Pharmacy Assistant

Job Description:

To work in the pharmacy under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist and assist in pharmacy activities not requiring the professional judgment of the pharmacist. Work areas to include but not limited to filling unit dose, repackaging, billing, maintenance of inventory, filling stock requests.

Job Responsibility:

• Repackages and/or labels non-sterile and sterile products and extemporaneous doses as instructed on the batch record by the pharmacist. Utilizes aseptic technique when handling sterile product preparation.
• Stocks the Robot based on the generated daily inventory report.
• Repackages unit dose for the robotic system.
• Maintains inventory control in all work areas, completes alert and reorder forms when required, fills floor stock requisitions from the patient care areas, processes charges to the appropriate cost centers, receives deliveries from wholesalers and other vendors, checks for expiration dates of medications.
• Prepares and fills unit dose cassettes to be checked and dispensed by a pharmacist.
• Inventories, requisitions, and stocks supplies from central supply maintains IV solution inventory fills oncology satellite requisitions, and delivers alcohol.
• Replaces OR trays for specialty areas such as open heart and 11 Uris.
• Refills medications for emergency drug units such as open heart trays and code cart trays.
• Maintains work area by leaving area in a neat and organized manner, cleans work area routinely, follows appropriate disposal procedures.
• Delivers stock to patient care areas.
• Performs duties in the event of an emergency such as sick call coverage, vacant position coverage, workload adjustments, and projects.
• Inventories and prepares controlled drugs for pharmacist dispensing and delivers to the appropriate area when required.
• Performs related duties, as required.

*ADA Essential Functions

Job Qualification:

• High School Diploma or equivalent. Associates' degree, preferred.
• Completion of a technician training program, required.
• New York State Pharmacy Technician Licensed, required.
• Two years of technician experience, required.
• Sterile product preparation experience, required.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.

*Additional Salary Detail 
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).