Pharmacy Tech

Overview

Join our team as a PRN Pharmacy Tech in Westwood, NJ.

Fulfilling your purpose begins here:

People First, Always. Here's how we take care of our people:

• Medical, vision, dental health insurance, health savings account / flexible spending, competitive pay, paid time off, 401k retirement plan with company match, employee assistance program and more.

Your team is bigger than your department:

• Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center is a 128-bed, full-service, acute-care community hospital with a new emergency department, a state-of-the-art maternity center, a women's imaging center, and an ICU.

• We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect.

Responsibilities

• Under the supervision of a pharmacist, prioritize and fills medication orders, automated dispensing machines, and other medication delivery devices accurately and in a timely manner.

• Practices in accordance with federal, state and local laws and in compliance with the requirements of the NJ State Board of Pharmacy and Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley regulations and code of conduct.

• Accurately restocks and replenishes Pharmacy with received inventory from wholesaler as well as received returns from floor and automated dispensing machines.

• Reviews pharmacy charges and credits to ensure correct and accurate billing; takes action to correct or remedy billing discrepancies.

• Prepares designated sterile intravenous admixtures aseptically and in compliance with USP <797> regulations, State Board regulations, and institutional policies.

• Ensures all expired, damaged, or compromised medication in Pharmacy, automated machines, and floor stock are removed and segregated from active inventory.

• Assists the pharmacist in maintaining the security of drug supplies.

• Provides appropriate documentation wherever and whenever required.

• Delivers medication carts to patient care areas.

• Maintains the pharmacy in a neat, organized and clean manner.

• Refers requests for drug information to a registered pharmacist.

• Performs tasks associated with automated equipment and maintains appropriate records as designated.

• Performs additional technical tasks as requested by the pharmacists on duty.

Qualifications

Job Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent

• Current Pharmacy Technician License from New Jersey State Board of Pharmacy

Preferred Job Requirements

• At least one (1) year of hospital experience preferred to include experience with automated dispensing machines, unit dosing, IV admixture service (including TPN compounding)
• PTCB certification