Pharmacy Technician I, Oncology Infusion Center, 40hr, Day

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: $23.81 - $35.08. Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule

• Monday through Friday, 8:30am–5pm (40 hours per week)
• Rotating holidays (no more than every third holiday)
• Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)

About the Role

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver—regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where you can build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community, and each other.

Under the direct supervision of a supervisor, manager, or pharmacist, this role performs medication-related tasks such as packaging, preparation of all forms of medications, record keeping, and all aspects of drug distribution. Assists in the transportation and handling of chemotherapy and controlled substances.

Responsibilities

• Processes and releases orders using the pharmacy dispense queue.
• Sets up oncology orders by gathering drug, diluent, base solution, tubing, filters, labels, and anything else required for compounding.
• Delivers patient medications to patient rooms and medication room areas.
• Maintains inventory, reorders, restocks, and monitors expiration dates of all medications in the pharmacy as well as floor stock medication provided via Pyxis.
• Familiar with pharmacy technology and equipment; capable of troubleshooting technical problems.
• Prepares and packages all forms of medications; maintains required documentation in accordance with regulatory and hospital requirements while respecting patient confidentiality.
• Generates necessary pharmacy reports.
• Conducts medication room inspections in assigned patient care areas in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Assembles drugs in an accurate and efficient manner.
• Repackages bulk drugs and supplies into units of use containers.
• Maintains a clean work area and assists in quality indicator monitoring.
• Assists with yearly inventory in assigned areas.
• Participates in identifying problems or areas for improvement and assists supervisor with problem-solving projects and improving operations.
• Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement activities and/or teams.
• Prepares intravenous (IV) drugs using aseptic technique in compounding cytotoxic chemotherapy, targeted monoclonal antibodies, immunotherapy, oncolytic viruses, and other IV drugs.
• Cleans IV room floors and surfaces according to institutional policy.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Current license with the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy.
• Certified by a national governing body such as the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or the National Healthcareer Association (ExCPT).
• 3 years of previous experience as a pharmacy technician.
• Proficiency in math and the ability to use a computer.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions with accuracy, efficiency, and dependability.
• Positive work ethic, motivated, and professional demeanor to promote teamwork in the department.

Unless certification, licensure, or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility may be substituted for the above requirements.

This position may have a signing bonus available; a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.