Registered Pharmacy Technician I Trainee

Veterans in Healthcare; State College (Centre County); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Nittany Health in State College, PA, is seeking a Pharmacy Technician I - Trainee to support pharmacists under direct supervision. You will assist with dispensing, maintain accurate records, and help ensure patient safety.

This on-site role requires a high school diploma and registration with the Pennsylvania Pharmacy Board as a Technician Trainee. Rotating shifts, strong math and tech skills, and attention to detail are essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Registration with the Pennsylvania Pharmacy Board as a Pharmacy Technician Trainee required.
• No prior experience required; pharmacist supervision provided.
• Strong math, computer skills, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Maintain security and storage of sterile products and reconstituted injectables.
• Deliver medications to patient care units and nursing stations.
• Process orders and maintain downtime records.
• Tend to pharmacy doors and service windows.
• Stock medications in units and automated dispensing machines.
• Perform monthly inventory checks and monitor expirations.
• Operate pneumatic tube system for product transport.

Skills

Mathematics

Tech skills

Attention to detail

Organization

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

State College, PA, United States (On-site)

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY

Performs various duties that provide dispensing support to the Pharmacists under their direct supervision.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education

• High school education or equivalent required.

Experience

• No previous experience required, but prior experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Proficiency in Mathematics.
• Proficient technology skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Maintain a clean and organized work environment.

License/Certification/Registration

• Registration with the Pennsylvania Pharmacy Board as a Pharmacy Technician Trainee required.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Receives direct supervision from the Pharmacy Manager, Supervisors, and Staff Pharmacists. Receives guidance from Pharmacy Technician IV.

SUPERVISION GIVEN

None

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Maintain security and proper storage of sterile products and reconstituted injectables.
• Deliver controlled substances to nursing stations and Automated Dispensing Machines (ADM's) after Pharmacist dispensing, completes all required electronic documentation, and returns ADM receipts to the Pharmacist.
• Deliver medications to patient care units, patient rooms, and designed storage areas, ensuring security and accuracy.
• Accurately process provider orders and maintain hard-copy downtime records.
• Manage incoming telephone calls, collect relevant information, and triage calls appropriately.
• Tend to pharmacy doors and service windows.
• Process unit-dosing drug supplies and accurately fill patient medications per system refill list.
• Reconcile patient accounts by adjusting returned doses as needed.
• Stock and replenish medications in all patient units and ADMS as required.
• Perform billing, charging, and crediting functions in compliance with corporate guidelines.
• Conduct monthly inventory checks for assigned storage locations, monitoring expiration dates, storage conditions, and quantities.
• Operate and maintain solid and liquid unit-dose repackaging systems.
• Perform daily Code Cart quality control checks for assigned area(s).
• Maintain pharmacy records not captured by EHR.
• Facilitate efficient product transportation by operating the pneumatic tube system.

Provide excellent customer service to health system staff, patients, and visitors.

• Complies with the safety program in accordance with health system policies:
  • Attends assigned safety training sessions.
  • Complies with health system safety policies and encourages persons under his/her direction to do the same.
  • Documents attendance at required training on Staff Development/Education and Training Record.
• A Pharmacy Technician I - Trainee may not perform the following duties:
  • Accept or transcribe an oral order or telephone prescription.
  • Enter or be in a pharmacy if a pharmacist is not on duty.
  • Perform any act within the practice of pharmacy that involves discretion or independent professional judgment.
  • Perform a duty until trained and the duty has been specified in a written protocol

NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Performs related and miscellaneous duties as assigned.

About Us

Why Mount Nittany Health?

At Mount Nittany Health, we provide high-quality patient care with a unique combination of the latest in clinical technology and compassionate medical professionals. We are committed to improving both the quality and availability of healthcare in our region and seek to hire only the best to support the communities we serve.

Job Info

• Job Identification 3366
• Job Category Clinical and Professional Services
• Posting Date 08/04/2026, 10:31 AM
• Job Shift Rotating