Pharmacy Technician (Community Family Pharmacy) Idaho Falls

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Data entry of prescriptions from hardcopy, e-scripts, and refills
• Enter patient demographics, insurance information, allergies, and chronic diseases
• Update patient information as necessary
• Use the electronic health record (EHR) to verify and find needed information
• Notify the pharmacist of drug utilization review (DUR) messages before proceeding with prescription process
• Basket all prescription materials to forward to counting station
• Appropriately bill prescriptions
• Select the correct type of billing
• Respond to third-party error messages
• Reprocess billing as needed
• Prepare prescriptions for filling
• Retrieve stock medications for prescription filling
• Count and pour from a stock bottle
• Apply the appropriate label
• Reconstitute a prepared product that does not require calculation under direct supervision
• Assure the correct national drug code (NDC) is used to fill the prescription
• Apply the counter check procedure as a first check
• Mark opened bottles
• File and retrieve pharmacy records as needed
• Place filled medications into a basket for pharmacist check
• Process prescription at point of sale (POS)
• File the completed prescriptions alphabetically for pick-up
• Hand out completed refills to the patient when no counseling is necessary
• Operate the cash register and related tasks
• Manage Inventory
• Add new and adjust current medication information in the pharmacy system
• Adjust inventory counts as needed
• Receive, process, and organize stock medications
• Process outdates and returns per procedures
• Process daily medication orders
• Outdated checks are done at least weekly
• Maintain assigned work areas and equipment in clean and orderly condition
• Prepare daily reports as assigned

Required Physical Demands

• Stand for long periods of time
• Climb or balance
• Sit
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Reach with hands and arms
• Grasp/hold
• Lift and/or move up to 20 pounds

Work Environment

• Office setting
• The work may be stressful
• The noise level is moderate
• May be exposed to electrical shock and fumes or airborne particles

BENEFITS

• Health Benefits: Medical benefits, Dental benefits, Vision benefits
• Financial Well-Being: Basic Life Insurance with Accidental death & dismemberment, Supplemental Voluntary Life, Long- and Short-Term Disability, Flexible Spendng Accounts (Medical & Dependent Care), 401(k) retirement plan (Must be 21 years of age to participate)
• Work/Life Balance (Regular Full Time): Generous Paid Time Off Policy (PTO), Employee Assistance Program (EAP)