Pharmacy Technician

Title : Pharmacy Technician
Location : New York, NY
 

Job Summary

We are looking for individual to join our client’s team as Pharmacy Technician. Under the direct supervision of a Registered Pharmacist, dispenses unit dose, out-patient prescriptions and assists in the preparation of IV additive solutions, in accordance with established procedures as outlined in Part 29.7 of the Pharmacy Handbook; Performs related work.

Job Description

• Triages calls
• Delivers medications to all units and exchanges cassettes.
• Fills patients’ specific labels which must be checked by a pharmacist. Prepares medications for restocking of Pyxis Machines after which must be checked by Pharmacist.
• Checks for expired medications in Pyxis as well as all areas of the Pharmacy and performs unit inspections.
• Fills Anesthesia trays using RFID Tray System and delivers/exchanges them after verification by a pharmacist.
• Prepares Par Stock for non-Pyxis areas and clinics.
• Maintains stock inventories for main pharmacy and satellites.
• Reconciles narcotic discrepancies in OR (Anesthesia) in in-services new residents on how to use Pyxis System.
• Narcotic Technician delivers Narcotics and performs some non-professional clerical duties.
• IV-Room Technician retrieves pre-mixed medication bags and affixes labels on them for pharmacist to verify.
  • Keeps medication inventories of stock medications, diluents, and supplies including ordering from the medical stores (central Supply)
  • Brings medication vials and diluents for pharmacists to mix and prepare.
  • Delivers TPN and other preparations to the nursing units.
  • Prepares Vial-To-Bag IV Preparations to be verified by a pharmacist.
  • Maintains Vial-To-Bag production log.
  • Maintains IV-Room preparation logs and statistics.
• Assists the Pharmacist, as directed, in compounding ("compounding" means the combining, admixing, mixing, diluting, pooling, reconstituting, or otherwise altering of a drug or bulk drug substance to create a drug), preparing, labeling, or dispensing of compounding drugs used to fill valid prescription or medication order for a patient.
• Performs pharmacy-related clerical duties.
• Attends and/or participates in staff departmental and interdisciplinary meetings, training, and quality assurance/performance improvement (QA/PI) activities, as required.
• Performs other functions, as directed by the pharmacist.

Skills Required

• 1 year Pharmacy Technician experience.
• Inpatient experience
• Pharmacy dispensing experience, Sterile Processing experience, IV room experience preferred.

Education/Training/Certifications

• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) required.