What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Tech Specialist position at Penn Medicine?

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Location : Plainsboro, NJ

Candidates are REQUIRED to be CERTIFIED (mandatory) and have their NJ Tech Registration - please apply only if you fulfill these requirements

NEW COMPETITIVE WAGES!!!

Available Shift hours : FT Days - 6 am to 2 : 30 pm; every 3rd Sunday, EOH

Why join our amazing Princeton Penn Medicine Pharmacy Tech Team?

This is an opportunity to join a team of professionals in a high paced and rewarding healthcare environment. If you have your sights on developing your career in the healthcare industry, this is your chance for a growth opportunity! We are an “all hands-on deck team”, we provided amazing training opportunities, and we do cross-train our employees to the highest standards. We are a growing team, and we have a work-life-balance approach!

Benefits You'll Receive at Princeton / Penn Medicine :

Generous Paid Time Off benefits, including eight paid holidays that will give you the work-life balance today’s world needs

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage plan options that best fit your personal & family needs

Tuition Assistance for both Part-Time (20 hours) and Full-time (40 hours) employees.( 0.5 FTE and over )

Access to company paid life insurance, temporary disability. Employee discounts and perks, including but not limited to free secure employee-only parking, optional life insurance and other. Please click on this LINK () for more information regarding our amazing benefits package

Summary :

A member of the pharmacy department support staff who assists in the provision of pharmacy services as authorized by the NJ State Board of Pharmacy Rules and Regulations. Responsible for assisting pharmacy operations management focusing on technician workflow and serving as a technical advisor to the pharmacy staff, nursing, and providers. In addition, appropriately maintains medication inventory and supports the pharmacy purchaser in preparing orders, ensuring accurate billing and shipment of orders, as well as reconciling, unpacking and restocking products into pharmacy automation systems. This individual utilizes system reports to monitor regulatory compliance (e.g. resolution of controlled substance discrepancies, unit inspections) and optimizes the inventory quantities (e.g. inventory cycle counts, minimize incidence of medication stock outs). Conducts audits on a regular basis and provides analyzed reports to management to enhance quality of pharmacy services.

Responsibilities :

Performs Performance Improvement (PI) activities, including managing Pharmacy dashboard, monthly data collection for various audits. Prepares and analyzes a variety of standard and customized management reports. Identifies trends and areas for improvement to pharmacy management.Monitors all narcotic vault activity and promptly report any issue to the pharmacy management. Responsible for maintaining accurate perpetual narcotic inventory, addressing discrepancies, and analyzing monitoring reports.Receives narcotic medications from wholesaler order into narcotic vault.Conducts audits, including automated dispensing system audits (e.g. overrides, CDS discrepancies, and waste activities) to ensure that the respective practice standards are being followed.Prepares data for discussion at weekly Inventory Management meetings. Helps develop and implement operational plans to prevent / manage medication shortages and their resultant impact to patient care.Manages all pharmacy medication recalls and completes monthly report submissions. Maintains records of medication recalls for FDA.Maintains standards of confidentiality.

Credentials :

Lic-Pharmacy Technician Reg (Required)

Certified Pharmacy Technician - PTCB (Required)

Current National “Certification for Pharmacy Technicians” (Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) certification required prior to employment. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain this certification throughout their employment with the PMPH Pharmacy Department.

Education or Equivalent Experience :

H.S. Diploma / GED (Required)

High school graduate (college degree preferred) One year recent hospital pharmacy technical experience or several years of relevant pharmacy experience preferred.

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

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