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Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Schedule Details:

Holidays - No More Than Every Third Holiday, Monday through Friday, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)

Scheduled Hours:

Hours between Monday-Friday 8am-6pm, Weekend and Holiday Rotation applicable

Shift:

1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

40

Cost Center:

10010 - 3830 Home Delivery Pharmacy

Union:

SHARE (State Healthcare and Research Employees)

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.

Under the direct supervision of a technician supervisor and pharmacist, performs medication related tasks such as packaging, preparation of all forms of medications, record keeping, and all non judgmental aspects of drug distribution.

Major Responsibilities:

• Performs duties in assigned practice area. Required to work in other practice areas, as staffing requires.
• Processes orders using pharmacy computer system. Delivers patient medications to medication room areas and stocks automated medication stations (Pyxis machines).
• Familiar with pharmacy technology and equipment.  Capable of troubleshooting routine technical problems.
• Prepares and packages most forms of medications. Prepares sterile products using aseptic technique in compounding parenteral nutrition, antibiotics, and other IV drugs.
• 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.  Assists in generating pharmacy reports.
• Conducts medication room inspections in assigned patient care area in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Assembles drugs in an accurate and efficient manner for pharmacists to check; maintains a clean and orderly work area.
• Repackages bulk drugs in unit of use containers.
• Assists in quality indicator monitoring.
• Assists with yearly inventory in assigned areas.
• 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.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:

• Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
• Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
• Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
• Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
• Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
• Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must have successfully completed a Board-approved pharmacy technician-training program by obtaining a passing score on a Board-approved pharmacy technician assessment exam.

Preferred:

Experience/Skills:

Required:

• Proficient in math.  Knowledge and ability to use a computer for data entry. 
• Must be able to follow oral and written instructions with accuracy, efficiency, and dependability. 

Preferred:
 

Unless certification, licensure or