Pharmacy Technician - Hospital Contract $30/hr

FlexStaff; Plainview (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

FlexStaff in New York is seeking a Pharmacy Technician with IV room experience to assist the registered pharmacist in medication preparation and dispensing in a hospital setting.

The role requires NYSED license, PTCB/NHA certification, and at least two years of technician experience; you will handle unit-dose packaging, labeling, IV additives, inventory control, and records in a fast-paced inpatient environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Current national certification through PTCB/NHA required.
• NYSED license required.
• Minimum of two years experience as Pharmacy Tech.
• Ability to learn computerized hospital pharmacy system.

Responsibilities

• Assists Pharmacist in non-professional aspects preparing and dispensing medication.
• Fills, labels, stocks unit dose cart and delivers to nursing units.
• Assists in sterile IV preparation and labeling of IV additives.
• Maintains IV records and inputs medication orders into the computer.
• Keeps inventory at workstations and manages stock records.

Skills

PTCB/NHA certification

Hospital pharmacy software

Computer literacy

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

NYSED license

Tools

Hospital pharmacy system

Job description

201901

Pharmacy Technician - Flexstaff Iv Room Experience Preferred

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assists Registered Pharmacist in the non-professional (non-judgmental) aspects preparing and dispensing medication.
• Fills, packages, labels and stocks unit dose cart from patient profile card or computerized pick list; brings cart to nursing unit according to predetermined schedule. Makes other deliveries, as required.
• Fills bottles or other package forms with measured amount of medication either manually or mechanically.
• Labels containers of drugs according to department specification, either manually or mechanically.
• Assists in clean air room, using sterile technique in filling and labeling injectable prescriptions, where required.
• Assists in preparation and/or labeling of IV additives.
• Fills medication orders in inpatient area.
• Packages sudden, unexpected medication requests, as required.
• Assists Registered Pharmacist in maintaining a variety of records and reports.
• Maintains IV records with Pharmacist direction.
• Maintains records for medication in inpatient area.
• Maintains records of preparation of extemporaneous medications.
• Assists in the maintenance of statistics and records for all medication orders.
• Enters orders into computer terminal for refill purposes.
• Maintains sufficient inventory at workstations in Pharmacy.
• Transports required pharmacy material, as necessary.
• Receives and maintains records of stock and inventory control.
• Assists in material control by maintaining records and inventories.
• Maintains placement of sufficient daily inventory of supplies to all areas of the Pharmacy to assure efficient operating conditions.
• Performs related duties, as required.
• ADA Essential Functions

Experience And Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Current national certification through Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)/National Healthcare Association (NHA), required.
• NYSED- License
• Minimum of two years experience as Pharmacy Tech
• Ability to learn computerized hospital pharmacy system.

Must be able to do physically strenuous work.

• Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).