Hospital Pharmacy Technician — IV Tech & Med Prep Expert

Mount Sinai Morningside; New York (NY); On-site; USD 69,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Morningside in New York, NY is seeking a Certified Pharmacy Technician to prepare and process pharmaceutical orders under Mount Sinai guidelines, maintain stock, and support pharmacists across patient care areas.

Responsibilities include filling orders, delivering medications, managing inventory, preparing/ checking IV stock, maintaining refrigeration logs, and ensuring compliance with safety and sterile techniques.

Qualifications

• HS/GED with approved pharmacy technician training or an advanced degree; relevant experience considered.
• 1–2 years hospital pharmacy tech experience preferred; IV experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Fills medication orders accurately.
• Retrieves and delivers medication in a timely fashion.
• Maintains adequate stock levels in the pharmacy and does not over-stock.
• Prepares/ checks Urgent Use Stock orders for patient care areas accurately and does not over-stock.
• Reviews medication areas for expired drugs in a timely fashion.
• Maintains medication refrigerator temperature logs in pharmacy areas and nursing units (as assigned).
• Determines the intravenous antibiotic needs of each of the satellite units at the beginning of the shift.
• Prepares Laminar Flow Hood for usage.
• Operates the Baxa pump.
• Reconstitutes antibiotic piggyback bottles with the proper diluents using aseptic technique.
• Defrosts frozen antibiotic intravenous mini-bags.
• Prepares antibiotic concentrate and aseptically adds to diluents mini-bags.
• Rotates all antibiotic products to maintain the maximum expiration and properly disposes of all expired products.
• Fills orders for satellites not involved with centralized IV program.
• Maintains the area in a neat and hygienic manner.
• Properly disposes of all intravenous needles and tubing and equipment.
• Assists in maintaining all required records.
• Provides general assistance to the pharmacist.
• Maintains inventory of all needed intravenous supplies.
• Prepares all pre-manufactured I.V.s with patient label to be checked by pharmacist.
• Delivery of patient IVs to nursing units.
• Performs all related duties as required.

Skills

Pharmacy technician

IV experience

Education

HS/GED; approved pharmacy technician training program

Foreign Pharmacy degree or relevant experience

Job description

Mount Sinai Morningside in New York, NY is seeking a Certified Pharmacy Technician to prepare and process pharmaceutical orders under Mount Sinai guidelines, maintain stock, and support pharmacists across patient care areas.

Responsibilities include filling orders, delivering medications, managing inventory, preparing/ checking IV stock, maintaining refrigeration logs, and ensuring compliance with safety and sterile techniques.