The Pharmacy Technician assists pharmacists in all aspects of pharmacy practice and performs any duties required to provide and ensure good patientcare and safety as requested,

Follows workflow as appropriate,

Must be a high school graduate or GED equivalent,

Must be able to read, write and speak fluent English,

Must be PTCB certified or receive certification within 1 year of hire,

Required maintain PTCB certification,

Must be registered with the New Jersey Board of Pharmacy as a Registered Pharmacy Technician,

Prior experience as a pharmacy technician is preferred,

Must be able to work cooperatively with hospital and pharmacy staff,

Refills unit-dose medication bins and delivers contents to nursing units,

Collects and processes medication orders prior to distribution,

Delivers prepared medication to nursing units, as assigned,

Performs necessary tasks related to patient transfer and discharge; record keeping and transfer of medications,

Delivery of controlled substances to all hospital areas,

Sterile IV Admixture Service

Sterile and non-sterile product preparation,

Performs required calculations for all aspects of medication dispensing and compounding,

Using aseptic technique, prepares and labels all sterile products,

Maintains the integrity of laminar air flow hoods by cleaning and following proper procedures,

Delivers intravenous solutions to nursing units,

Monitors IV schedules and unused IV solutions on select nursing units to increase efficiency and avoid waste,

Maintenance of all automatic dispensing machines ADMs,

Checks for and removes expired medications from stock,

Restocks code carts,

Prepares and labels outpatient prescriptions,

Prepares and labels extemporaneously compounded non-sterile pharmaceuticals,