5 Pharmacy Technician (Days/Nights) Jobs in Altoona, PA
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UPMC is Hiring a Pharmacy Technician (Days/Nights) Near Altoona, PA
Pharmacy Technician I
Full-time, Day/Night Shift, 12-hour shifts, Shifts would be 7:00 AM - 7:30 PM and some Night shifts 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM. Includes every other weekend and Holiday.
AFSCME - Union
Posted: 3/13/2024
Purpose:
Responsible for the proper storage and distribution of drugs; receives and accounts for drugs coming from all vendors. Delivers drugs to patient care and other areas; picks up drug returns and applicable paperwork; and puts all returned unit-dose products back to proper receipts. Responsible for filling patient drug boxes, floor stock orders, and automated dispensing cabinets. Assists Pharmacists as directed. Maintains daily reports.
Responsibilities:
- Accurately fills floor stock requests.
- Basic understanding of the concept of physical stability and chemical stability as it relates to parenteral pharmaceuticals.
- Correctly interpret physician orders and can distinguish between pharmaceutical orders, laboratory tests, radiology, nursing, and other orders.
- Repackages drugs into a unit of use container.
- Perform monthly medication storage area inspections.
- Prepare correct labeling for bulk drugs.
- Understands microbial contamination and exhibits Aseptic Technique while preparing sterile pharmaceutical products.
- Selects drugs from stock in the proper dose, dosage form, and quantity as ordered by a physician under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.
- Perform basic pharmaceutical calculations.
Job Summary
Full Time
Hospital
$38k-48k (estimate)
03/15/2024
04/01/2024
upmc.com
PITTSBURGH, PA
>50,000
1893
NGO/NPO/NFP/Organization/Association
JEFFREY A ROMOFF
$10B - $50B
Hospital
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About UPMC
UPMC is a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit health center that provides services such as emergency care, surgical, patient care, and fitness control for individuals.
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