Pharmacy Technician II

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

Responsible for unit dose distribution including familiarity with medications, dosage forms and storage requirements. May also compound sterile and non-sterile medication preparations. Communicates with pharmacists and nursing staff to ensure timely preparation and delivery of medications. Delivers medications, including controlled substances, to nursing areas and ancillary departments in accordance with established policies and procedures, and DEA and DPH regulations. Serves as a subject matter expert in an area of inpatient pharmacy technician practice.

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

Restocks automated dispensing machines (ADSs) and floor stock medications. Follows relevant Epic workflows including but not limited to loading medications, dispensing doses, dispense tracking, and fulfilling carts fill items.

Delivers all medication in compliance with all DEA, DPH & State Board of Pharmacy regulations

Prepares and delivers IV medications in accordance with Federal USP 797 & USP 800 standards.

Maintains records pertaining to IV admixtures, maintains cleanliness in sterile areas, and completes relevant Quality Assurance processes.

Compounds non-sterile products and repackages bulk supplies of medications in unit of use packaging in accordance with all Federal USP 795 & USP 800 standards.

Checks for expired medications within the pharmacy & automated dispensing cabinets. Ensures that all expired/damaged medications are disposed of in accordance with RCRA, OSHA & NIOSH regulations.

Prepares specialized sterile products including TPNs, neonatal, hazardous, and chemotherapeutic & study medications in accordance with Federal USP 797, USP 795, & USP 800 standards.

Suggests workflow efficiencies and works with the Technician III staff and Lead technicians to help implement new practices 8. Maintain staffing in two or more areas of the pharmacy

Responsible for initial training of new staff in all sterile and/or non-sterile compounding practices. Training includes clean room operations, documentation and QA, and all areas of compounding including, but not limited to, Category 1 and 2 sterile compounding, neonatal product compounding, hazardous drug compounding including antineoplastic medications.

Responsible for initial training of new staff in central pharmacy operations. Tasks include, but are not limited to, automated dispensing system (ADS) responsibilities, monitoring stock reports, restocking and expiration date checking.

Assists in the development and maintenance of training objectives and manuals across areas of the pharmacy.

Meets on a regular basis in collaboration with the Lead technicians and Managers to continually develop and maintain operational goals and standards.

Participates as a content leader in an area for onboarding and training while providing mentorships to students and pharmacy technicians

Required Qualifications:

High School diploma or GED required.

License Mass Registered Pharmacy Tech required., and Certificate 1 Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or Certificate 2 EXCPT required.

Employee must remain in good standing with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy including maintenance of registration and fees.

2-5 years related work experience required.

Experience with computer systems required, including web-based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.

Preferred Qualifications:

2+ years experience as a hospital pharmacy technician. Ability to perform simple and complex pharmaceutical calculation

Pay Range:

$27.56 - $37.10

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled