Pharmacy Technician Trainee

8w1 month ago

Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Boston, US · Temporary · $35,000 – $45,000

About this role

The Pharmacy Technician Trainee is a training position to become a Pharmacy Technician once successfully completing the Massachusetts Board-approved pharmacy technician assessment examination after working a minimum of 500 hours of employment. Since 1985, BHCHP’s mission has been to ensure unconditionally equitable and dignified access to the highest quality health care for all individuals and families experiencing homelessness in greater Boston.

The Pharmacy Technician Trainee is responsible for helping the Pharmacists perform daily tasks to serve patients. Their duties include filling and labeling prescriptions, interacting with patients to answer questions or giving them their prescriptions, and contacting patients to notify them when their prescription is ready. They also support pharmacy services by stocking, preparing and distributing medications.

BHCHP’s clinicians, case managers, and behavioral health professionals work in more than 30 locations to serve some of our community’s most vulnerable—and most resilient—citizens. Our work centers dignity, compassion, mutual respect and supporting the right of every individual to access the highest levels of health care.

After working a minimum of 500 hours, you become eligible to take the Massachusetts Board-approved pharmacy technician assessment examination to become a full Pharmacy Technician. This training role offers a pathway to certification within a unionized environment represented by 1199 SEIU.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years old.
High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
Previous experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting.
State licensure/registration as a pharmacy technician trainee.
Experience managing multiple competing priorities; excellent prioritization skills.
Commitment to maintaining a safe and clean pharmacy environment.

Responsibilities

Supports pharmacy services by stocking, preparing and distributing medications.
Helps health care providers and patients by greeting them professionally, answering questions and requests, and referring inquiries to the pharmacist.
Maintains pharmacy inventory, anticipating needed medications and supplies, placing and expediting orders, verifying receipt, and removing outdated drugs.
Ensures separation of 340B drug inventories as applicable.
Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
Prepares medications for pharmacists to dispense by interpreting medication orders and prescriptions, preparing labels, and calculating quantities.
Interacts with patients to answer questions or give them their prescriptions and contacts patients to notify them when their prescription is ready.

Benefits

Union membership through 1199 SEIU.
Opportunity to become a full Pharmacy Technician after completing 500 hours and passing the state exam.
Working with a mission-driven organization serving vulnerable populations.
Dignified and compassionate work environment centered on mutual respect.