78352BRJob Posting Title:Pharmacy TechnicianDepartment:Patient Services-PharmacyAutoReqId:78352BRStatus:Full-TimeStandard Hours per Week:40 Job Posting Category:PharmacyJob Posting Description:Boston Children's is looking for Pharmacy Technician II and Pharmacy Technician III candidates to fill our 40 hour positions. We have 3 shifts available depending upon availability: + Rotating days working primarily days(7:00am- 3:30pm or 7:30am to 4:00pm) with evening shift a week and every third weekend. + Evenings-2:30pm to 11:00pm with every third weekend. + Overnights - 11:00pm to 7:30am with every third weekend We are offering a $5000 sign on bonus for these 40 hour positions. All of Technician MUST have the PTCB or NHA certification. Principal Duties and Responsibilities- level III will have additional duties: + 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 + Monitors, restocks, and rotates supplies, including controlled substances, removing and replacing outdated products, and processing related patient charges and credits.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. + Prepares and maintains related logs and records. + 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. + 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