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

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

Job summary

UMass Memorial Health is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support daily operations in the central and patient-care area within our hospital system. Responsibilities include triaging requests, delivering medications, assisting with inventory, and ensuring accurate labeling and packaging of unit-dose meds.

The role requires MA licensure as a Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Intern, strong attention to detail and excellent communication with patients and staff; prior hospital experience is

Qualifications

• Requires licensed pharmacy technician or pharmacy intern in MA.
• Demonstrates strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Able to follow department and hospital policies and procedures.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Proficient in English reading/writing; effective interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Answer telephone calls and triage requests to pharmacist staff.
• Process and triage patient window requests; deliver medications to patient care areas.
• Assist with inventory management, ordering, receiving and stock of non-controlled meds.
• Prepare unit-dose medications with correct labeling and packaging.
• Support IV room and central pharmacy operations and compliance with policies.

Skills

Attention to detail

Customer service

Communication

Oral and written communication

Team interaction

English proficiency

Reading/writing English

Education

High School diploma

Licensed Pharmacy Technician (Massachusetts)

National Pharmacy Technician certification (preferred)

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.

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.

Position Qualifications

License/Certification/Education:

• Required: High School diploma.
• Required: 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.
• Required: Strong attention to detail.
• Required: Ability to comply with all department and hospital policy and procedures.
• Required: Ability to effectively interact and problem solve with other team members of the pharmacy department.
• Required: Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Required: Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Required: Good interpersonal skills, especially related to health care colleagues.
• Required: 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.