Pharmacy Tech I - Full Time, DAYS

100 Albany Med Health System; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 44,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent health care coverage

Emotional, physical, and mental well‑b

Job summary

Albany Medical Center is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to assist pharmacists, stock and dispense medications, and support distribution in a day shift at the Albany facility.

The role involves operating packaging and dispensing equipment, maintaining records, and providing excellent patient service in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or G.E.D. required.
• Functional mathematics skills required.
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Good work practices and reliability.
• Ability to work efficiently and accurately in a dynamic, complex environment.
• Self-initiating and proactive.

Responsibilities

• Assist pharmacists with routine duties not requiring professional judgment.
• Maintain patient profiles and other records.
• Handle intra- and inter-department requisitions.
• Manage stock receipt, storage and control.
• Package and label medications.
• Assist in preparation of medications.
• Deliver medications to patients or units.
• Keep pharmacy environment and equipment clean and functional.
• Operate dispensing, packaging and preparation machinery/equipment.
• Answer phone calls and route inquiries appropriately.
• Complete required documentation.
• Work with computer-based applications.
• Train and orient staff.

Skills

Functional mathematics skills

Good communication skills

Good customer service skills

Good work practices

Able work efficiently and accurately

Self-initiating

Education

High School Diploma/G.E.D.

Job description

Job Overview

Department/Unit: Pharmacy

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

Salary Range: $43,599.00 - $56,679.00

Role Summary

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 - Constantly
• Lifting - Rarely
• Carrying - Frequently
• Pushing - Frequently
• Pulling - Occasionally
• Climbing - Occasionally
• Balancing - Occasionally
• Stooping - Occasionally
• Kneeling - Frequently
• Crouching - Frequently
• Crawling - Frequently
• Reaching - Occasionally
• Handling - Frequently
• Grasping - Frequently
• Feeling - Frequently
• Talking - Constantly
• Hearing - Constantly
• Repetitive Motions - Constantly
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Constantly

Benefits

• Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers
• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing

Equal Opportunity

Albany Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer.

Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.

HIPAA & Information Security

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, 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 Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

About Albany Medical Center

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.

System Information

Albany Medical Center, along with Columbia Memorial Health, Glens Falls Hospital, Saratoga Hospital, and the Visiting Nurses, form the Albany Med Health System, serving more than three million people over 25 counties.

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