Outpatient Pharmacy Technician ( Full-time, Overnights, 7on/7off)

Responsibilities

• Prepares medications for dispensing under the supervision of the pharmacist, demonstrating accuracy, precision, and consistency relating to selection, packaging, and labeling functions.
• Prepackages bulk medications, compounds oral solutions, ointments and creams under supervision of the pharmacist.
• Assists patients who are dropping off and/or picking up prescription orders. At point of sale, verifies that customer receives the correct prescription(s).
• Sorts, credits and re-stocks medications as appropriate when they are not dispensed to patients.
• Prepares the pharmacy inventory, completes orders for drugs and supplies from the storeroom and/or distributor, receive drugs and stock shelves, and verify all associated paperwork.
• Assists in the creation, handling, processing and maintenance of a variety of pharmacy records, to promote efficient operation of the pharmacy and regulatory compliance.
• Answers telephone using appropriate etiquette, screens and triages telephone/counter inquiries.
• Assures work for each shift is completed prior to departure.
• Maintains dispensing area in a neat, orderly, and clean condition as observed by the pharmacist.
• Retrieves and interprets prescriptions, performs pharmaceutical calculations, taking into account patient and drug characteristics, enters prescriptions, patient health information and insurance information into the clinical pharmacy information system for pharmacist review.
• Communicates with insurance carriers to obtain payment for prescription claims. Facilitates employee payroll deduction and/or medical billing for payment capture when appropriate.
• Demonstrates a thorough understanding of and compliance with procedures for handling controlled substances and specialty pharmaceuticals.
• Serves as a training resource for new technicians and assists in evaluating their progress as directed.
• Assists in maintaining proper inventory and control of drugs and supplies purchased by the pharmacy.

Requirements

• Certified Pharmacy Technician - PTCB (Required)
• H.S. Diploma/GED (Required)
• Completion of ASHP accredited (or comparable) pharmacy technician training program preferred.
• 2+ years previous pharmacy experience (Equivalent Experience).

Qualifications

None specified.

Skills

None specified.

Benefits

None specified.

Pay

Up to $2,500 sign-on bonus offered.

Schedule

Third Shift/ 7 on - 7 off schedule - Thur through Wed Thursday 8pm-7am, Friday 8pm -7am, Sat -Wed 9pm-7am