Pharmacy Production Technician, 503B

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MO-SSM Health Mission Hill

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Primary Location: 3662 Park Ave Suite 140, St. Louis, MO 63110

Department: SSM Health Park Avenue Compounding

Schedule: Full Time Days

Shift: Days 6-630am start time no nights or weekends

Minimum Starting Pay: 23.86 minimum (Offers are based on years of experience and equity for this role.)

Shift Differentials: Evenings-$1.25, Nights-$1.50, Weekends, $1.25

Sign-on Bonus Eligible – $2,000 (Sign-on bonuses are for external qualified candidates.  Internal candidates – check with your recruiter to see what options are available for you)

Job Summary:

Assists pharmacists following established procedures and policies. Prepares and admixes sterile pharmaceutical products in a highly controlled, regulated, aseptic environment inside ISO 7 rooms and ISO 5 workspaces. Ensures admixtures are completed properly per FDA and Current Good Manufacturing practices (cGMP) requirements. Responsible for managing product inventory and supplies and is expected to maintain a highly organized cleanroom.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Prepare IV as admixtures for batch compounding of routine items.  
• Performs general cleaning and maintenance duties as directed. 
• Participates in cleanroom product preparation prior to sterile filling. 
• Verifies materials for use in batch compounding. 
• Packages product in IV Bags, cartons, syringes, vials, overwraps. Labels and documents per written instructions. 
• Replenishes packaging materials to areas/work cells as directed. 
• Completes end of batch reconciliation and count verification. 
• Retrieves product samples. 
• Maintains manufacturing records and completes all required documentation in compliance with Current Good Manufacturing practices (cGMP), FDA, US pharmacopeia (USP) and pharmacy state board regulatory guidelines. 
• Operates and monitors technical computerized compounding/filling equipment ensuring quality standards are maintained. 
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

EDUCATION 

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE 

• Two years' experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbin