Pharmacy Technician

About the role

KabaFusion is a leading home infusion company with a national network of pharmacies and nursing offices across 40+ states. Founded in 2010, the company has grown into the largest privately held home infusion company in the country.

Responsibilities

• Assists the pharmacist in organizing the pharmacy workload.
• Performs prescription/order data entry, generates prescription labels, compounding documents and delivery slips under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.
• Compounds and prepares pharmaceuticals, supplies and equipment under the direct supervision of a pharmacist as allowed by state and federal law and in accordance with USP 797, company policies and accrediting entity standards.
• Cleans, tests, maintains and tracks pumps and other infusion equipment as requested.
• Performs and records various quality control activities including air sampling, bacterial counts, and Steri-Testing.
• Reports all “positive” results to the pharmacy supervisor immediately.
• Maintains clean room suites and related equipment according to organizational policy and procedure, USP 797, USP 800 and state and federal regulations.
• Completes KabaFusion orientation and annual competencies and mandatory inservices.
• Updates patient's demographic information in the electronic information management system as needed and ongoing.
• Answers/triages telephone calls and provides non-clinical assistance to callers as appropriate or directs callers to appropriate department.
• Proactively manages patients' medication/supply/equipment inventory needs by communicating with patient or responsible party prior to filling anticipated needs.
• Maintains refill/follow-up schedule/calendar as appropriate.
• Affirms authorization to receive payment for services rendered is in place prior to shipping medications, supplies and equipment to patients.
• Tracks and retrieves patient laboratory results for pharmacists and fax results to prescribers and other healthcare providers involved in a patient's care.
• Documents all communication with physicians. Referral sources, nurses, patients and caregivers in the electronic information management system as required.
• Assists pharmacy staff in scheduling, coordinating and filling patient shipments and deliveries. Sorts and distributes faxes. Faxes correspondence to prescribers. Home health agencies and others as applicable.
• Assists pharmacy manager and staff in handling a wide range of administrative functions and projects.
• Maintains pharmacy files and records in an accurate and efficient manner.
• Assists with managing and ordering patient start of care forms and other pharmacy forms.
• Generates and distributes quality assurance and management reports as assigned.
• Communicates any and all nurse, patient and caregiver clinical concerns and questions to the pharmacist, pharmacy manager or other appropriate clinical staff.
• Prepares and places orders for needed drugs, supplies and equipment, and stock/maintain such materials upon receipt.
• Actively participates in the KabaFusion Performance Improvement (Pl) program.
• Provides support to other local office departments as needed.
• Ensures required documentation is completed on QA/QC records and compounding documents.
• Completes company required orientation and annual competencies and in-services.
• Plans work to ensure cost-effective delivery methods are utilized.

Qualifications

• Education or experience equivalent to a high school diploma is required.
• Current and violation free Pharmacy Technician Licensure or Certification as required by State law in the state requesting employment.