Pharmacy Tech I

100 Albany Med Health System; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 39,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent health care coverage

Wide array of services for wellbeing

Outstanding employee benefits

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Albany is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to assist pharmacists with medication distribution and patient care. The ideal candidate will possess a High School Diploma and have strong mathematics and communication skills. Join us in delivering exceptional healthcare services.

Qualifications

• Must have a High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• Functional mathematics skills are required.
• Good communication and customer service skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist pharmacists by performing routine duties.
• Maintain patient profiles and records.
• Package and label medications.
• Clean and maintain the pharmacy environment.

Skills

Functional mathematics skills

Communication skills

Customer service skills

Efficient and accurate work practices

Education

High School Diploma/G.E.D.

Job description

Department/Unit:

Pharmacy

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Salary Range:

$38,937.60 - $50,618.88Salary Range: Min. $18.70/hr - Max $21.60/hr

The Pharmacy technician assists and supports the pharmacists. Technicians order and stock medications, transport medications, prepare medications under the supervision of a pharmacists, participate in the coordination of medication distribution. The Technician utilizes medication packaging and dispensing machines and other technologies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist pharmacists by performing routine duties that do not require professional judgment.
• Maintain patient profiles and other records
• Handle intra- and inter- departmental requisitions
• Handle stock receipt/storage/control
• Package and label medications
• Assist in preparation of medications
• Deliver medications
• Clean and maintain Pharmacy environment and equipment
• Operate drug dispensing, packaging and preparation machinery / equipment
• Answers and appropriately handles telephone calls to pharmacy
• Completes appropriate documentation
• Work with computer-based applications
• Train and orient staff

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/G.E.D. - required
• Functional mathematics skills
• Good communication skills
• Good customer service skills
• Good work practices
• Able work efficiently and accurately in a dynamic and complex environment.
• Self- initiating

Physical Demands

Standing - Constantly

Walking - Constantly

Sitting - Rarely

Lifting - Frequently

Carrying - Frequently

Pushing - Occasionally

Pulling - Occasionally

Climbing - Occasionally

Balancing - Occasionally

Stooping - Frequently

Kneeling - Frequently

Crouching - Frequently

Crawling - Occasionally

Reaching - Frequently

Handling - Frequently

Grasping - Frequently

Feeling - Constantly

Talking - Constantly

Hearing - Constantly

Repetitive Motions - Constantly

Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Constantly

Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center!

Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

Albany Medical Center is the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education in New York’s Capital
Region and is the area's largest private employer with more than 10,000 employees.

Albany Medical Center offers excellent career opportunities in a wide range of roles in both patient care and
administration. We value all our staff members and offer outstanding employee benefits including:

· Excellent health care coveragewith no copay at Albany Medical Center providers

· A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing

Anchored in the state’s historic capital city, Albany Medical Center offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient care
and is home to the region’s largest hospital, only Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma centers, and only children’s hospital. The
downtown campus also offers opportunities at Albany Medical College.