Certified Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacy Technician Intern, Leominster, Per-Diem

UMass Memorial Health; Leominster (MA); On-site; USD 27,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Signing bonus (possible)

Job summary

UMass Memorial Health is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support medication preparation, dispensing, and delivery under pharmacist supervision. The role emphasizes accurate unit-dose packaging, IV room processes, and adherence to hospital policies.

Responsibilities include triaging requests, delivering medications, inventory management, and ensuring proper labeling and documentation. A High School diploma and MA license are required; hospital pharmacy experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.
• Licensed as a Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Intern by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.
• National Pharmacy Technician certification preferred.
• Minimum one year hospital pharmacy experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Answer telephone calls and triage requests to the pharmacist staff.
• Triages window requests from customers.
• Deliver medications to patient care areas and manage physician orders and returns.
• Assist with inventory management, ordering, receiving, and storing medications.
• Accurately package unit dose medications with proper labeling.

Skills

Attention to detail

Customer service

Communication

Team player

English proficiency

Education

High School diploma

Licensed as Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Intern (MA Board)

Job description

Exemption Status

Non-Exempt

Hiring Range

$19.68 - $35.42 (based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week).

Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details

Holidays - No More Than Every Third Holiday, Sunday through Saturday, Weekends - Every Fourth Weekend

Scheduled Hours

7:00 am to 3:30pm, 10am - 6:30pm and occasional 1:30pm to 10 pm

Shift

4 - Mixed Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours

0

Cost Center

24050 - 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 pharmacist, this position is responsible for the preparation, dispensing, and delivery of medications for patients. Completes other tasks associated with drug distribution processes, automated dispensing systems, packaging, IV systems, training, and scheduling.

Major Responsibilities

• Answers telephone calls and triages requests from customers to the pharmacist staff.
• Triages window requests from customers.
• Delivers medications to the patient care areas and picks up copies of physician orders, return of medications, etc. Completes scheduled rounds on patient care areas.
• Assists with inventory management tasks which includes, but is not limited to, ensuring adequate inventory of supplies and materials, ordering, receiving and storing non-controlled medications from the wholesaler on a daily basis, storing medications in designated areas in the central pharmacy, IV room and anesthesia prep area, ensuring bin labels are visible and clear, segregating medications to appropriate storage bins, etc., and checking for expiration dating on medications on a consistent basis to assure medications do not leave pharmacy with short dating.
• Accurately packages unit dose medications with appropriate labeling information as outlined in policy and procedures to support Pharmacy distribution process including Pre-packing bulk medications and compounding ointments, creams, oral solutions.

License/Certification/Education

Position Qualifications

Required

• High School diploma.
• Licensed as a Registered Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Intern by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.

Preferred

• National Pharmacy Technician certification.

Experience/Skill

Required

• Baseline understanding of automated dispensing systems, technology and IV room processes.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to comply with all department and hospital policy and procedures.
• Ability to effectively interact and problem solve with other team members of the pharmacy department.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Good interpersonal skills, especially related to health care colleagues.
• Ability to read, write and speak clearly in English.

Preferred

• Minimum one (1) year of experience in a hospital pharmacy.

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.