Pharmacy Tech II-Float - Kelsey Seybold Clinic Main Campus

About the role

Pursue your passion and potential. Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation's leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston.

Responsibilities

• Counts, pours, and packages medication, following all prescription error prevention procedures, for review by the Pharmacist
• Enters prescription and patient information into the pharmacy computer system
• Retrieves medication from stock
• Refers medical, prescription, or other appropriate questions or phone calls to Pharmacist
• Verifies that customer receives correct prescription(s) at point of sale
• Enters sales on cash register, process payments, and bags merchandise at end of sale
• Enters refill requests in IDX, Contacts physician's office or refill hotline regarding refill authorizations
• Answers and transfers phone calls
• Moves stock from storage to OTC area, follow plan-o-gram to stock shelves, label OTC products and shelves, complete OTC price changes, and change ad signs
• Stocks pharmacy shelves and removes out-dated over the counter (OTC) stock, returns, call-ins, etc. from shelves and complete paperwork for returning goods
• Aids customers in locating OTC needs
• Cleans shelves, counters, bins, etc.
• Attends meetings as designated

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Completion of Technician training program
• 2+ years of retail pharmacy experience OR Completion of an Accredited Pharmacy Technician Program
• TSBP Registration
• Proven to read merchandise labels and invoices; to ask and answer questions over the phone; to write information on prescriptions
• Proven ability to communicate with customers to handle complaints and problems
• Proven to operate computer terminal for processing prescriptions
• Math cash handling - Proven ability to add and subtract; able to make change; able complete daily cash report
• Type 20 WPM
• Stress Tolerance - Proven to receive prescriptions and ring up sales in a fast paced environment
• Physical stamina - Proven to work in fast paced environment, and maneuver around pharmacy

Qualifications

• Prior pharmacy technician experience
• PTCB Certification preferred
• HMO and 3rd party managed care experience preferred
• Proven to know when to refer questions, problems, and complaints to a pharmacist
• 10 key by touch

Skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Computer literacy

Benefits

In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).