Certified Pharmacy Technician - Full time, Days/Evenings (Upper Bucks Campus)

St. Luke's University Health Network; Quakertown (Bucks County); On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network in the Bucks County area seeks a dedicated Pharmacy Technician to join a busy hospital pharmacy.

The role involves day and evening shifts, including every 3rd weekend and holiday rotation, with medication preparation, IV orders and unit-dose distribution. You will work under pharmacist supervision, maintain documentation, and ensure compliance with state and federal pharmacy laws.

Qualifications

• High school diploma with math and science courses required.
• PA Pharmacy Technician registration preferred upon hire; must be registered within 180 days.
• NJ Pharmacy Technician registration preferred; must be registered within 180 days.
• Current PTCB or NHA national certification required.

Responsibilities

• Fills medications and IV orders from labels and delivers to care areas.
• Answers telephone/window and assists visitors; escalate to pharmacist as needed.
• Prepares prepackaged medications under supervision; maintains log books.
• Prepares parenteral, admixture, anti-neoplastic and Home IV Therapy orders under supervision; aseptic technique.
• Maintains clean work area and adequate medication par levels; remove outdated drugs.
• Reviews and delivers nursing floor stock and controlled substances; prepare outpatient prescriptions per laws.

Skills

Pharmacy technician experience

Customer service

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma with math and science courses

PA Pharmacy Technician Registration

NJ Pharmacy Technician Registration

PTCB or NHA certification (education section)

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

SCHEDULE:

This position includes day and evening shifts.

Required to work every 3rd weekend and a holiday rotation.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Fills medications and IV orders from computer generated labels, fills and updates patient cassette drawers, exchanges cassette drawers. Delivers medications to and picks up medications from patient care areas or uses the pneumatic tube to deliver medications when appropriate. Credits returned patient medications.
• Demonstrates ability to answer telephone/window and deal with visitors to pharmacy appropriately. Demonstrates ability to involve other pharmacy staff when appropriate. Directs all drug information questions to a pharmacist, communicates in a courteous and professional manner utilizing proper etiquette, and communicates all pertinent information to the technician on the next shift.
• Prepares prepackaged medications under pharmacist supervision using proper technique, maintains appropriate log books and completes work within shift.
• Prepares parenteral, admixture, anti-neoplastic and Home IV Therapy orders, extemporaneously compounds under pharmacist supervision using proper aseptic technique, maintains appropriate log books and completes work within shift.
• Keeps work area clean and neat and free of excess items, maintains adequate par levels of medications within shift and removes all outdated drugs.
• Reviews, fills, delivers nursing floor stock and controlled substances; performs medication area inspections for all areas with medications; prepares outpatient prescriptions in accordance with federal and state pharmacy laws; maintains CD Module narcotic inventory, re-stocks CD Module and processes CD Module returns.
• Delivers or retrieves medications when the supervising pharmacist views the situation as necessary.
• Performs Transitional Care Unit (TCU) activities including filling new medication orders, medication cassettes and crediting medications.
• Completes and maintains IV/Admixtures lab and departmental competencies.
• Utilizes effective interpersonal communication skills while maintaining confidentiality of hospital information and addressing co-workers, nurses and others in a pleasant and cooperative manner.
• Performs routine activities with minimal supervision, offering to provide additional help when needed, participates in training of new employees.
• Other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

Walking and standing for up to eight hours per day and up to three consecutive hours. Continuously fingering. Frequent handling, grasping and twisting. Frequently lifting and carrying up to 35 pounds. Frequent, continuous stair climbing and decent while carrying up to 35 pounds. Periodically, extended walking. Occasionally pushing and pulling up to 200 pounds. Frequently stooping and bending. Repetitively looking up. Occasionally crouching. Continuously reaching above shoulder level. Frequent neck bending. Hearing as it relates to normal conversation, high and low frequency. Seeing as it relates to general vision, near vision, far vision, color vision and peripheral vision.

EDUCATION:

High school graduate, with courses in math and science.

PA: As of June 28, 2026, State Registration with PA Board of Pharmacy, as a Pharmacy Technician preferred upon hire. For new applicants, registration as Pharmacy Technician Trainee is required upon hired, must be board registered as Pharmacy Technician within 180 days of hire. Note: Pharmacy students registered as a Pharmacy Intern in PA do not need to also register as a Pharmacy Technician.

NJ: State Registration with NJ Board of Pharmacy as a Pharmacy Technician, preferred upon hire. For new applicants, registration application must be filed within 10 days of hire date and the technician must be registered with the state board within 180 days of hire date

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of six months previous hospital pharmacy experience preferred. Requires successful completion of on-the-job training in each area of the department within the first six months of employment.

CERTIFICATION:

Current PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Certification Board) or NHA (National Healthcareer Association) national certification required.

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.