Retail Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Technician

Join Our Team at New Bridge Medical Center! We are dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate care to our diverse community. As a leading healthcare provider, we offer a supportive and inclusive work environment. If you’re passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative setting, New Bridge Medical Center is looking for a Pharmacy Technician.

• Assists pharmacists as directed with filling medication orders, preparing labels and delivery of medication or supplies to all patient care areas.
• Picks up medication orders from both unit dose and non-unit dose patient care areas, fills routine drug requisitions and delivers completed orders in a timely manner.
• Assures delivered medication are given to nursing personnel or securely stored in proper medication storage areas.
• Replaces floor stock medication.
• Reviews, maintains, rotates stock and restocks drug storage locations in main pharmacy and pharmacy satellites. Alerts Inventory Control Clerk, Pharmacist, Director of Pharmacy of drug supplies that need to be reordered.
• Packages pharmaceuticals, and IV medications including preparing and affixing all necessary labels to the packaged product for inspection and verification by a pharmacist.
• Follows established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
• Fills unit dose medication carts and area specific exchange carts.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by management.
• Customer Service: respect, flexibility, knowledge, confidence, professionalism, pleasant attitude, patience and helpfulness. All responses should be timely, professional, caring, and respectful in accordance with Customer Service Performance expectations.
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards. Assesses gaps in policies and procedures, and create necessary policies and procedures to fulfill these gaps.
• Understands and adheres to the Medical Center’s Code of Conduct.
• Familiar with the Medical Center’s Mission, Vision, and Values Statements.

• Performs other duties as assigned to support the overall objectives of the department and organization.
• Performs minor housekeeping duties when necessary (e.g., dusting counters, vacuuming, cleaning sinks).
• Maintains pharmacy records (e.g., drug requisitions, crediting, charges, reports, files) as required.
• Attends pharmacy staff meetings.
• Makes suggestions to assist the pharmacy management in developing innovative programs to improve the efficiency of the drug distribution system.

• Education:
  
  High School graduation or equivalent required.
• Experience:
  
  Hospital experience in pharmacy, graduate from pharmacy technician training course, or foreign pharmacist license.
• Licenses &
  
  Certifications:
  
  Required – Pharm Tech NJ Reg;
  Preferred – Pharmacy Tech CPHT.
• Job Setting/Physical Demands:
  Pharmacy and nursing units. Contact with patients, staff. Frequent prolonged standing/walking. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching. Lifts supplies/equipment; occasional heavy physical effort (lift/carry up to 50 lb.).
• Salary: $27.83 per hour.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including a competitive medical, dental, and vision plans. We prioritize work-life balance with a generous time off policy that includes ample vacation days, personal time, sick leave and nine paid holidays. Additionally, we are committed to the personal and professional growth of our employees, offering robust tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs to help support our employees ongoing development.

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