About this role
General Information:
Job title: Pharmacy Technician
Schedule: Full-time, 80 hours per pay period; Rotating 8 hour shifts, scheduled between 8:00am and 7:00pm (rotation of 8 hour shifts)
Weekend rotation: Rotation required; minimum every 5th Saturday - 8:00am-1:00pm
Holiday rotation: Paid Holidays (Closed most holidays.)
Position Summary:
The Pharmacy Technician position performs many pharmacy-related functions under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist and performs all administrative functions of the department that do not require professional judgment or extensive technical training.
Position Responsibilities:
- Assist patients who are dropping off or picking up prescription orders.
- Enters prescription refills into the computer.
- Creates a profile of the patient's health and insurance information in the computer or updates the patient's profile.
- Verifies that the customer receives correct prescription(s) at point of sale.
- Completes daily distribution center medication orders, places orders on shelves, and verifies all associated paperwork.
- Communicates with the Pharmacy Assistant to perform additional purchasing and special inventory control activities, placing orders where approved.
- Assists the pharmacist with filling and labeling prescriptions, leaving dispensing container and bulk container for pharmacist verification.
- Prepares the pharmacy inventory.
- Screens telephone calls for the pharmacist.
- Compounds oral solutions, ointments, and creams.
- Prepackages bulk medications.
- Packages and labels unit dose drugs under supervision and final appraisal of the pharmacist.
- Maintains knowledge of loss prevention techniques.
- Perform other related duties as needed.
Adhere Pack Input Technician Duties - as needed
- Processing adhere pack refills every month or if indicated, every 90 days.
- Ensuring profit margins and working rejections to ensure payment.
- Close monitoring of Adhere pack patients profiles to ensure medication accuracy and adequate refills.
- Contacting prescribers via fax or by phone to obtain refills for patient.
- Running reports to ensure adequate stock for Adhere pack patients.
- Ordering medications through the drug distributors.
- Monitoring adhere pack patient charge accounts.
- Reporting delinquent accounts to pharmacy manager.
- Communicate with adhere pack patients regarding bills, issues, or any other information regarding their medications.
- Perform other related duties as needed.
Position Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Pharmacy Technician certification required within 12 months of hire date.
- Pharmacy technician registration is required or applied for prior to starting employment.
- 1+ years related work experience required.
- Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail required.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Intermediate to expert proficiency with computers is required.
- Knowledge of drugs, maintaining a sterile field, and handling hazardous materials.
- Strong quantitative and analytical competency.
- Self-starter with excellent interpersonal communication, oral and written communication, and problem-solving skills.