Registered Pharmacy Technician I Trainee
Mount Nittany Health · mountnittany.org
State CollegeOn-siteIntern
The job in short
Pharmacy technician trainee.
NursingPharmacy
Details
- Found
- 23 d ago · posted 2026-08-04
- Location as listed
- State College, PA, United States
- Role
- Pharmacy Technician
- Source
- The company’s own careers site
Full description
POSITION SUMMARY
Performs various duties that provide dispensing support to the Pharmacists under their direct supervision.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education:
• High school education or equivalent required.
Experience:
• No previous experience required, but prior experience preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
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Proficiency in Mathematics.
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Proficient technology skills.
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Strong attention to detail.
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Maintain a clean and organized work environment.
License/Certification/Registration:
• Registration with the Pennsylvania Pharmacy Board as a Pharmacy Technician Trainee required.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED
Receives direct supervision from the Pharmacy Manager, Supervisors, and Staff Pharmacists. Receives guidance from Pharmacy Technician IV.
SUPERVISION GIVEN
None
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
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Maintain security and proper storage of sterile products and reconstituted injectables.
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Deliver controlled substances to nursing stations and Automated Dispensing Machines (ADM’s) after Pharmacist dispensing, completes all required electronic documentation, and returns ADM receipts to the Pharmacist.
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Deliver medications to patient care units, patient rooms, and designed storage areas, ensuring security and accuracy.
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Accurately process provider orders and maintain hard-copy downtime records.
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Manage incoming telephone calls, collect relevant information, and triage calls appropriately.
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Tend to pharmacy doors and service windows.
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Process unit-dosing drug supplies and accurately fill patient medications per system refill list.
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Reconcile patient accounts by adjusting returned doses as needed.
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Stock and replenish medications in all patient units and ADMS as required.
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Perform billing, charging, and crediting functions in compliance with corporate guidelines.
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Conduct monthly inventory checks for assigned storage locations, monitoring expiration dates, storage conditions, and quantities.
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Operate and maintain solid and liquid unit-dose repackaging systems.
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Perform daily Code Cart quality control checks for assigned area(s).
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Maintain pharmacy records not captured by EHR.
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Facilitate efficient product transportation by operating the pneumatic tube system.
Provide excellent customer service to health system staff, patients, and visitors.
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Complies with the safety program in accordance with health system policies:
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Attends assigned safety training sessions.
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Complies with health system safety policies and encourages persons under his/her direction to do the same.
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Documents attendance at required training on Staff Development/Education and Training Record.
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A Pharmacy Technician I - Trainee may not perform the following duties:
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Accept or transcribe an oral order or telephone prescription.
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Enter or be in a pharmacy if a pharmacist is not on duty.
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Perform any act within the practice of pharmacy that involves discretion or independent professional judgment.
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Perform a duty until trained and the duty has been specified in a written protocol
NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Performs related and miscellaneous duties as assigned.
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