Hospital Pharmacy Technician — Patient Care & Med Prep

Hackensack Meridian Health; Neptune Township (NJ); On-site; USD 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support licensed pharmacists in preparing and delivering medications, maintaining inventories, and ensuring regulatory compliance across patient care areas. The role involves aseptic technique, labeling, and unit-dose dispensing in a dynamic hospital setting.

Qualifications include a high school diploma or GED, strong English communication, multitasking ability, and teamwork.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.
• Effective oral and written English communication.
• Strong ability to multitask.
• Ability and willingness to work cooperatively with others.

Responsibilities

• Inventory: maintain accurate drug inventories and support restocking in dispensing areas.
• Regulatory compliance: maintain safe, clean work area per procedures and regulations.
• Communication and teamwork: coordinate with physicians, patients and team members.
• Prepare intravenous admixtures under supervision of a pharmacist; label and dispense unit doses.
• Assist in compounding medication by weighing, measuring, mixing, and titrating per policy.
• Deliver and fill medications to nursing units and reconcile narcotics discrepancies daily.
• Prepare medications and load/unload into automated dispensing cabinets with barcode scanning.
• Answer phones and direct calls to proper personnel.
• Prepare and package hazardous medications for administration under supervision.
• Maintain all paperwork and records for medications; participate in QA and safety activities.

Job description

Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support licensed pharmacists in preparing and delivering medications, maintaining inventories, and ensuring regulatory compliance across patient care areas. The role involves aseptic technique, labeling, and unit-dose dispensing in a dynamic hospital setting.

Qualifications include a high school diploma or GED, strong English communication, multitasking ability, and teamwork.