Pharmacy Technician - Per Diem, Evenings (Bethlehem Campus)

St. Luke's University Health Network; Bethlehem (Northampton County); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network is seeking a per diem Pharmacy Student to support the pharmacy team under a pharmacist's direction.

Responsibilities include delivering medications, handling IV/Admixture tasks, and assisting with unit dose activities and floor stock management. The role requires a high school graduate (math and science), current pharmacy student preferred, and a minimum of six months hospital pharmacy experience.

Qualifications

• High school graduate with courses in math and science.
• Current pharmacy student preferred.
• Minimum of six months previous hospital pharmacy experience preferred.
• Successful completion of on-the-job training in each area of the department within the first six months of employment.

Responsibilities

• Fills medications and IV orders from computer generated labels and delivers to care areas.
• Answers telephone/window and assists visitors in a courteous, professional manner.
• Prepares prepackaged medications under pharmacist supervision.
• Prepares parenteral, admixture, anti-neoplastic and Home IV Therapy orders under pharmacist supervision.
• Keeps work area clean and maintains adequate par levels.
• Reviews, fills, delivers nursing floor stock and controlled substances; conducts medication area inspections; processes outpatient prescriptions.
• Delivers or retrieves medications under pharmacist supervision as needed.
• Completes IV/Admixtures lab and departmental competencies.
• Maintains confidentiality and communicates effectively with staff.

Skills

Pharmacy experience

Pharmacy student

Education

High school diploma with math/science

Pharmacy student (current)

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.

Per diem pharmacy student position summer 2023. Hours include rotation between first and second shift or as needed by department. Position includes weekend and holiday rotation.

The Pharmacy Technician under the direction of a pharmacist, delivers medications, performs unit dose activities, including filling patient medication orders and cassettes, ADT updates, floor stock orders, outpatient prescriptions, performs routine medication area inspections, maintains records for controlled substances, and utilizes the pharmacy computer system. Assumes IV/Admixture responsibilities including labeling pre-mixed solutions, restocking and ordering solutions and supplies, preparing large and small volume parenterals, parenteral nutrition solutions, irrigations, anti-neoplastic solutions and extemporaneous compounds. Performs administratively assigned duties.

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.
• 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.

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:

High school graduate, with courses in math and science.

Current pharmacy student preferred.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

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.

Work Schedule

Part time position (16 hrs per week). Position includes every other weekend and holiday rotation. Hours will be predominantly day shift, with rotation to other shifts as needed.

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.