Registered Pharmacy Technician - Evening Shift - Includes Weekend Hours

Position Summary

At Stony Brook Medicine, a Registered Pharmacy Technician is a valuable member of our team who, under the direct personal supervision of a licensed Pharmacist, assists in compounding, preparing, labeling, and/or dispensing of drugs used to fill valid prescriptions or medication orders or in compounding, preparing, and labeling in anticipation of a valid prescription or medication order for a patient to be served by the facility, where such tasks require no professional judgement.

Duties

• Batch-manufacture parenteral solutions using aseptic technique.
• Prepare sterile products, both hazardous and non-hazardous, for dispensing to patients of the facility.
• Absorb in compounding oral dosage forms for patients.
• Under the supervision of a licensed Pharmacist:
• Deliver medication to patient care areas.
• Restock the dispensing areas of the Pharmacy; restock automated dispensing cabinets, including controlled drugs.
• Receive drug shipments into inventory, maintain appropriate levels of inventory in the work area and check for outdates.
• Complete patient care unit inspections.
• Repackage medications from bulk storage to individual unit-dose packages.
• Absorb in labeling of medication in preparation for dispensing.
• Answer phone calls and route to the appropriate individual.
• Absorb in assisting at the dispensing window.
• Process invoices; file inventory paperwork.

Qualifications

• A current valid NY State Registered Pharmacy Technician license and registration.
• A current valid Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or National Health career Association (NHA) Pharmacy Technician certification.
• One more than two years of hospital Pharmacy Technician experience preferred.
• An associate's degree or higher.
• Experience in sterile compounding preferred.

Special Notes

A resume/CV should be included with the online application.