Pharmacy Technician

Location: CHA Everett Hospital

Work Days: 8‑hour shifts. Days, evenings, weekends, holidays.

Category: Pharmacy

Department: InPt Pharmacy Operations at EH

Job Type: Full time

Work Shift: Various shifts

Hours/Week: 40.00

Union Name: SEIU 1199

At Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), the Inpatient Pharmacy has the best of both worlds – an innovative academic environment while working in a community hospital setting. The inpatient pharmacy is a dynamic department with cutting‑edge clinical services and state‑of‑the‑art automation and technology. We utilize EPIC for our Electronic Health Record (EHR), Pyxis technology for dispensing and have bedside barcoding implemented in all inpatient areas.

The services we provide are performed with a focus on optimizing clinical outcomes and patient safety, increasing patient satisfaction and improving the financial sustainability of the organization.

The inpatient pharmacy staff is comprised of a team of Clinical Specialists, Staff Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Interns who work collaboratively to ensure safe medication dispensing, compounding and distribution. Our pharmacy technicians are crucial to the success of the Pharmacy Enterprise.

• Sterile and non‑sterile compounding
• Medication preparation for dispensing
• Medication delivery to patient care areas
• Inventory and record‑keeping management
• Triaging of phone calls from patient care areas
• Pyxis medication station restocking and troubleshooting
• Inspections of hospital and clinic medication storage areas

• Current technician registration in good standing from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy, or eligibility for registration in MA. Candidates without an active MA registration must register within 1,000 hours of employment at CHA; failure to register will result in discontinuation of employment.
• High school diploma or G.E.D. certificate.
• Minimum of one year experience as a pharmacy technician (desired).
• Completion of a Board of Pharmacy‑approved certifying body pharmacy technician certification examination (desired).

Please note that the final offer may vary within the listed Pay Range, based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity.

We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. We will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs or other remarks that create an offensive or hostile work environment.

• Entry level

• Full‑time

• Health Care Provider

• Hospitals and Health Care