Pharmacy Technician Lead-Maryvale

About the role

The Pharmacy Technician Lead supports the pharmacy team by leading operational goals and requirements. This leadership position provides guidance and instructions to other Pharmacy Technicians, schedules staff, and manages day-to-day activities to ensure tasks are completed at Mountain Park Health Center pharmacies.

Responsibilities

• Manages technician’s day-to-day operations, delegates responsibility, and ensures adequate resources are available to meet customer needs.
• Keeps staff informed of new or updated standards, systems, procedures, forms, and manuals through staff meetings and verbal/written communications.
• Suggests alternative methods and procedures for solving problems.
• Works as an extension of their manager, addressing issues or barriers in real time and providing feedback about challenges.
• Assists with holding team accountable for their performance.
• Collaborates within teams to provide comprehensive, patient-centered, and mission-focused training for staff.
• Processes prescriptions and enters patient information into Mountain Park Health Center’s computer software systems.
• Maintains drug inventory and monitors purchasing reports to maintain the medication budget.
• Oversees department medication orders to completion.
• Reports drug shortages and outages to a pharmacy management team member regarding the formulary.
• Assists the pharmacist in dispensing, filling prescriptions, inventory control, stocking shelves, and data entry.
• Fills and documents medications into the automated dispensing machine.
• Assists in streamlining communication with patients, insurance companies, pharmacists, nurses, labs, and other healthcare-related parties.
• Supports compliance with the 340B drug pricing policy and abides by all rules and regulations set forth by the State Board of Pharmacy and MPHC policies and procedures.
• Travels to multiple locations during shift.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance.
• Performs other duties as required.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Six (6) months of lead/supervisory experience (can include informal leadership such as teaching or coaching).
• Licensed as a pharmacy technician in the state of Arizona.
• Must be bilingual and able to interpret for Spanish-speaking patients.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the 340B program.