Pharmacy Technician (Evening)

at  UPMC

Job ID: 6025821847
Status: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Shift: Evening Job
Facility: UPMC Altoona
Department: Pharmacy
Location: 620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA
Union Position: Yes
Salary Range: $ 0.0-0.0 USD

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Certified Pharmacist Technician Certification Preferred or Certification required within one year of hire.
• Previous pharmacy experience preferred.
• Must be familiar with a typewriter keyboard and demonstrate the ability to produce a neat, accurate, and legible copy.
• Individuals must have the ability to adapt to the computerized Pharmacy Information Systems utilized.
• Individuals must demonstrate initiative and good judgment.LICENSURE, CERTIFICATIONS, AND CLEARANCES:
• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
• Act 34

PURPOSE:

Responsible for the proper storage and distribution of drugs; receives and accounts for drugs coming from all vendors. Delivers drugs to patient care and other areas; picks up drug returns and applicable paperwork; and puts all returned unit-dose products back to proper receipts. Responsible for filling patient drug boxes, floor stock orders, and automated dispensing cabinets. Assists Pharmacists as directed. Maintains daily reports.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accurately fills floor stock requests.
• Basic understanding of the concept of physical stability and chemical stability as it relates to parenteral pharmaceuticals.
• Correctly interpret physician orders and can distinguish between pharmaceutical orders, laboratory tests, radiology, nursing, and other orders.
• Repackages drugs into a unit of use container.
• Perform monthly medication storage area inspections.
• Prepare correct labeling for bulk drugs.
• Understands microbial contamination and exhibits Aseptic Technique while preparing sterile pharmaceutical products.
• Selects drugs from stock in the proper dose, dosage form, and quantity as ordered by a physician under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.
• Perform basic pharmaceutical calculations.