Pharmacy Tech-Project Manager (Per Diem)

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare organization as a Pharmacy Technician. You will play a crucial role in ensuring safe medication delivery while managing various projects and assisting in improving departmental operations. Your skills and compassion will contribute to making a difference in patients' lives.

Qualifications

• Experience in pharmacy or healthcare is preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Delivers medication accurately and timely.
• Participates in continuous performance improvement activities.
• Trains other technician colleagues as assigned.

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Communication

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Supports the mission of the department by ensuring that the right patients receive the right medication in a safe and timely manner under the direct supervision of an inpatient pharmacist and the Director of Pharmacy. In addition to assisting the pharmacist in the preparation of medications, this position will be responsible for managing various technology and non-technology projects of the department. In particular, this position will assist with the implementation of a point-of-care bedside verification system, including ensuring that all products dispensed from the Pharmacy have a bar code that is readable by the system used on the nursing units. This position will manage other projects as assigned by the Director of Pharmacy.

Job Description:

1. Delivers medication to the patient care units in accordance with departmental policies, procedures, and MA Board of Pharmacy regulations.
2. Accurately fills medications from the list provided by the automated dispensing machine.
3. Ensures that all drug distribution functions are completed in a safe and timely manner, in conjunction with other Pharmacy colleagues.
4. Informs pharmacist and/or other supervisors of any workflow issues.
5. Delivers medications to the automated dispensing machines on the patient care units accurately and timely, checking for errors such as expiration dates and wrong strengths.
6. Repackages and compounds medications as needed, in accordance with departmental procedures.
7. Participates in continuous performance improvement activities of the department, including providing suggestions to improve day-to-day operations.
8. Trains other technician colleagues as assigned by the Director of Pharmacy.

As a healthcare organization, we have a responsibility to care for and protect our patients, colleagues, and communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires all staff to be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together—nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers, and more—making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled