Courier,Pharmacy

Westchester Medical Center Health Network; Town of Mount Pleasant (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

The Westchester Medical Center Health Network is seeking a Pharmacy Courier to support the Department on Pharmacy by delivering medications, supplies and products across the campus and clinics. This role emphasizes accuracy, timeliness, and patient safety in every delivery.

Responsibilities include sorting by priority, performing STAT deliveries, maintaining PPE, logging transactions, and communicating status updates to stakeholders in a fast-paced hospital environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the timely and accurate delivery of pharmacy products for example but not limited to medications and pharmacy supplies throughout the campus
• Responsible for the transportation of pharmacy items throughout the hospital and clinics
• Appropriately sorts and delivers medications based on priority and needs of the department
• Perform STAT and frequent medication deliveries as needed
• Utilizes appropriate PPE and precautions when required during the transportation hazardous medications
• Assist in the transport and movement of pharmacy medications and supplies throughout the pharmacy and its satellites
• Ensures the integrity of medications and supplies are maintained during the delivery of medications
• Able to distinguish the appropriate method of delivery of medications
• Assists in the processing of medication returns in a timely and appropriate fashion when directed by a Pharmacy Manager
• Maintain medication rooms and perform inspections as needed
• Performs the cleaning of medication rooms, ADM cabinets, and pharmacy locations
• Perform special tasks as assigned, for example inventory management
• Answer and triage phone calls
• View patient profiles to assist in processing missing doses, and other medication request needs
• Accurately log all delivery transactions and rounds in the appropriate log
• Communicate deliveries to stakeholders, provide delivery updates as requested

Job description

Job Summary

The Pharmacy Courier is responsible for the frequent, timely and accurate delivery of medications, supplies, and products dispensed from the Department on Pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the timely and accurate delivery of pharmacy products for example but not limited to medications and pharmacy supplies throughout the campus


• Responsible for the transportation of pharmacy items throughout the hospital and clinics


• Appropriately sorts and delivers medications based on priority and needs of the department


• Perform STAT and frequent medication deliveries as needed


• Utilizes appropriate PPE and precautions when required during the transportation hazardous medications


• Assist in the transport and movement of pharmacy medications and supplies throughout the pharmacy and its satellites


• Ensures the integrity of medications and supplies are maintained during the delivery of medications


• Able to distinguish the appropriate method of delivery of medications


• Assists in the processing of medication returns in a timely and appropriate fashion when directed by a Pharmacy Manager


• Maintain medication rooms and perform inspections as needed


• Performs the cleaning of medication rooms, ADM cabinets, and pharmacy locations


• Perform special tasks as assigned, for example inventory management


• Answer and triage phone calls


• View patient profiles to assist in processing missing doses, and other medication request needs


• Accurately log all delivery transactions and rounds in the appropriate log


• Communicate deliveries to stakeholders, provide delivery updates as requested