About NYC Health + Hospitals
NYC Health + Hospitals / Metropolitan is the community hospital of choice for residents of East Harlem, northern Manhattan, and neighboring communities.
The hospital provides culturally-sensitive care in a welcoming and hospitable setting, emphasizing primary care medicine and utilizing the latest advances in medical science.
Metropolitan delivers high quality health services with compassion, dignity, and respect to all, without exception. Since its founding in 1875, the hospital has been affiliated with New York Medical College, representing the oldest partnership between a hospital and a private medical school in the United States.
Metropolitan is a part of the NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal hospital and health care system in the country.
At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.
Work Shifts
Rotating Shifts
Job Description
1. Assists in monthly inspections of pharmacy and patient care areas for expired medications.
2. Assists in par-stocking and delivery of medications / medication cart updates to the nursing units.
3. Fills and replenishes and exchanges the C-Lockers, code cart trays, anesthesia trays, emergency boxes, cassettes, Pyxis machine, etc.
4. Assists in the preparation of non-patient specific batches of IV solutions in accordance with established protocols
5. Assists in the filling of "Requisitions from the patient care units or clinics".
6. Assists in packaging and labeling of pharmaceuticals into unit of use or into unit dose blisters.
7. Assists in the repackaging of pharmaceuticals for the outpatient pharmacy.
8. Assists in the unpacking of drugs from shipments in the stockroom
9. Assists in the filling of orders in the stockroom and keeping accurate physical inventory.
10. Assists in replenishing shelves of medications and other supplies in the inpatient and outpatient pharmacy.
11. Assists in the replenishing of printers with NYS prescription blanks.
12. Assists in the maintaining and replenishing of the ROBOTS and Pyxis MedStations
13. Assists the pharmacist in filling prescriptions and any other pharmacy job related duties.
Minimum Qualifications
Effective April 25, 2021, all new hires into the title of Pharmacy Technician must be licensed to practice as a
Registered Pharmacy Technician by the NYSED.
How To Apply
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