Pharmacy Technician (Per Diem)

Hartford HealthCare; Meriden (CT); On-site; USD 38,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare’s MidState Medical Center in Connecticut is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to assist in medication preparation and distribution across hospital units. Under pharmacist supervision, you will maintain patient profiles, manage unit-dose dispensing, and help ensure accuracy and safety in medication handling.

Ideal candidates have a High School diploma, CT registration within 30 days, and prefer Pharmacy Technician Certification.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Pharmacy Technician Certification is strongly preferred.
• CT registration as a Pharmacy Technician within 30 days of hire is required or expected to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparation and distribution of medications hospital-wide (in-patient and out-patient).
• Maintain patient profiles, charges, and unit dose lists in computer systems.
• Fill unit dose carts and exchange them as needed, ensuring accuracy.
• Restock crash and emergency boxes with proper documentation.
• Conduct patient care unit inspections and ensure proper medication packaging with barcodes.
• Perform sterile compounding under pharmacist supervision, including IV admixtures and chemotherapeutic agents.
• Assist in training new Pharmacy personnel and maintaining confidentiality of patient information.

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Pharmacy Technician Certification

Job description

Location Detail: 435 Lewis Avenue-Midstate Med (10123)

Shift Detail: Preferably looking for open availability, but focusing on availability Monday through Friday day shift (~6a-4p)

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.

Serving our community since 1998, MidState Medical Center is a vibrant and progressive organization with a genuine concern for our patients, community, and employee’s alike. We’ve earned top honors for quality stroke care, gold level recognition for organ donation, and employing leaders in the field of cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation, providing the highest quality level of care.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the preparation and distribution of medications throughout the hospital which includes in-patient unit dose dispensing and out-patient dispensing.
• Performs computer activities to maintain patient profiles, entry of charges and credits and generation of unit dose fill lists
• Fills unit dose carts accurately and according to computerized lists
• Exchanges unit dose carts, including transfer of bulk items.
• Restocks crash cart medications, including documentation and follow through.
• Fills emergency boxes and stat boxes, including documentation, expiration date checking and follow through.
• Conducts patient care unit inspections
• Performs technical pharmaceutical functions related to the purchasing, receiving and distribution of drugs.
• Insures all medications are packaged with a bar code compatible with existing Pharmacy bar code technology
• Prepackages tablets, capsules and other dosage forms for in-patient and out-patient dispensing.
• Participates in the training and orientation of new Pharmacy personnel
• Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, prepares sterile products, intravenous admixtures, and chemotherapeutic agents.
• Positively interacts with patients and other hospital guests to enhance the quality of case/service provided.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient information.

Qualifications

Education

High School diploma or equivalent.

License And Certification

Pharmacy Technician Certification strongly preferred, non-certified technicians encouraged to apply.

Must be A Registered Pharmacy Technician with the CT Department of Consumer protection within 30 days of hire.

Experience

At least one year of hospital pharmacy experience is strongly preferred

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.