Pharmacy Technician (Day/Night)

Pharmacy Technician

Full-time, Day/Night shift, (3) 12-hour shifts per week, 7:00 AM - 7:30 PM or 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM, including possible rotation, weekends and holidays.

AFSCME - Union

Posted: May 16, 2024

Purpose:

Responsible for properly storing and distributing drugs; receives and accounts for drugs from all vendors. Delivers medications to patient care and other areas; picks up drug returns and applicable paperwork; and returns all returned unit-dose products to proper receipts. Responsible for filling patient drug boxes, floor stock orders, and automated dispensing cabinets. Assists Pharmacists as directed. Maintains daily reports.

Responsibilities:

• Accurately fills floor stock requests.

• Basic understanding of the concept of physical stability and chemical stability as it relates to parenteral pharmaceuticals.

• Correctly interpret physician orders and can distinguish between pharmaceutical orders, laboratory tests, radiology, nursing, and other orders.

• Repackages drugs into a unit-of-use container.

• Perform monthly medication storage area inspections.

• Prepare correct labeling for bulk drugs.

• Understands microbial contamination and exhibits Aseptic Technique while preparing sterile pharmaceutical products.

• Selects drugs from stock in the proper dose, dosage form, and quantity as ordered by a physician under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.

• Perform basic pharmaceutical calculations.

• Education and Formal Training Required: High School Diploma or GED.

• Certified Pharmacist Technician Certification Preferred or Certification required within one year of hire.

• Experience Required: Prefer previous pharmacy experience

• Must be familiar with a typewriter keyboard and demonstrate the ability to produce a neat, accurate, and legible copy.

• Individuals must have the ability to adapt to the computerized Pharmacy Information Systems utilized.

• Individuals must demonstrate initiative and good judgment. Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)

• Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran