Pharmacy Technician Certified, Per Diem, New Brunswick NJ

at  RWJBarnabas Health

JOB OVERVIEW:

RWJ Barnabas Health is looking to add a Per Diem Certified Pharmacy Technician in New Brunswick, NJ. This position assists Pharmacists in all aspects of pharmacy practice and performs any duties required to provide and ensure good patientcare and safety as requested. Follows workflow as appropriate,

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Must be a high school graduate or GED equivalent,
• Must be registered with the New Jersey Board of Pharmacy as a Registered Pharmacy Technician
• Must be able to read, write and speak fluent English

Preferred:

• Prior experience as a pharmacy technician is preferred

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS:

• Day Shift
• Per Diem

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Interrelationships

• Must be able to work cooperatively with hospital and pharmacy staff
• Responsible for Drug Distribution
• Refills unit-dose medication bins and delivers contents to nursing units
• Collects and processes medication orders prior to distribution
• Delivers prepared medication to nursing units, as assigned
• Performs necessary tasks related to patient transfer and discharge; record-keeping and transfer of medications
• Delivery of controlled substances to all hospital areas
• Maintenance of all automatic dispensing machines ADMs
• Checks for and removes expired medications from stock
• Restocks code carts
• Prepares and labels outpatient prescriptions
• Prepares and labels extemporaneously compounded non-sterile pharmaceuticals
• Sterile IV Admixture Service
• Sterile and nonsterile product preparation
• Performs required calculations for all aspects of medication dispensing and compounding
• Using aseptic technique, prepares and labels all sterile product
• Maintains the integrity of laminar air flow hoods by cleaning and following proper procedures
• Delivers intravenous solutions to nursing units
• Monitors IV schedules and unused IV solutions on select nursing units to increase efficiency and avoid waste

OTHER DUTIES:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.