is considered sedentary. Position requires work indoors in a normal office environment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.