Pharmacy Technician - Per Diem

Pharmacy Technician - Per Diem

Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking a Pharmacy Technician - Per Diem to assist licensed pharmacists with medication preparation, inventory, and delivery of medications to patient care areas.

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Together we keep getting better — advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

• Inventory – maintains accurate and appropriate inventories of medications and supplies. Supports the drug inventory process including rotation and restocking of drug dispensing areas with drugs and supplies needed to process patient medication orders.
• Regulatory compliance – maintains a safe and clean work area by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Communication and teamwork – communicates with other team members, physicians and patients in an effective and positive manner.
• Prepares intravenous admixtures according to established aseptic techniques and department policies under supervision of a registered pharmacist; assists in accurately labeling and dispensing inpatient unit dose medications and delivers medications to patient care areas as needed.
• Assists in compounding medication by means of weighing, measuring, mixing, blending, filtering, distilling, emulsifying, and titrating according to standard pharmacy practices and department policy.
• Delivers and fills controlled substances and other medications to nursing units’ automated medication dispensing cabinets (ADC) timely and accurately; assists in reconciling all narcotic discrepancies on a daily basis.
• Prepares and loads and unloads medications into ADC with appropriate barcode scanning.
• Answers phones according to established etiquette and directs calls to the proper personnel.
• Prepares and packages hazardous medications and other medications requiring special handling for subsequent administration to patients under supervision of the pharmacist.
• Maintains all necessary paperwork, legal documents, and records for all medications prepared for administration.
• Participates in departmental quality‑assurance and safety activities for drug usage, infection control, and handling hazardous materials according to state/federal regulations and departmental policy; assists in the collection and review of patient‑specific data used by pharmacists for monitoring drug therapy.
• Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner to ensure personal safety and that of coworkers, and reports all preventable hazards and unsafe practices immediately to management.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• Effective oral and written English communication.
• Strong ability to multitask.
• Ability and willingness to work cooperatively with others.

• At least one year of pharmacy experience (outpatient or inpatient).

• Valid New Jersey Pharmacy Technician License.
• PTCB or ExCPT Certification required within 6 months of start of employment (exceptions for those hired prior to July 2024 or actively enrolled in an ACPE accredited school of pharmacy or another allied health program).

Lifts a minimum of 5 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 5 lbs. and stands a minimum of 4 hours a day.

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market‑competitive total rewards package. The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not…