Certified Pharmacy Technician, Inpatient

Job Description

Job Description

Description

The Pharmacy Technician supports daily inpatient pharmacy operations through medication distribution, inventory support, automated dispensing cabinet support, and central pharmacy workflow activities. This position plays a key role in ensuring timely medication delivery, maintaining medication storage areas, supporting carousel and Pyxis workflows, and assisting with operational tasks that promote safe and efficient patient care.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Medication Distribution and Delivery:

• Transport and handle medications in accordance with hospital policy, USP standards, and medication safety requirements

• Deliver patient medications throughout the hospital, including STAT medications, IV medications, and new medication orders

• Ensure medications are delivered prior to scheduled administration times

• Assist with medication transport and urgent delivery requests

• Return discharged patient medications to the pharmacy

• Assist with medication deliveries to designated clinic and patient care areas

Medication Room and Unit Support:

• Maintain cleanliness and organization of medication rooms

• Identify and return unsecured or loose medications to designated pharmacy return areas

• Assist with maintaining medication storage standards and operational readiness

Pyxis and Automated Dispensing Cabinet Support:

• Assist with sorting medications into appropriate unit bins during Pyxis pulls

• Support replenishment of supplies used for medication pulls, including bags, rubber bands, bins, and related materials

• Assist with ADS loads, stockouts, and critical low inventory management

• Verify and organize pull bins upon completion of pulls

• Assist with troubleshooting automated dispensing cabinet issues, medication discrepancies, and refill variances while escalating concerns appropriately.

Central Pharmacy and Carousel Operations:

• Return unused medications to carousel inventory

• Assist with carousel inventory management and medication restocking

• Support replenishment of Mini-Plus bags and other pharmacy supplies

• Assist with receiving and stocking medication orders

• Support code tray inventory and return processing

• Assist with inventory management activities, including cycle counts and inventory moves

• Support pre-packaging and labeling activities

• Assist with pneumatic tube station workflows

• Maintain accurate documentation within pharmacy systems related to medication deliveries, inventory transactions, returns, and distribution activities.

Operational and Team Support:

• Assist with Hospital at Home operational workflows

• Participate in pharmacy huddles and operational communications

• Communicate with the pharmacist in charge regarding workflow needs, breaks, and operational concerns

• Support overall pharmacy workflow and staffing needs as assigned

Inventory Management:

• Support medication distribution activities by ensuring timely, accurate delivery and replenishment of medications throughout the hospital and ambulatory clinic areas.

• Maintain medication inventory through stock rotation, expiration monitoring, cycle counts, and proper storage practices in compliance with USP and hospital standards.

• Process medication returns, transfers, and restocking activities accurately within pharmacy inventory management systems.

• Assist with wholesaler deliveries, medication receiving, and inventory reconciliation to support continuity of pharmacy operations.

• Maintain clean, organized, and compliant medication storage areas, pharmacy workspaces, and distribution systems.

• Support pharmacy operational workflows through quality assurance activities, documentation management, customer service, and adherence to hospital safety and compliance standards.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Required Experience: 1-2+ years Inpatient pharmacy technician

Preferred Experience: 3 – 4 years Inpatient Pharmacy experience working with Pyxis machines and EPIC.

Required Certifications/ licenses: Massachusetts pharmacy technician license and National Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT or ExCPT), BLS

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Boston, MA.

The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $30.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Boston,MA.

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 5, 2026.

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