Pharmacy Technician - Altoona, United States - UPMC
Description
Pharmacy Technician
Full-time, Day/Night shift, hour Shifts per week, every other weekend and holiday.
AFSCME - Union
Posted:
April 15, 2024
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.
- 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
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