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79054BRJob Posting Title:Pharmacy Technician IIIDepartment:Patient Services-PharmacyAutoReqId:79054BRStatus:Full-TimeStandard Hours per Week:40 Job Posting Category:PharmacyJob Posting Description:Boston Children's Hospital is looking for a Technician with strong IV compounding experience.

We are offering a $5000 sign on bonus for this 40 hour a week position.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

+ Performs quality controls checks of medication orders and doses distributed following established procedures and schedules.

+ May input patient medication orders on departmental computer system, ensuring that orders are verified by a pharmacist prior to dispensing.

+ Provides training to new technicians in job duties, procedures and techniques.

+ Monitors and documents trainee performance, identifying areas for improvement and reports to designated pharmacist/lead technician and/or pharmacy technician supervisor.

+ Fills and delivers medication orders/prescriptions for hospital inpatients and outpatients. Fills standing inpatient medication orders in individual cassettes following computer-generated lists and fills new orders/prescriptions from physician orders.

+ Delivers cassettes and individual medications to units and collects new medication orders according to established procedures and schedules.

+ Prepares patient medications in accordance with established protocols, methods, and techniques.

+ Measures, mixes, and compounds automated TPNs, irrigations, chemotherapy drugs, and parenteral and oral medications in specified volumes, dosages, and concentrations.

+ Prepares special dilutions of non-controlled and controlled substances, IV, and research study medications as needed. Labels and records manufactured medications as required.

+ Receives and fills pharmaceutical supply requests for nursing units, satellite locations, and other areas.

+ Monitors, restocks, and rotates supplies, including controlled substances, removing and replacing outdated products, and processing related patient charges and credits.

+ Restocks emergency code cart trays and prepares and maintains corresponding logs and records.

+ Assists nursing staff in completing scheduled controlled substance inventory.

+ Performs all automated dispensing functions. Provides training to new technicians in job duties, procedures, and techniques.

+ Prepares and maintains related logs and records.

+ Maintains neatness and organization of work area.

+ Answers, screens, and routes telephone calls as needed.

+ Refers any medical/drug information questions or administrative inquiries to the pharmacist.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

+ Ability to operate independently.

+ Ability to apply effective techniques and processes resulting in nearly zero errors or defects.

+ Extensive knowledge of complex hospital medication use system.

+ Ability to recognize and escalate problems.

+ Strong communication and organizational skills.

+ Proficient knowledge of basic computer skills.

+ Strong attention to detail.

+ Non–sterile compounding path.

+ Pediatric pharmaceutical calculations.

+ Complex Non-sterile compounding AND/OR Sterile compounding path.

+ Pediatric pharmaceutical calculations.

+ Sterile compounding.

+ Patient-specific sterile refill batch fulfillment, patient-specific new sterile order fulfillment.

+ At least one of the following: Non-patient specific ICU batch fill, ED Pharmacy Tech, Infusion Clinic, parenteral nutrition or chemotherapy.

Requirements:

+ Current registration as a Pharmacy Technician by the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy.

+ Current certification by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or National Healthcare Association.

+ Minimum 2 years of Pharmacy Technician experience, including at least 1 year in a hospital setting.

+ High School Diploma or equivalent.

+ Completion of a Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy approved training program or a minimum of 500 hours worked as a pharmacy technician trainee.

Boston Children’s Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits.Office/Site Location:BostonRegular, Temporary, Per Diem:Regular Remote Eligibility :Onsite Only