Pharmacy Technician Per Diem

Responsibilities

• Make regularly scheduled rounds to assigned Nursing Units/treatment areas, delivers completed medications and picks up requisitions/medication orders to be processed.
• Operate the Robot-Rx® in an efficient, error-free, and safe manner in order to pick medications as part of the dispensing process.
• Deliver a complete set of patient medication cassettes to assigned Nursing stations on a daily basis and returns used cassettes to the Pharmacy.
• Aid Pharmacist in the preparation of sterile products.
• Prepare under the direct supervision of a Pharmacist, non-sterile products as assigned.
• Repackage of bulk medications into unit dose containers utilizing (ex, tablets in vials and liquids in bottles) or other appropriate pharmacy repackaging equipment.
• Perform the clerical portion of the controlled substance replenishment system for the pharmacist’s review and approval.
• Deliver controlled substances to assigned Nursing units/treatment areas under the Pharmacist's direction.
• Contribute to the general maintenance of the Department's inventory systems by making appropriate entries and conducting assigned inventories.
• Perform duties of Inventory Clerk, as required.
• Maintain, update, and replace the Hospital’s supply of medication in emergency carts.
• Process all unit/department stock medication kits as per established procedures.
• Assist in the training/orienting of new employees to selected aspects of the position.

  Requirements

  • Ability to follow detailed instructions as well as to communicate with Pharmacists, Nurses and other Hospital Personnel required.
  • Requires competence in basic pharmaceutical nomenclature (generic vs. proprietary names), related mathematical skills and general pharmaceutical principles.
  • Requires the ability to recognize the professional nature of the Department of Pharmaceutical Services and to integrate appropriate standards to the performance of all tasks.
  • Must be registered or eligible for registration as a pharmacy technician in New Jersey, by the NJ Board of Pharmacy, within 180 days of hire. If not registered, must begin registration process immediately upon hire.

  Pay

  Salary Range: 22.00 - 22.00 USD We offer competitive base rates that are determined by many factors, including job-related work experience, internal equity, and industry-specific market data. In addition to base salary, some positions may be eligible for clinical certification pay and shift differentials.

  Benefits

  Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; savings accounts, voluntary benefits, wellness programs and discounts, paid life insurance, generous 401(k) match, adoption assistance, back-up daycare, free onsite parking, and recognition rewards. You can take your career to the next level by participating in either a fully paid tuition program or our generous tuition assistance program.