What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Technician position at Astera?
Why Join Us?
For us, what matters most is excellence. We are caring professionals, people who live, work and dedicate themselves to the communities within New Jersey and Pennsylvania. As such, we strive to provide a sanctuary of excellence, precision, thoroughness and genuine compassion. We also take a whole-person approach to patient care and treatment, tailoring all that we do around their unique needs. And we do all we can for patients, going the extra mile to see that they're supported, informed and getting the one-on-one care and service they deserve.
Job Description :
The Pharmacy Technician supports the oncology practices by providing clinical support to patients and nursing staff in accordance with established professional standards.
Responsibilities :
- Ensure and maintain dispensing area, includes refrigerator temperature log and cleanliness of work area such as counters, hood, and stock mixing area.
- Maintain nucleus system and medication inventory through sign out, return, and restock functions includes nucleus reports. Order chemotherapy medications calculate vials needed and return medications when applicable to ensure proper inventory pars.
- Prepare chemotherapy labels, calculate volume required to prepare dose, calculate infusion rate, be familiar with regimen name, frequency, and cycle number. Compound chemotherapy following mixing guidelines.
Requirements :
