Job DescriptionThe Certified Pharmacy Technician prepares, under Mount Sinai Pharmacy guidelines, pharmaceutical orders for patient care areas, maintains adequate stock levels, reviews medical areas for expired drugs, maintains refrigeration temperature logs, and provides general assistance to pharmacists.Responsibilities1.Fills medication orders accurately.2.Retrieves and delivers medication in a timely fashion.3.Maintains adequate stock levels in the pharmacy and does not over-stock.4.Prepares/ checks Urgent Use Stock orders for patient care areas accurately and does not over-stock.5.Reviews medication areas for expired drugs in a timely fashion.6.Maintains medication refrigerator temperature logs in pharmacy areas and nursing units (as assigned).7.Determines the intravenous antibiotic needs of each of the satellite units at the beginning of the shift.8.Prepares Laminar Flow Hood for usage.9.Operates the Baxa pump.10.Reconstitutes antibiotic piggyback bottles with the proper diluents using aseptic technique.11.Defrosts frozen antibiotic intravenous mini-bags.12.Prepares antibiotic concentrate and aseptically adds to diluents mini-bags.13.Rotates all antibiotic products to maintain the maximum expiration and properly disposes of all expired products.14.Fills orders for satellites not involved with centralized IV program.15.Maintains the area in a neat and hygienic manner.16.Properly disposes of all intravenous needles and tubing and equipment.17.Assists in maintaining all required records.18.Provides general assistance to the pharmacist.19.Maintains inventory of all needed intravenous supplies.20.Prepares all pre-manufactured I.V.s with patient label to be checked by pharmacist.21.Delivery of patient IVs to nursing units.22.Performs all related duties as required.Qualifications
- HS/GED; Graduate of an approved pharmacy technician training program, OR an advanced degree, i.e. a Pharmacy Degree from another country OR relevant experience.
- 1-2 years relevant experience as a hospital pharmacy technician preferred: IV experience preferred
Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSH, 977 - Contract Pharmacy - MSH, Mount Sinai HospitalAbout Us
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About the Mount Sinai Health System: Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high Honor Roll status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's The World's Best Smart Hospitals ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally. The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.
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