Pharmacy Technician Student Intern, Per Diem, Marlborough Hospital

Are you an internal caregiver, student, or contingent worker/agency worker at UMass Memorial Health? CLICK HERE to apply through your Workday account. Exemption Status: Non-Exempt Hiring Range: $18.24 - $32.82 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, Monday through Friday, On Call - Not Required, Saturday, Sunday Scheduled Hours: 0700 -1530 Shift: 4 - Mixed Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America) Hours: 0 Cost Center: 21000 - 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. Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist and technician supervisor, performs medication related tasks such as packaging, preparation of all forms of medications, record keeping, and all aspects of drug distribution. As competency allows, may assist the pharmacist in specific functions requiring judgment based on appropriate pharmacist oversight. Major Responsibilities: Reviews, evaluates and clarifies physician medication orders. Processes orders using pharmacy computer system. Delivers patient medications to patient’s rooms and medication room areas. Checks for accuracy of all drugs assembled or prepared by pharmacy technicians, prior to release for distribution. Assembles, prepares, and delivers, as necessary, drugs to patient care areas. Reviews physician orders and interacts with physicians and nurses, as necessary, relative to appropriateness of therapeutic regimens with preceptor oversight. Provides information concerning therapeutic alternatives to physicians in regards to UMMHC formulary. Troubleshoots technical problems of varying complexity. Serves as resource to less experienced interns in problem resolution. Prepares and packages all forms of medications. Prepares IV drugs using aseptic technique in compounding parenteral nutrition, antibiotics, chemotherapy 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. Generates necessary pharmacy reports. Conducts medication room inspections in assigned patient care area in accordance with regulatory requirements. Triages pharmacy calls. Maintains a clean work area and 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. Aids technicians, technician supervisors, and pharmacists as warranted. IPosition Qualifications: License/Certification/Education: Required: Massachusetts registration as a Pharmacy Intern with the Board of Registration in Pharmacy is required. Preferred: Experience/Skills: Required: Completion of two years of education within a pharmacist internship program. OR Designated status as a student beyond the second professional year, in an approved college/school of pharmacy in which the candidate is currently enrolled. Familiarity with pharmacy technology and equipment. Ability to troubleshoot technical problems of moderate to high complexity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day. As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible. At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver. No matter their responsibilities or title, every employee or “caregiver” fills an important role for our patients and their families every day. Who is a caregiver? It’s not just the person who delivers the care. It’s all the people who make it work … and make it better. Caregivers give everything that helps patients heal, from expertise to extra attention. They give clean, comfortable rooms. Fast, accurate answers. And an easier, less stressful experience. They give warm, reassuring smiles, and helping hands. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, our community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Salary : $18 - $33