Pharmacy Technician
Description
For over 125 years, Calvary Hospital and Calvary @Home located in the Bronx, New York has been dedicated to the palliative care of advanced cancer and other terminally ill patients and their families. Through a caring, compassionate, philosophy of non-abandonment, the hospice provides a full spectrum of palliative services, including emotional, spiritual, and physical care. The hospice receives patients from referring institutions throughout New York City and the entire tristate area. When you come to Calvary Hospital, you're not just getting a job, you're joining a family.
Summary: To assist in the packaging, labeling, preparation, and delivery of pharmaceutical products under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist and to provide technical support in all phases of drug distribution; assists with clerical and supply functions. Although work is generally light, lifting cartons of 25 to 30 pounds is not unusual
Location: Bronx Campus
Status: Per Diem
Salary: $59,146.21 - $68,045.08/ annually
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Operates unit-dose packaging equipment under supervision of pharmacist.
- Prepares medication packaging records/logs for pharmacist review and sign-off.
- Caps and seals products prepared in Pharmacy under supervision for unit dose medications.
- Fills in unit dose picking station medication supplies.
- Delivers medication to Nursing Stations (including IV's).
- Picks up returns to Pharmacy at Nursing Stations.
- Picks up medication orders from Nursing Stations.
- Counts dosage units of medications.
- Sets up IV and IVPB additives under supervision for compounding by a Pharmacist.
- Prepares the automated dispensing cabinet fill list for a pharmacist to check
- Refills automated dispensing cabinets with bar code verification.
- Identifies medications and IV solutions that have expired and segregates them from in-date
Qualifications:
- Certification as a Pharmacy Technician from a nationally accredited pharmacy technician certification program (e.g., Pharmacy Technician Certification Board [PTCB] or National Healthcareer Association [NHA]).
- Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the New York State Board of Pharmacy preferred
- Previous training in unit dose systems and IV preparation is preferred.
- Ability to perceive differences in similarly named products.
- Finger dexterity and mechanical aptitude in operation and maintenance of unit dose machines and typing.
- Must be precise and accurate.
- Must be able to perform short cycle repetitive activities.
- Ability to occasionally lift heavy boxes (approximately 25-30 pounds).
- Exhibits an ability and attitude relative to the spirit of caring and tradition at Calvary Hospital as required by specific job duties and functions.
Education:
- High School diploma with math and science background.
Benefits
- Includes accrued vacation days, sick days, holidays, and free days
- Pension (vested after 5 years of full-time or part-time service)
- Participation in 403 (b)
- Voluntary Benefits: Short Term Disability, Life Insurance, Cancer Insurance, Flex Spending, Transit Check
- Free On-Site Parking
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First name, Last name, Email, Headline, Phone, Address, Education, Experience, Summary, Resume, Cover letter, I understand that any false statement made by me in this application will be cause for my rejection or if hired, my dismissal. I also understand that, if offered a job, my employment is contingent upon successful completion of a physical examination given by the Employee Health Physician of this Hospital. I understand that, if hired for any but a temporary job, my employment is not to be for any definite period of time and that, whether for a temporary or regular position, I am in any event to be an employee at will. Therefore, I understand that if hired, I may resign my employment and that the hospital may terminate my employment for a lawful reason., After Calvary has extended a conditional offer of employment to you, New York City law permits the Hospital to inquire into whether you have a pending arrest or have a prior conviction record. If such inquiry results in Calvary's withdrawing its conditional offer of employment, before any adverse employment action based on an inquiry of the your arrest or conviction record, Calvary will provide you a written copy of the inquiry and a a written copy of the analysis of the law pursuant to Article 23-A of the New York State Correction Law. The analysis will include the Hospital's reason(s) for taking adverse action against you and any supporting documentation and Calvary will give you at least four (4) business days to respond to the written analysis, holding your position open during that period., In all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff, and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment, Calvary Hospital does not discriminate against employees and applicants for employment on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, gender(which also includes actual or perceived gender identity, self-image and appearance), age, disability or handicap, marital status or sexual orientation, genetic predisposition, alienage and citizenship status. Please sign with name and date.