Pharmacy Technician - Full Time (Bethlehem Campus)

St. Luke’s Health Network, Inc.; Bethlehem (Northampton County); On-site; USD 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke’s Health Network, Inc. in Bethlehem, PA seeks a Pharmacy Technician to support hospital pharmacy operations. You will fill medications and IV orders, prepare ad-mix and Home IV Therapy orders, and assist with nursing floor stock and outpatient prescriptions under pharmacist supervision.

Primary day shifts with some evening rotation; every other weekend and holiday rotation required. Maintain accuracy, confidentiality, and professional communication with staff and patients.

Qualifications

• Minimum of six months previous hospital pharmacy experience preferred.
• Requires PA Board of Pharmacy registration; current status preferred.
• For new applicants, registration as Pharmacy Technician Trainee required; must become registered within 180 days.

Responsibilities

• Fills medications and IV orders from labels; delivers to patient care areas.
• Answers phones and assists visitors; coordinates with pharmacy staff.
• Prepares prepackaged medications under pharmacist supervision; maintains log books.
• Prepares parenteral, admixtures and Home IV Therapy orders under aseptic technique.
• Keeps work area clean; maintains par levels and inventory.
• Reviews, fills and delivers nursing floor stock and controlled substances; handles outpatient prescriptions following laws.
• Performs Transitional Care Unit activities including new medication orders and cassettes.

Skills

Hospital pharmacy experience

Customer service

Education

PA Pharmacy Technician registration/ Trainee

Tools

CD Module

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

SCHEDULE:

Primarily day shift with some rotation into evening shift. Required to work every other weekend and a holiday rotation.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Fills medications and IV orders from computer generated labels, fills and updates patient cassette drawers, exchanges cassette drawers. Delivers medications to and picks up medications from patient care areas or uses the pneumatic tube to deliver medications when appropriate. Credits returned patient medications.
• Demonstrates ability to answer telephone/window and deal with visitors to pharmacy appropriately. Demonstrates ability to involve other pharmacy staff when appropriate. Directs all drug information questions to a pharmacist, communicates in a courteous and professional manner utilizing proper etiquette, and communicates all pertinent information to the technician on the next shift.
• Prepares prepackaged medications under pharmacist supervision using proper technique, maintains appropriate log books and completes work within shift.
• Prepares parenteral, admixture, anti-neoplastic and Home IV Therapy orders, extemporaneously compounds under pharmacist supervision using proper aseptic technique, maintains appropriate log books and completes work within shift.
• Keeps work area clean and neat and free of excess items, maintains adequate par levels
• Reviews, fills, delivers nursing floor stock and controlled substances; performs medication area inspections for all areas with medications; prepares outpatient prescriptions in accordance with federal and state pharmacy laws; maintains CD Module narcotic inventory, re-stocks CD Module and processes CD Module returns.
• Delivers or retrieves medications when the supervising pharmacist views the situation as necessary.
• Performs Transitional Care Unit (TCU) activities including filling new medication orders, medication cassettes and crediting medications.
• Completes and maintains IV/Admixtures lab and departmental competencies.
• Utilizes effective interpersonal communication skills while maintaining confidentiality of hospital information and addressing co-workers, nurses and others in a pleasant and cooperative manner.
• Performs routine activities with minimal supervision, offering to provide additional help when needed, participates in training of new employees.
• Other related duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

Walking and standing for up to eight hours per day and up to three consecutive hours. Continuously fingering. Frequent handling. Grasping and twisting. Frequently lifting and carrying up to 35 pounds. Frequent, continuous stair climbing and decent while carrying up to 35 pounds. Periodically, extended walking. Occasionally pushing and pulling up to 200 pounds. Frequently stooping and bending. Repetitively looking up. Occasionally crouching. Continuously reaching above shoulder level. Frequent neck bending. Hearing as it relates to normal conversation, high and low frequency. Seeing as it relates to general vision, near vision, far vision, color vision and peripheral vision.

EDUCATION:

Minimum of six months previous hospital pharmacy experience preferred. Requires successful completion of on-the-job training in each area of the department within the first six months of employment. Registered Pharmacy technicians must maintain active status through Board of Pharmacy in the state(s) they work in. PA: As of June 28, 2026, State Registration with PA Board of Pharmacy, as a Pharmacy Technician preferred upon hire. For new applicants, registration as Pharmacy Technician Trainee is required upon hire, must be board registered as Pharmacy Technician within 180 days of hire. Note: Pharmacy students registered as a Pharmacy Intern in PA do not need to also register as Pharmacy Technician.

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