Outpatient Pharmacy Technician - Kailua Kona - On Call

About the role

Supports and provides care for your community. Enables extraordinary moments.

Responsibilities

• Fills, packages, and provides medication.
• Restocks to fixed levels and compounds or repackages following established policies, practices, procedures or specific instructions and within Federal and State statutes and regulations.
• Processes Clinic and Hospital Drug Requisitions. Receives, fills drug and medical supply requests. Checks stock levels per schedule. Removes outdated goods and replenishes to fixed levels.
• Fills and updates unit dose cassettes per determined supply.
• Aids in the provision of medication (checked by pharmacist), OTC product, or supplies to correct patient in a helpful and caring manner. Refers all consultation function to pharmacist. Collects money if needed.
• Picks-up and delivers medications and supplies to designated areas or persons per schedule (e.g. unit dose exchange, control substance, floor stock).
• Calculates price for prescriptions or orders. Sells non-prescription drugs. Collects cash, check, or credit card payments for all collectible services. Verifies information is accurate on all checks. Assures valid authorization is received for all credit card payments. Validates checks and credit slips and issues receipts accordingly.
• Balances monies, checks, and credit card charge documents daily against cash register receipts. Reconciles any discrepancy. Prepares bank deposit.
• Gathers and computes data and information for variety of needs pertaining to health plan, non-plan, special and routine reports, studies, and statistics as necessary.
• Maintains accurate OTC charge schedules and price lists, adjusts changes.
• Orders routine bank supplies for cashiering area. Assures all equipment in cashiering area is operating in acceptable manner. Advises supervisor of any malfunctions and/or Reports same to appropriate service company.
• Maintains appropriate level of drugs and supplies for operations.
• Orders, receives, stores, returns, credits, and discards drugs and supplies.
• Packs, compounds, reconstitutes, and distributes inventory for issue, transfer or dispensing.
• Fills prescriptions and any transaction document of pharmacy operations timely and appropriately.
• Accepts responsibility for resolving immediate problems and accomplishing assigned tasks and reporting irregularities.
• Inspects and maintains work area and equipment in organized, clean, safe, and efficient working condition.
• Observes and complies with departments policies and procedures and organizations house rules such as but not limited to safety, attendance, proper attire, and continuing education.
• Navigates the Hiring Process

Qualifications

• Previous pharmacy experience required or in a pharmacy technician training program.
• High school diploma or equivalent related experience.
• Pharmacy Technician Certificate from Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.
• Demonstrated ability to safely handle and/or prepare compounds such as chemotherapeutic agents, biologicals or other medications.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability customer service, oral communication, multi-tasking, teamwork, and written communication.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications.