Pharmacy Technician / Underfill Pharm Tech Trainee

Pharmacy Technician / Underfill Pharm Tech Trainee University of Connecticut - 4.2 Farmington, CT Job Details Full-time | Contract 1 day ago Benefits On-the-job training Qualifications Basic math PTCB Certification High school diploma or

GED Full Job Description Additional Links:

This position is Benefit eligible; click here for an overview of available benefits. This position is covered by the 1199 Bargaining Unit; click here to review the current 1199 Contract. This position is in Salary Group FK-13 for Pharm Tech; Salary Group FK-09 for Pharm Tech Trainee; click here to review the current 1199 FK Pay Plan. Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership and Innovation. These values define UConn Health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add a Pharmacy Technician Trainee to our growing Pharmacy team. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer and patient experience, we want to hear from you

THIS IS AN UNDER-FILL OF PHARMACY TECHNICIAN

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UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE TRAINING PERIOD AND ACQUIRING REQUIRED CREDENTIALS, INCUMBENT MAY BE PROMOTED TO PHARMACY TECHNICIAN.

Incumbents must be willing to train and obtain required pharmacy technician DCP license and PTCB board certification within 2 years of employment, extensions of an additional six months to one year may be considered on a case-by-case basis. At UConn Health, this class is accountable for receiving on the job training in all areas of the functional operation of the Pharmacy Department including assisting in a variety of methods and procedures in the labeling, dispensing, distribution of drugs and formulations and clerical recordkeeping duties. This position will work in the UConn Health Pharmacy located in Farmington, CT.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Works under the close supervision of a licensed pharmacist.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

: Receives training in procedures for stocking and maintaining inventory in stockroom supply cabinets, distribution of floor stock to patient units, delivering, labeling and packaging of drug orders and prescriptions; assists pharmacist in formulation of sterile product for reconstitution, hyperalimentation solution and formulation programs, preparation of intravenous admixtures and unit dose medications from patient medication profile; keeps records; picks up medication orders from various supervisors offices and returns completed orders to respective units; checks all items for integrity and expiration charts; maintains all work areas in a clean and orderly fashion; attends training programs; performs related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

PHARMACY

TECHNICIAN

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL

AND ABILITY

One (1) year experience performing technical pharmacy duties. Position requires candidates to be registered with the Department of Consumer Protection as Pharmacy Technician Must be a Board-Certified Pharmacy Technician (PTCB).

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN TRAINEE

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL

AND ABILITY

Ability to perform basic mathematical computations and clerical tasks; ability to follow basic instructions; ability to communicate effectively with others.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING PHARMACY TECH TRAINEE

General Experience:

Graduation from high school or completion of an equivalent program.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT

Incumbents in this class may be required to travel. Incumbents must be able to walk and stand for working hours.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

Currently licensed in CT as Pharmacy Tech or Pharmacy Intern.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Incumbents in this class may have significant exposure to communicable and/or infectious diseases and risk of injury from assaultive and/or abusive patients and may be exposed to disagreeable conditions and may be required to do some lifting.

SCHEDULE

Full time, 80 hours every two weeks, primarily evenings to work between the hours of 12:00 pm and 11:30 pm. Shifts included in this schedule are variable to 12:00 pm to 8:30 pm, 2:00 pm to 10:30 pm and 3:00 pm to 11:30 pm. Schedule includes nights, weekends and holidays as assigned, 30-minute unpaid meal break. Why UConn Health UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.