Pharmacy Technician PRN

Pharmacy Technician PRN

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required
• Current Pharmacy Technician certification (CPhT), required
• At least two (2) years of work experience as a Certified Pharmacy Technician in a hospital, retail or specialty pharmacy setting, required

Responsibilities

• Perform duties as a pharmacy technician in a community pharmacy or specialty pharmacy department
• Participates in improvement initiatives and implementation of new processes and procedures
• Coordinates orientation and training of new associates
• Participates in problem solving to address issues relating to patient safety, care and service
• Supports and promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team and interdepartmentally to facilitate the departments ability to meet its goals and objectives
• Collaborates with department leadership team to coordinate care with other departments and promote the highest level of patient care and satisfaction
• Participates in leading quality and performance improvement initiatives
• Ensures compliance with applicable regulatory guidelines and established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety environmental and infection control standards
• Assists with all phases of pharmacy services
• Works with patients, providers and insurance companies to obtain prior authorizations
• Answers phones and notes from physicians in a timely manner
• Accurately reads interprets and enters prescriptions in a timely manner
• Routes questionable prescriptions to the pharmacist for completion
• Makes outbound calls / faxing physicians for prescription clarification, substitutions and formulary changes as needed
• Prepares medication orders according to established policies, procedures and protocols
• Assists Pharmacist by gathering clinical information on patients
• Packages and labels medications accurately and appropriately to minimize waste
• Verifies and monitors controlled substance inventories as required by daily shift assignments
• Completes charges from previous day’s orders and assures that wastage is charged appropriately and eliminated
• Completes documentation according to departmental standards
• Maintains cleanliness of all pharmacy working areas, including hazardous waste removal as necessary

Preferred Qualifications

• Technician training, preferred