What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Technician I position at UPMC?
Pharmacy Technician I
Full-time, Day/Night, (3) 12-hour shifts per week, 7:00 AM - 7:30 PM or 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM. Rotating weekends and holidays.
AFSCME - Union
Posted: March 18, 2025
Purpose:
Responsible for the proper storage and distribution of drugs; receives and accounts for drugs coming from all vendors. Delivers drugs to patient care and other areas; picks up drug returns and applicable paperwork; and puts all returned unit-dose products back 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.
- Prepare correct labeling for bulk drugs.
- Perform basic pharmaceutical calculations.
- 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.
- Perform monthly medication storage area inspections.
- Selects drugs from stock in the proper dose, dosage form, and quantity as ordered by a physician under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.
- Understands microbial contamination and exhibits Aseptic Technique while preparing sterile pharmaceutical products.
- Repackages drugs into a unit of use container.
