Pharmacy Technician II (Nights) Full-Time - Atlantic Health System

Responsible for filling prescriptions under the supervision of Pharmacist in the Hospital Pharmacy. Processes records of medication and equipment dispensed to hospital patients, computes charges, and enters data in the system. Implements inventory control processes and systems and orders stock and merchandise within regulatory guidelines.


Principal Accountabilities:

1. Mixes pharmaceutical preparations, fills bottles with prescribed tablets and capsules, and types out labels for bottles. 
2. Receives and stores incoming supplies, counts stock, and enters data in computer to maintain inventory records. 
3. Prepares intravenous (IV) packs using sterile technique under the supervision of the hospital pharmacist. 
4. Cleans equipment and sterilizes glassware according to prescribed methods. 
5. Types and files reports and completes forms as directed. 
6. Fills routine prescriptions with prepackaged pharmaceuticals and resolves queries related to prescriptions.
7. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Since 1932, Newton Medical Center has been providing care to the people of Sussex and warren counties in New Jersey, Pike County in Pennsylvania and southern Orange County in New York. We are home to the Center for Breast Health, the only one of its kind in Sussex County, addressing all of a woman’s breast health needs with state-of-the-art technology, resources, education, support and follow-up care. Newton Medical Center recently achieved the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Pathway to Excellence designation and is one of a select few health care facilities in New Jersey accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in all three echocardiography procedures: adult transthoracic, adult transesophogeal and adult stress.Atlantic Health System Pharmacy Departments service multiple outpatient areas, including several infusion centers, retail pharmacy services, and health clinics. At Morristown Medical Center and Newton Medical Center we have full-service retail pharmacies. They provide prescription medication services to patients and the local community in a convenient location on the first floor of the hospital, inside the Corner Store Gift Shop at Morristown and behind the coffee shop at Newton adjacent to the main entrance. A convenient service provided in our retail pharmacies is having your prescriptions you receive at discharge filled and ready for pick-up before you leave to go home. That means the discharge process will be a little easier for you and your family or friends since there is no need to stop at your retail pharmacy on the way home.The Pharmacy Departmentalsoworks with physicians and nurses to ensure that medications used at Atlantic Health System are safe and effective. Pharmacists are integrated into your care teams to provide real time medication information and help you get the most benefit from your medications.