Pharmacy Technician

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Health + Hospitals is seeking a Pharmacy Technician at Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center. The technician will assist in ensuring patient safety, fulfill pharmacy duties under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, and prepare prescriptions accurately.

The ideal candidate must be a Registered Pharmacy Technician licensed by NYSED. Key responsibilities include validating prescriptions, maintaining inventory, and providing excellent patient service within a healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Licensed as a Registered Pharmacy Technician by the New York State Education Department.
• Ability to assist the Pharmacist with various pharmacy duties.
• Experience with prescription validation and inventory management.

Responsibilities

• Validate patient identity and screen prescriptions for completeness.
• Retrieve prescription data and prepare manual records for dispensing.
• Handle or deliver completed prescriptions to patients.

Skills

Patient safety

Pharmacy software proficiency

Communication

Education

Registered Pharmacy Technician License by NYSED

Job description

Marketing Statement

Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center is attuned to the healthcare issues that matter to the people of North Brooklyn. Woodhull focuses on preventing disease and promoting healthy lifestyles by reaching out to the community at various convenient locations.

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position: Under the direct supervision of a licensed Pharmacist, performs work of a pharmacy technician, in accordance with Article 137 of the Education Law, specifically Article 137-A, which details the tasks permitted for a licensed pharmacy technician and an unlicensed pharmacy technician. Ensures patient safety, optimal utilization of resources, service delivery and compliance with NYC Health + Hospitals, health care setting, and all other relevant regulatory policies and standards of care to improve outcomes and patient experience.

Examples Of Tasks And 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

Those who are licensed to practice as a Registered Pharmacy Technician by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) may perform the following functions:

• Assists the Pharmacist, as directed, in compounding ("compounding" means the combining, admixing, mixing, diluting, pooling, reconstituting, or otherwise altering of a drug or bulk drug substance to create a drug), preparing, labeling or dispensing of compounding drugs used to fill valid prescriptions or medication orders or in compounding, preparing, and labeling in anticipation of a valid prescription or medication order for a patient.

Minimum Qualifications

Effective April 25, 2021, all new hires into the title of Pharmacy Technician must be licensed to practice as a Registered Pharmacy Technician by the NYSED.