Pharmacy Technician

Penn Medicine is a leading academic medical center dedicated to providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine.

As a Pharmacy Technician with Penn Medicine, you will be part of a collaborative team that works together to deliver exceptional patient care.

Responsibilities:

• Follows all procedures and techniques for aseptic preparation of parenteral products.
• Performs compounding of pharmaceutical preparations, including large volume parenteral solutions, intravenous piggybacks, epidural solutions, dialysis solutions, syringe products, and TPN solutions as assigned.
• Assist Nurses in locating medications for their patients.
• Assist with medication movement for patients transferred from ED to an inpatient unit or discharged from ED.
• Maintains medication inventory by assisting in ordering and receiving medication from wholesalers and vendors, completing paperwork relative to orders received, stocking all pharmacy areas, and maintaining inventory expiration records.
• Assists with medication inventory control on each nursing unit by performing nursing station reviews, stocking code cart trays, Pyxis, McKesson PROmanager and MedCarousel and resolving Pyxis drawer errors.
• Assists in the provision of pharmacy services to hospital inpatients and outpatients by assisting the pharmacists in dispensing functions, including accurately filling and labeling of all new and refill medications; filling of unit dose patient bins via the clinical computer system and McKesson automation; timely delivery of medications; restocking and maintaining medications in Pyxis devices and medication cabinets.

Required Certifications:

• Lic-Pharmacy Technician Registration (Required)
• Certified Pharmacy Technician - PTCB/ CPHT
• Valid Driver's License

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• H.S. Diploma/GED (Required)
• High school graduate (college degree preferred) One year recent hospital pharmacy technical experience or several years of relevant pharmacy experience preferred.

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy.

Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.