Pharmacy Technician - Glass Family of Companies

Opportunity Details

Pharmacy Technician

Anticipated Start Date

May 1, 2023

Location

New York, NY

Type of Employment

Contract Hire

Employer Info

Our client provides top-ranked care, dozens of inpatient and outpatient specialties, and mental health services with a team of highly trained and caring medical professionals who are compassionate, culturally competent and patient centered.

Their vision is to be a fully integrated health system that enables New Yorkers to live their healthiest lives. Many of their roles are temp-to-hire, giving our client and our candidates the opportunity to ensure they are the right fit for a full-time position, as this comes with career advancement opportunities and excellent benefits.

Job Summary

We are looking for individual to join our client’s team as Pharmacy Technician. Under the direct supervision of a Registered Pharmacist, dispenses unit dose, out-patient prescriptions and assists in the preparation of IV additive solutions, in accordance with established procedures as outlined in Part 29.

7 of the Pharmacy Handbook; Performs related work.

Job Description

Outpatient

• Validates patient identity and screens prescriptions for completeness, formulary / restriction, and payment status, prior to processing.
• Retrieves written or electronically transmitted prescriptions, types of prescription.
• Accurately keys and retrieves prescription data from computer generated file for review by pharmacist.
• Retrieves electronic patient records and locates prescriptions.
• Prepare prescriptions for verification by a pharmacist.Counting dosage units of drugsPlacing dosage units of drugs in appropriate containers.

Affixing the prescription label to the containers.

• Handles or delivers completed prescriptions to patient or person authorized to act on behalf of the patient and, in accordance with regulations, and advices of availability of counselling to be conducted by licensed pharmacist or intern.
• Obtain data for determining prescription cost.
• Restocks automated dispensing cabinets after verification by a pharmacist - must complete restocking log per policy,
• Prepares manual records of dispensing for the signature or initials of the pharmacist.
• Calculates insurance coverage of pharmacy transaction.
• Assists the Pharmacist, as directed, in compounding ("compounding" means the combining, admixing, mixing, diluting, pooling, reconstituting, or otherwise altering of a drug or bulk drug substance to create a drug), preparing, labeling or dispensing of compounding drugs used to fill valid prescription or medication order for a patient.
• Performs pharmacy-related clerical duties.
• Attends and / or participates in staff departmental and interdisciplinary meetings, training and quality assurance / performance improvement (QA / PI) activities, as required.
• Performs other functions, as directed by the pharmacist.

Inpatient

• Triages calls
• Delivers medications to all units and exchanges cassettes.
• Fills patients’ specific labels which must be checked by a pharmacist. Prepares medications for restocking of Pyxis Machines after which must be checked by Pharmacist.
• Checks for expired medications in Pyxis as well as all areas of the Pharmacy and performs unit inspections.
• Fills Anesthesia trays using RFID Tray System and delivers / exchanges them after verification by a pharmacist.
• Prepares Par Stock for non-Pyxis areas and clinics.
• Maintains stock inventories for main pharmacy and satellites.
• Reconciles narcotic discrepancies in OR (Anesthesia) in in-services new residents on how to use Pyxis System.
• Narcotic Technician delivers Narcotics and performs some non-professional clerical duties.
• IV-Room Technician retrieves pre-mixed medication bags and affixes labels on them for pharmacist to verify.Keeps medication inventories of stock medications, diluents, and supplies including ordering from the medical stores (central Supply)Brings medication vials and diluents for pharmacists to mix and prepare.

Delivers TPN and other preparations to the nursing units.Prepares Vial-To-Bag IV Preparations to be verified by a pharmacist.

Maintains Vial-To-Bag production log.Maintains IV-Room preparation logs and statistics.

• Assists the Pharmacist, as directed, in compounding ("compounding" means the combining, admixing, mixing, diluting, pooling, reconstituting, or otherwise altering of a drug or bulk drug substance to create a drug), preparing, labeling, or dispensing of compounding drugs used to fill valid prescription or medication order for a patient.
• Performs pharmacy-related clerical duties.
• Attends and / or participates in staff departmental and interdisciplinary meetings, training, and quality assurance / performance improvement (QA / PI) activities, as required.
• Performs other functions, as directed by the pharmacist.

Skills Required

• 1 year Pharmacy Technician experience.
• Pharmacy dispensing experience, Sterile Processing experience, IV room experience preferred.
• Omnicell implementation experience.
• Hospital experience

Education / Training / Certifications

• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) required.
• Certified Pharmacy Technician
• Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)

Additional Requirements

• Adhere to company guidelines regarding COVID compliance
• Malpractice Insurance - All clinical workers are required to have active individual Medical Malpractice.A copy must be provided prior to start of assignment.

All clinical workers licensed by the state of NY are required to provide.

Pay Rate

• $32.00 per hour
30+ days ago