Pharmacy Technician Trainee - Overnights (Inpatient)

Job Location: 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, New York, United States, 14642

Full-time, night shift, 40 scheduled weekly hours. Compensation range: $19.50 - $26.33 per hour.

Responsibilities

• Trains and participates in inventory management, storage, preparation, and delivery of medications.
• Triages phone calls and handles medication requests appropriately, deferring all clinical decisions to a pharmacist for follow-up.
• Effectively communicates with pharmacy colleagues, customers, patients, and all hospital staff.
• Completes all required training and activities needed for preparation to take and pass the PTCB Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam to become a Certified Pharmacy Technician.
• Trains and participates in medication storage and inventory management activities, including stocking medication areas and automated systems, rotating stock, checking expiration dates, and removing expiring medications.
• Employs courtesy and constructive communication in customer service activities related to the main pharmacy work area.
• Utilizes effective service recovery techniques to troubleshoot and solve problems in the medication use system and communicates resolution to appropriate staff.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Prepares for PTCB Certification through completion of the 12-week PTU program, including didactic, simulation, and experiential training.
• Completes all assigned computer-based learning modules, study materials, quizzes, and experiential rotations, including ambulatory and acute care experiences.
• Participates in all assigned simulation tasks and ensures all missed coursework is made up in a timely manner.
• Trains and participates in efficient medication delivery activities, utilizing pneumatic tube systems and hand-delivering patient medications.
• Documents transfer and tracking of medications as required.
• Prepares medication orders based on requests or recipes, obtains correct medication, determines doses, packages medications, and completes logs as required.
• Operates and maintains automated systems or technology as training allows and performs medication re-packaging processes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Previous work experience in healthcare preferred.
• Must be enrolled in the URMC ASHP accredited Pharmacy Technician Training Program (PTTP) or become certified through an alternate method within 180 days.
• Must obtain PHAR-C - Certified Pharmacy Tech via the PTCB Certification Exam within 180 days.