Pharmacy Technician Trainee - Rotating - BWH - Pharmacy
Mass General Brigham
- Boston, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Perform medication deliveries and distribute medications to patient care areas employing barcode scanning.
- Perform all required pharmaceutical dosage calculations necessary to prepare extemporaneous dosage forms as applicable under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.
- Return unused medications for credit employing barcode scanning and perform medication expiration date checking as assigned.
- Fill medication requisitions and type labels for ambulatory and discharge prescriptions for all applicable patient care areas.
- Manage inventory in all pharmacy areas and automated dispensing cabinets (ADC) and charge stock orders, ADC shrinkage, and patient and clinic requisitions.
- Provide information and triage phone calls to the appropriate individual within the pharmacy department when answering the phone.
- Carry out duties and responsibilities as assigned by certified technician specialists, pharmacists or pharmacy managers.
- Maintain clean and organized work areas.
- Technology
- Utilize area-specific technology, including, but not limited to, robotics, automation, software, equipment, and information systems.
- Quality and Safety
- Follow institutional and departmental policies and procedures.
- Demonstrate accountability and ownership of job responsibilities.
- Exhibit professional behaviors and attitudes related to communication, punctuality, workplace attire, personal internet or phone use, and teamwork.
- Carry out departmental and institutional patient safety initiatives.
- Report safety issues identified during the course of job responsibilities.
- Must be at least 16 years of age.
- Previous hospital-related experience, formal training, or certification from a pharmacy technician training program desired.
- Must be a registered Pharmacy Tech Trainee with the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy
- Upon departmental orientation and annually thereafter, must complete training, which includes, but is not limited to: Institutional Safety Training and Annual Departmental Technician Competency Assessments
- May only remain in the role of Pharmacy Technician Trainee up to 1,000 hours (unless under the age of 18).
- Possess command of the English language
- Read, interpret, and follow complicated verbal and written instructions with accuracy, precision, and dependability.
- Work with sustained attention and care on routine, repetitive tasks.
- Perform the common mathematical calculations associated with preparing non-sterile, extemporaneously manufactured pharmaceutical products and other medication doses.
- Work accurately under stress with time constraints.
- Possess communication skills and a thorough understanding of pharmacy policies and procedures.
- Perform job duties in a professional and courteous manner and maintain working relationships with physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals.
- Possess time management and organizational skills to handle multiple tasks under time constraints.
- Organize and maintain efficient work areas and services.
- Make decisions based on knowledge of procedural requirements in conjunction with specific skills and task related functions.
- Distinguish routine functions from those requiring a pharmacist's professional judgment.
- Spend most of the work time standing or walking in order to complete daily tasks.
- Occasionally lift heavy loads in setting up and filling medication supply orders.
- Continuously acquire skills necessary in the operation of pharmacy equipment.
- Understand basic medical terminology, abbreviations, and computer operations.
- Follow all applicable state and federal controlled substance regulations at all times.