Pharmacy Technician

Responsibilities

• Types all of the following as required: letters, memos, reports, forms, requisitions, bills, prescription labels and product labels.
• Performs routine office duties such as answering telephone, taking messages, distributing mail, operating office machines, conducting inventories, ordering and receiving goods, maintaining records, and keeping abreast of information concerning addition and deletions of products.
• Maintains and retrieves departmental files such as correspondence, licenses, indexing mechanism for locating drugs, new products and drug information, drug information requests, prescriptions, profile cards, cash receipts and records of issuance for exempt narcotics, syringes, needles, etc.
• Affords assessments, organizes, and coordinates workload with scheduled medications to maximize productivity.
• Performs distribution and billing and crediting functions in the unit dose drug system and the outpatient pharmacy in an accurate, prompt and efficient manner.
• Maintains a sufficient inventory of supplies and pharmaceuticals by conducting inventories, order and receive goods, maintaining records of status of orders, and keeps abreast of information concerning addition and deletions of products.
• Stocks drugs on shelves or in storage area and rotates stock to prevent having expired drugs on hand and maintains on a monthly basis a record of expiration dates of drugs.
• Completes automated dispensing machine (e.g. Pyxis), medication/maintenance via the filling, loading/unloading, generating reports, removing expired medications, and any other assigned tasks.
• Demonstrates competencies in compounding sterile products as necessary.
• Maintains crash cart and emergency medication supplies.
• Enters medication orders, credits, charges, floor stock usage, patients’ demographic information, and any other pertinent information.
• Maintains comprehensive drug references including current drug formulary noting the additions and deletions.
• Provides medication information as necessary (refers questions to a pharmacist, if applicable).
• Updates patient profile for pharmacist review.
• Repackages and labels medications for later use.
• Assists with the drug distribution system by delivering medication orders or prescriptions, filling nit dose cart or prescription dosages, and delivering drugs to nursing stations or patients.
• Stocks the pharmacy with the required bottles, vials, and other necessities.
• Aids in the general maintenance and neatness of the pharmacy maintaining an aseptic work environment.
• May assist in drug-therapy related research.
• May prepare prescriptions for mailing.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Minimum Work Experience: Six to 12 months of pharmacy experience preferred.
• Required Licenses/Certifications: National Technician Certification, Registration with the Board of Pharmacy as a pharmacy technician (Kentucky and West Virginia) or technician trainee (West Virginia only).
• Required Skills, Knowledge And Abilities: Complete Pharmacy math and computer proficiency exams.