Pharmacy Technician 3 - Per Diem
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Norwalk Hospital Association
Norwalk, CT, US
Summary
The Pharmacy Technician 3 assists pharmacists in the formulation, preparation, dispensing, and delivery of medications, including hazardous products. They are responsible for maintaining inventory, managing automated dispensing cabinets, and ensuring compliance with all regulatory standards.
Job Description
Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.
Summary:
The Pharmacy Technician 3 will assist pharmacists in the formulation, preparation, dispensing, delivery and storage of medications and pharmaceutical supplies, including biohazardous products. The pharmacy technician will ensure that products and services are provided in timely, safe and cost-effective manner according to department policies, procedures, and practice standards supporting both inpatient and outpatient services within Nuvance Health.�
Responsibilities:
1. Handle, pull, label, package, compound, and deliver medications to patient or authorized personnel as instructed by pharmacist.
2. Help maintain medication and supply inventory.
3. Identify, pull, and dispose of expired medications as needed
4. Clerical duties such as filing, data entry, printer management.
5. Maintain compliance with all state, federal, and regulatory requirements, such as completing and reviewing audits such as managing temp logs, cleaning logs, unit inspections, etc.
6. Manage ADCs inventory by utilizing reports from main console and troubleshooting minor technical issues.
7. Refilling and managing expiration dates of code carts, kits, med trays etc.
8. Handle and deliver controlled medications by following all state & federal regulations and departmental policies.
9. Triage phone calls and transfer calls to pharmacist for any medication related questions.
10. Navigate EMR as it relates to missing medications and charges/billing.
11. Understanding the identification, handling, compounding, and storage of hazardous medications (USP800, NIOSH, OSHA, and departmental policy).
12. Comply with all USP 795, USP 797, USP 800 requirements in the compounding of sterile and nonsterile products by following all departmental policies & procedures involving technique, training, testing, and personal hygiene.
13. Maintains and models the organization's values.
14. Demonstrates regular, reliable and predictable attendance.
15. Performs other duties as required.
Education Skills Experience:
Required:
High School Diploma or equivalent
Minimum Experience: 1 year
Certification: PTCB or NHA ExCPT Certification
Registered Pharmacy Technician (active & in good standing)
Desired: Pharmacy Technician experience. Computer skills, ability to multi-task and work independently.
Working Conditions:
Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
Occupational: Significant occupational risk
Physical Effort: Medium to Heavy effort. May exert up to 35 lbs. force
Physical Environment: Generally pleasant working conditions
Salary Range: $18.13 - $34.50 Hourly
Norwalk Hospital is a 328-bed, not-for-profit, acute care community teaching hospital that serves a population of 250,000 in lower Fairfield County, Connecticut. The Hospital has over 500 physicians on its active medical staff, many of whom trained at the nation’s leading medical schools and hospitals, and 2,000 health professionals and support personnel.
Norwalk Hospital is a national leader in health care quality and patient safety. The Hospital was awarded the HealthGrades® Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ in 2010, 2011 and 2012, the only hospital in Fairfield County so honored. HealthGrades®, the nation’s leading, independent health care ratings organization, analyzed three years of Medicare data and determined that Norwalk Hospital ranked in the top five percent of all hospitals nationally for clinical excellence. This top tier of hospitals was found by HealthGrades® to have statistically significantly lower patient mortality and inhospital complications than other hospitals.
The Hospital was among the first in the region to implement computerized physician order entry, and its critical care nurses have been awarded the national Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence three times. In addition, Norwalk Hospital ranks among the nation’s leading hospitals in providing quality surgical and heart attack care, according to data from the Hospital Quality Alliance.
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Norwalk, CT
Norwalk Hospital is a 328-bed, not-for-profit, acute care community teaching hospital that serves a population of 250,000 in lower Fairfield County, Connecticut. The Hospital has over 500 physicians on its active medical staff, many of whom trained at the nation’s leading medical schools and hospitals, and 2,000 health professionals and support personnel.
Norwalk Hospital is a national leader in health care quality and patient safety. The Hospital was awarded the HealthGrades® Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ in 2010, 2011 and 2012, the only hospital in Fairfield County so honored. HealthGrades®, the nation’s leading, independent health care ratings organization, analyzed three years of Medicare data and determined that Norwalk Hospital ranked in the top five percent of all hospitals nationally for clinical excellence. This top tier of hospitals was found by HealthGrades® to have statistically significantly lower patient mortality and inhospital complications than other hospitals.
The Hospital was among the first in the region to implement computerized physician order entry, and its critical care nurses have been awarded the national Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence three times. In addition, Norwalk Hospital ranks among the nation’s leading hospitals in providing quality surgical and heart attack care, according to data from the Hospital Quality Alliance.
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Norwalk, CT
