Licensed Hospital Pharmacy Technician - Patient Care

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx seeks a Pharmacy Technician to work under the direct supervision of a licensed Pharmacist, ensuring patient safety and accurate dispensing in accordance with NYS education law. You will process prescriptions, label containers, manage stock, restock automated dispensing cabinets, and communicate about medication costs and counseling opportunities.

Licensed NYSED tech, detail-oriented, reliable, and able to participate in staff meetings and

Qualifications

• Must be licensed to practice as a Registered Pharmacy Technician by the NYSED.

Responsibilities

• Validates patient identity and screens prescriptions for completeness, formulary/restriction and payment status, prior to processing.
• Receives written or electronically transmitted prescriptions, types prescription labels and affixes labels on containers.
• Accurately keys and retrieves prescription data from a computer-generated file for review by a pharmacist.
• Obtains drugs from stock and returns them to stock.
• Restocks automated dispensing cabinets.
• Gets prescription files and other manual records from storage and locates prescriptions.
• Counts dosage units of drugs and places unit doses in appropriate containers for dispensing.
• Prepares manual records of dispensing for the signature or initials of the pharmacist.
• Handles or delivers completed prescriptions to the patient or the person authorized to act on behalf of the patient and advises of the availability of counseling to be conducted by the licensed pharmacist or pharmacy intern.
• Obtains data for determining prescription cost and coverage.
• Performs pharmacy-related clerical duties.
• Attends and/or participates in staff departmental and interdisciplinary meetings and training, as required.
• Performs other related functions, as directed by the pharmacist.

Education

Licensed Pharmacy Technician by NYSED

Job description

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx seeks a Pharmacy Technician to work under the direct supervision of a licensed Pharmacist, ensuring patient safety and accurate dispensing in accordance with NYS education law. You will process prescriptions, label containers, manage stock, restock automated dispensing cabinets, and communicate about medication costs and counseling opportunities.

Licensed NYSED tech, detail-oriented, reliable, and able to participate in staff meetings and