Join the UPMC Harrisburg Pharmacy Team!
Are you a dedicated pharmacy technician ready to make a difference? UPMC Harrisburg is seeking a full-time Pharmacy Technician Intermediate to join our team. This position includes rotating daylight and evening shifts and involves assisting with the preparation and delivery of medications for patients in a fast-paced environment.
- Applicants will be placed into the appropriate job title and salary based on their individual experience and education.
UPMC Harrisburg offers competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package, and a supportive, collaborative environment that fosters growth.
Take the next step in your pharmacy career-apply today and become part of our team!
Responsibilities:
- Filling: Assist in filling medication orders through correct labeling, counting and stocking practices. Initial and date products as required.
- Filling: Assist in the preparation of the proper oral and injectable medications (including intravenous admixtures and TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition for the correct patient for administration at the appropriate time.
- Use proper technique in the preparation of medications.
- Filling: Consistently has the ability to work in the Sterile Product area preparing cytotoxic and hazardous drugs (e.g. chemotherapy using proper aseptic technique.
- Distribution: Participate in the distribution of medication including medication cassettes, emergency medication carts and the delivery of controlled substances per department policy and state and federal requirements.
- Distribution: Retrieve medications that have been discontinued and return (and credits if necessary them to the appropriate pharmacy area.
- Distribution: Develop and maintain positive and productive service relationships during medication distribution process.
- Investigational: Assist in the procurement, accountability, storage, preparation and distribution of investigational and study drugs.
- General: Provide and received information (via telephone, person-to-person, or written to hospital personnel, patients and visitors.
- Refer all drug information questions to Staff Pharmacists.
- General: Ensure that all medications in all areas have been safely and securely stored according to Department of Health, The Joint Commission, and State Board of Pharmacy regulations.
- Comply with Federal and State laws such as HIPAA, regulations such as OSHA, and PBM contracting requirements such as FWA and CMS.
- General: Develop and maintain a clean, organized, and adequately stocked work environment.
- General: Use computer skills to process and maintain all patient information and records.
- Maintain all patient information and records.
- Maintain the pharmacy computer system as required.
- General: Maintain all pertinent documentation as required.
- This includes eye wash logs, refrigerator logs, perpetual inventory logs etc.
- General: finalize sales using cash register, follow proper cash handling policies and procedure.
- General: Procure and maintain adequate inventory levels on daily basis in applicable areas such pharmacy medication stock rooms, automated medication carousels, and automated dispensing machines.
- General: Maintain and update automated med stations, unit and department stock, emergency boxes, and crash carts.
- General: Demonstrate a high level of accuracy and skill in maintaining controlled substance records and the distribution process for controlled substances.
- General: Audit and maintain accurate records for controlled substances.
- Assure that all such drugs are stored and dispensed in compliance with Federal, State, and Department Regulations.
- General: Participate in departmental quality improvement activities in order to continually improve and evaluate pharmaceutical care as reflected by operational and patient care indicators.
- Note: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned this job.
- They are not exhaustive lists of all duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities and working conditions associated with the job.
- Completion of high school diploma or equivalent
- OR Completion of an accredited pharmacy technician program and Two years of Pharmacy Technician experience.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
- PA State Board of Pharmacy Registration required for all PA locations.
- If an individual has a Pharmacy Intern license, they do not need to register with the State of PARxPartners specific BU criteria require Driver's License and Automotive insurance Non-licensed Pharmacy Technicians working in a NY facility are not permitted to perform Sterile Compounding.
- All Pharmacy Technicians working in NY facilities performing sterile compounding are required to have received certification from a nationally accredited pharmacy technician certification program (CPhT and be registered with the New York State Board of PharmacyRegistration is dependent on the state they work in
- NY Registered Pharmacy Technician (RPhT OR PA Pharmacy Tech Registration
- Act 34
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran