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Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Hiring Range:

$15.00 - $24.58

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details:

Holidays - One Major Summer Holiday, Holidays - One Major Winter Holiday, Weekends - Every Other Weekend

Scheduled Hours:

0700-0330

Shift:

4 - Mixed Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

0

Cost Center:

10020 - 3800 Pharmacy

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Working under the general supervision of the Director of Pharmacy, Manager and Supervisor the Pharmacy Technician Trainee performs basic medication related tasks from packaging medications, preparation of medications record keeping, and drug distribution. The Pharmacy Technician Trainee provides customer service, professional work ethic and competency with pharmacy automation and technology.

Major Responsibilities: 

• Processes orders using pharmacy computer system. Delivers patient medications to patient’s rooms and medication room areas.
• Familiar with pharmacy technology and equipment with the capability of troubleshooting any technical problem.
• Prepares and packages medications for delivery to patient’s rooms and medication room areas. 
• Maintains inventory including floor stock medication, reorders, restocks, and monitors expiration dates of all medications.
• Maintains required documentation in accordance with regulatory and hospital requirements and maintains respect for patient confidentiality.  Generates necessary pharmacy reports.
• Conducts medication room inspections in assigned patient care area in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Assembles drugs in an accurate and efficient manner from physician’s orders.
• Triage pharmacy calls. 
• Repackages all bulk drugs in units of use containers.
• Maintains a clean work area and assists in quality indicator monitoring. Participates in identifying problems or areas for improvement and assists supervisor with problem solving projects and improving operations; participates in Continuous Quality Improvement activities and/or teams.
• Attends process improvement meetings implementing a minimum of 1 documented idea per year.
• Ensure that all yearly competencies are up to date including but not limited to fingertip sampling, media fill testing and annual departmental continuing education.

Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education:

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent 
• Current Pharmacy Technician in Training license with the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy

 
Experience/Skills:

Required:

• Proficiency in math and, knowledge and ability to use a computer.
• Must be able to follow complicated verbal and written instructions with accuracy, efficiency, and dependability.
• Positive work ethic, motivated and professional demeanor to promote teamwork in the department.
• Focus on attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines required.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected