Pharmacy Technician Intern - Per Diem

If you are an existing employee of South Shore Health then please apply through the internal career site.

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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1 - Performs all duties and responsibilities for to Central Pharmacy Medication Dispensing which includes Carousel functionality, inventory adjustments, expiration date tracking and demand picks of floor stock medication.  Performs monthly outdate checks of Pharmacy Inventory as assigned by the Supervisor or Manager.

2 - Performs all duties and responsibilities for Automative Dispensing Machine (ADM) to include Omnicell functionality with Batch filling and patient specific bin restocks.  Demonstrate proficiency in other tasks such as Outdating, Transfers, and Modifying pockets.

3 - Perform all duties and responsibilities for Extemporaneous Non-Sterile Compounding and Oral Syringe preparation.  Able to demonstrate appropriate labeling, expiration dating, and logging of compounds in the electronic or paper logs when appropriate.
 

4 - Perform all duties and responsibilities for medication repackaging to include operation of the automated Unit Dose packer (Eucilid) and manual packaging of Chemotherapy/Hazardous medication. Must be proficient with other repackaging tasks such as making kits and barcode labeling.

5 - Performs all duties and responsibilities for Code Cart exchange, Code Cart Trays, and Transport Boxes.

6 - Performs all duties and responsibilities for Non-Sterile Hazardous Drug compounding.  Passes yearly competency showing proficiency in hazardous room procedures which include gowning, compounding and cleaning of the Biological Safety cabinet.  Must be proficient enough to train and educate new technicians and students in this area.   Must show proficiency in monthly cleaning breakdown of the biological safety cabinet.

7 - Performs all duties and responsibilities for Sterile Products production if trained in that area.  Performs required cleanings and restocking when required.  Passes yearly competency showing proficiency in clean room procedures and sterile product preparation. Fully understands concepts of gowning, hand washing and cleaning of all areas.  Able to demonstrate timely recording of tasks required in electronic signature logs which include cleaning logs, temperature logs and humidity logs in the IV room.

8 - Performs all duties and responsibilities dealing with customer service, quality assurance, inventory management, maintaining a orderly, clean and safe environment.

9 - Performs anything else deemed necessary by their supervisor or Pharmacist on duty (other duties required).

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Education - Preferred
High school level of education.
Minimum Work Experience
Minimum of 3 months work experience as Pharmacy Technician preferred. Hospital pharmacy experience desirable.
Required Certifications

Pharmacy Technician – Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy AND

Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) – Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)

Preferred (not required) Certifications

PTCB - Pharmacy Technician Training Board

ExCPT - Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians

NRCPhT - Nationally Registered Certified Pharmacy Technician

This position is Per Diem and has varied shifts.