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Join Our Team as a Pharmacy Technician!

Are you a dedicated pharmacy technician looking for an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic and supportive environment? We are seeking motivated individuals to join our team. As a Pharmacy Technician, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the safe and efficient preparation and distribution of medications. Shifts will primarily be during daylight/evening hours with occasional night shift coverage. This position will also have weekend and holiday responsibilities. The hours are subject to change based on the business needs of the department. UPMC St. Margaret offers onsite parking, a competitive wage, and a generous total reward benefit package.

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_The Pharmacy Technician is a valued step in UPMC pharmacy Career Ladder. The final candidate will be placed in the appropriate title and pay rate depending on education and experience._

Pharmacy Technician Associate

Filling

+ Prepare cytotoxic and hazardous drugs (e.g., chemotherapy) using aseptic technique.

+ Prepare oral and injectable medications, including IV admixtures and TPN, for correct patients.

+ Fill medication orders with proper labeling, counting, and stocking.

General

+ Maintain inventory levels in pharmacy stock rooms, medication carousels, and dispensing machines.

+ Ensure proper hand hygiene in pharmacy and units.

+ Finalize sales and follow cash handling procedures.

+ Store medications securely per regulations.

+ Train pharmacy personnel and students.

+ Comply with Federal and State laws (HIPAA, OSHA, etc.).

+ Participate in quality improvement activities.

+ Provide and receive information to/from hospital personnel, patients, and visitors.

+ Maintain patient information, records, and pharmacy computer systems.

+ Keep documentation (eye wash logs, refrigerator logs, etc.).

+ Audit and maintain controlled substance records.

Distribution

+ Retrieve and return discontinued medications.

+ Distribute medications, including cassettes, emergency carts, and controlled substances.

+ Develop positive service relationships during medication distribution.

Investigational

+ Assist with investigational and study drugs' procurement, storage, preparation, and distribution.

Pharmacy Technician IntermediateGeneral

+ Maintain a clean, organized, and adequately stocked work environment.

+ Maintain all required documentation (e.g., eye wash logs, refrigerator logs, inventory logs).

+ Ensure safe and secure medication storage per regulatory standards.

+ Comply with Federal and State laws (HIPAA, OSHA, FWA, CMS).

+ Participate in departmental quality improvement activities.

+ Use computer systems to manage patient records and pharmacy operations.

+ Finalize sales using cash register and follow proper cash handling procedures.

+ Audit and maintain accurate records for controlled substances.

+ Procure and maintain inventory levels in stock rooms, carousels, and dispensing machines.

+ Communicate with hospital personnel, patients, and visitors; refer drug questions to pharmacists.

+ Maintain and update automated med stations, unit stock, emergency boxes, and crash carts.

Filling

+ Work in Sterile Product area preparing cytotoxic and hazardous drugs using aseptic technique.

+ Assist in filling medication orders with correct labeling, counting, and stocking.

+ Assist in preparing oral and injectable medications (IV admixtures, TPN) using proper technique.

Distribution

+ Develop and maintain positive service relationships during medication distribution.

+ Participate in distribution of medication cassettes, emergency carts, and controlled substances.

+ Retrieve and return discontinued medications for credit if applicable.

Investigational

+ Assist in procurement, accountability, storage, preparation, and distribution of investigational drugs..

Associate:

Starting Rate: $18.04

Qualifications:

+ Completion of high school diploma or equivalent required AND one of the following:

+ Completion of an accredited pharmacy technician program

+ Six months of previous pharmacy technician experience

+ Six months experience as a Pharmacy Assistant within the UPMC Health System

+ Enrollment in an undergraduate pharmacy program and in good standingIntermediate:Starting Rate: $18.24QualificationsQUALITY IMPROVEMENT

+ Lead contributor/developer in departmental and collaborative quality improvement initiatives.

+ Assist with data collection, program implementation, and reporting of results.PRIOR AUTHORIZATION PROCESSING

+ High-level knowledge of insurance prior authorization processes.

+ Communicate with patients and healthcare providers.

+ Understand required documentation from medical records and pharmacy benefit websites.

+ Complete paperwork and assist with follow-up for approval.MEDICATION ACCESS AND ADHERENCE

+ Support financial coordination for patients using:

+ Copay assistance

+ Manufacturer assistance programs

+ Foundation assistance

+ UPMC programs

+ Promote adherence through:

+ Refill coordination

+ Medication synchronizationDECENTRAL PARTICIPATION

+ Engage in decentralized technician activities:

+ Automation management

+ Cassette exchange

+ Expiration return

+ Provide customer service to nurses during drug distribution.

+ Monitor pharmacy operations:

+ Turnaround time

+ Stockouts

+ Missing doses

+ Central drop

+ AcuDose footprintsMEDICATION RECONCILIATION

+ Interview patients/caregivers for admission medication info.

+ Enter data into electronic chart for pharmacist review.

+ Coordinate medication changes during hospital stay.

+ Ensure discharge prescriptions are filled, including:

+ Transporting prescriptions

+ Coordinating payment with outpatient pharmacyAUTOMATION

+ Skilled in pharmacy automation technologies:

+ RobotRx

+ Packaging operationsOR SERVICES

+ Assist with daily operating room pharmacy tasks:

+ Syringe preparation

+ Kit and tray filling

+ Room box setup

+ Manage inventory and ordering for OR satellites.INVENTORY PROCESSES

+ Understand best practices for inventory control, ordering, and receiving.

+ Knowledgeable in laws, regulations, and procurement policies.NON-STERILE PACKAGING

+ Package oral dosage forms, including liquids, using pharmacy packaging systems.CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE HANDLING

+ Assist with ordering, receiving, and filling controlled substances.

+ Maintain inventory documentation per Federal, State, and Department regulations.CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC PREPARATION

+ Prepare cytotoxic and hazardous drugs (e.g., chemotherapy) in sterile product area with high skill.STERILE COMPOUNDING

+ Compound IV medications using aseptic technique.

+ Generate sterile product reports and labels via pharmacy system.

+ Discontinue IV solutions accurately.

+ Perform calculations for nutritional solution preparation.

+ Note: Non-licensed Pharmacy Technicians in New York cannot perform sterile compounding.

+ ORDER ENTRY

+ Assist with medication order entry into pharmacy system, including IV admixtures and TPN, under pharmacist supervision.

+ ADJUDICATION/BILLING

+ Submit prescription info to correct insurance processor.

+ Troubleshoot and resolve rejected claims.

+ Coordinate multiple benefit payers (e.g., Medicare).

+ Obtain necessary paperwork, including assignment of benefit forms.

+ High school diploma or equivalent OR completion of accredited pharmacy technician program.

+ Plus one of the following:

+ Two years of pharmacy technician experience OR

+ Enrollment in good standing as a pharmacy student.

+ Demonstrated competency in three (3) of the following fourteen (14) skills listed aboveLicensure, Certifications, and Clearances:Non-licensed Pharmacy Technicians, working in a New York facility are not permitted to perform Sterile Compounding. UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran