Pharmacy Technician Trainee — $5k Sign-On, Career Growth

UPMC Senior Communities; Penn (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 36,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

UPMC Chartwell is hiring a full-time Pharmacy Technician or Technician Trainee at our Altoona location. The role involves filling orders, preparing medications, and ensuring safe storage and accurate documentation in alignment with regulatory standards.

We welcome all experience levels; trainee positions are available for newcomers to pharmacy, with Pennsylvania registration required for Technician Trainees. Work schedule is four 10-hour shifts, with weekends/holidays rotating.

Qualifications

• Completion of a high school diploma or equivalent is required.
• For Pennsylvania locations, registration as a Pharmacy Trainee with the State Board of Pharmacy is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in filling medication orders through accurate labeling, counting, stocking, and documentation practices.
• Support the preparation of medications for the correct patient and appropriate administration time, using proper technique and following all applicable safety standards.
• Participate in medication distribution, including medication cassettes, emergency medication carts, controlled substances, unit stock, automated dispensing machines, and other pharmacy areas as assigned.
• Retrieve discontinued medications and return or credit them to the appropriate pharmacy area when needed.
• Maintain clean, organized, and adequately stocked work areas.
• Provide information to hospital personnel, patients, and visitors by phone, in person, or in writing, while referring all drug information questions to a pharmacist.
• Ensure medications are safely and securely stored according to regulatory and departmental requirements.
• Use pharmacy computer systems to process and maintain patient information, inventory, and required records.
• Maintain required documentation, including logs, inventory records, and other pharmacy records.
• Comply with applicable federal and state laws and regulations, including HIPAA, OSHA, CMS, and fraud, waste, and abuse requirements.
• Assist with inventory management, automated medication systems, emergency boxes, crash carts, and departmental quality improvement activities as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned and in accordance with system-wide competencies and behaviors.

Job description

UPMC Chartwell is hiring a full-time Pharmacy Technician or Technician Trainee at our Altoona location. The role involves filling orders, preparing medications, and ensuring safe storage and accurate documentation in alignment with regulatory standards.

We welcome all experience levels; trainee positions are available for newcomers to pharmacy, with Pennsylvania registration required for Technician Trainees. Work schedule is four 10-hour shifts, with weekends/holidays rotating.