What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Technician - Nassau County Contract position at FlexStaff?
PHARMACY TECHNICIAN - FLEXSTAFF
RESPONSIBILITIES:-
- Assists Registered Pharmacist in the non-professional (non-judgmental) aspects preparing and dispensing medication.
- Fills, packages, labels and stocks unit dose cart from patient profile card or computerized pick list; brings cart to nursing unit according to predetermined schedule. Makes other deliveries, as required.
- Fills bottles or other package forms with measured amount of medication either manually or mechanically.
- Labels containers of drugs according to department specification, either manually or mechanically.
- Assists in clean air room, using sterile technique in filling and labeling injectable prescriptions, where required.
- Assists in preparation and/or labeling of IV additives.
- Fills medication orders in inpatient area.
- Packages sudden, unexpected medication requests, as required.
- Assists Registered Pharmacist in maintaining a variety of records and reports.
- Maintains IV records with Pharmacist direction.
- Maintains records for medication in inpatient area.
- Maintains records of preparation of extemporaneous medications.
- Assists in the maintenance of statistics and records for all medication orders.
- Enters orders into computer terminal for refill purposes.
- Maintains sufficient inventory at workstations in Pharmacy.
- Transports required pharmacy material, as necessary.
- Receives and maintains records of stock and inventory control.
- Assists in material control by maintaining records and inventories.
- Maintains placement of sufficient daily inventory of supplies to all areas of the Pharmacy to assure efficient operating conditions.
- Performs related duties, as required.
- ADA Essential Functions
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
- High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
- Current national certification through Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)/National Healthcare Association (NHA), required.
- NYSED- License
- Minimum of two years experience as Pharmacy Tech
- Ability to learn computerized hospital pharmacy system.
Must be able to do physically strenuous work.
*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).
