Pharmacy Technician - (Oncology)

Pharmacy Technician Opportunity

Are you looking to take the next step in your Pharmacy Technician career? UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at our New Castle Network site located in New Castle, PA is looking for a motivated Pharmacy Technician to join their team! This is a great opportunity for someone who has an interest in oncology and thrives off providing amazing pharmaceutical care.

This is a full-time position that will work daylight hours, Monday - Friday with no weekends or holidays and will float to other locations in the area as needed. We offer a $5,000 sign-on bonus, a competitive wage, a generous total rewards benefits package, and a built-in pharmacy technician career ladder.

The Pharmacy Technician provides pharmaceutical care to patients within the UPMC Health System by assisting with the sterile and nonsterile medication preparation, medication filling, and medication distribution. The Pharmacy Technician, Associate services are provided in compliance with Department of Health, The Joint Commission, and State Board of Pharmacy regulations.

The incumbent will be placed into the appropriate level of our Pharmacy Technician Career ladder based on education, certification, and experience.

Responsibilities include:

• Filling: Assist in filling medication orders through correct labeling, counting and stocking practices. Initial and date products as required.
• Filling: Assist in the preparation of the proper oral and injectable medications (including intravenous admixtures and TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition)) for the correct patient for administration at the appropriate time. Use proper technique in the preparation of medications.
• Filling: Consistently has the ability to work in the Sterile Product area preparing cytotoxic and hazardous drugs (e.g. chemotherapy) using proper aseptic technique.
• Distribution: Participate in the distribution of medication including medication cassettes, emergency medication carts and the delivery of controlled substances per department policy and state and federal requirements.
• Distribution: Retrieve medications that have been discontinued and return (and credits if necessary) them to the appropriate pharmacy area.
• Distribution: Develop and maintain positive and productive service relationships during medication distribution process.
• Investigational: Assist in the procurement, accountability, storage, preparation and distribution of investigational and study drugs.
• General: Provide and received information (via telephone, person-to-person, or written) to hospital personnel, patients and visitors. Refer all drug information questions to Staff Pharmacists.
• General: Ensure that all medications in all areas have been safely and securely stored according to Department of Health, The Joint Commission, and State Board of Pharmacy regulations.
• General: Develop and maintain a clean, organized, and adequately stocked work environment.
• General: Practice appropriate hand hygiene both in the pharmacy and in the units.
• General: Use computer skills to process and maintain all patient information and records.
• General: Maintain all pertinent documentation as required. This includes eye wash logs, refrigerator logs, perpetual inventory logs etc.
• General: finalize sales using cash register, follow proper cash handling policies and procedures
• General: comply with Federal and State laws such as HIPAA, regulations such as OSHA, and PBM contracting requirements such as FWA and CMS.
• General: Maintain the pharmacy computer system as required.
• General: Procure and maintain adequate inventory levels on daily basis in applicable areas such pharmacy medication stock rooms, automated medication carousels, and automated dispensing machines.
• General: Maintain and update automated med stations, unit and department stock, emergency boxes, and crash carts.
• General: Assist in the training of pharmacy personnel and students.
• General: Demonstrate a high level of accuracy and skill in maintaining controlled substance records and the distribution process for controlled substances.
• General: Audit and maintain accurate records for controlled substances. Assure that all such drugs are stored and dispensed in compliance with Federal, State, and Department Regulations.
• General: Participate in departmental quality improvement activities in order to continually improve and evaluate pharmaceutical care as reflected by operational and patient care indicators.

Qualifications include:

• Completion of high school diploma or equivalent required
• AND one of the following:
• Completion of an accredited pharmacy technician program
• Six (6) months of previous pharmacy technician experience
• Six (6) months experience as a Pharmacy Assistant within the UPMC Health System Enrollment in an undergraduate pharmacy program and in good standing

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• PA State Board of Pharmacy Registration required for all PA locations
• Non-licensed Pharmacy Technicians working in a NY facility are not permitted to perform Sterile Compounding. All Pharmacy Technicians working in NY facilities performing sterile compounding are required to have received certification from a nationally accredited pharmacy technician certification program (CPhT) and be registered with the New York State Board of Pharmacy.
• If an individual has a Pharmacy Intern license, they do not need to register with the State of PA
• Partners specific BU criteria require Driver's License and Automotive insurance
• Registration is dependent on the state they work in

NY Registered Pharmacy Technician (RPhT) OR PA Pharmacy Tech Registration

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UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran