Pharmacy Technician II - Paragon Specialty Pharmacy

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Pharmacy Technician II – Paragon Specialty Pharmacy

Pharmacy Technician II – Paragon Specialty Pharmacy

3033 W President George Bush Hwy., STE 100, Plano TX 75075

This role requires associates to work from the posted locations full-time, enabling consistent face-to-face collaboration, teamwork, and direct engagement. This policy promotes an environment built on in-person interaction, communication, and immediate support. Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

Monday – Friday, 9:00AM – 6:00PM Central Standard Time

A proud member of the Elevance Health family of companies, Paragon Healthcare brings over 20 years in providing life-saving and life-giving infusible and injectable drug therapies through our specialty pharmacies, our infusion centers, and the home setting.

The Pharmacy Technician II – Specialty is responsible for assisting pharmacists in the performance moderately moderate complex technical and clerical duties involved in the daily operations of the Pharmacy, as allowed by law and/or regulation.

• Assists the pharmacist with dispensing items a physician orders to a valid prescription adhering to the appropriate guidelines and policies.
• Check for expired / unusable products and disposes of them properly.
• Answers and initiates communications related to providing pharmaceutical care.
• Prepares delivery tickets.
• Assists the patient delivery representative in orders, receiving, maintaining, and tracking all infusion-related equipment.
• Fulfills the duties of the patient delivery representative when required.
• Completes daily cleaning and monthly cleaning.
• Follows a process to minimize mis-fills, product waste, and HIPAA violations.
• Checks and maintains inventory levels; places inventory orders, logs in new inventories.
• Documents all activities appropriately.
• Completes negative counts and wholesaler orders promptly.
• Completes drug expiration review monthly.
• Assists with any inventory-related questions from team members daily and during quarterly inventory. Dispenses to patients and completes assessments.
• Dispenses for active patients by established cut-off times.
• Picks and pulls all items on medication work orders and delivery tickets accurately.
• Packages deliveries according to standard operating procedures based on specific medication, cold-chain testing, season and delivery location.
• Able to troubleshoot pump issues without assistance from team members or supervisors.
• Follows up on hospitalization and pending pump pick-up report.
• Follows correct process to minimize mis-fills, unscheduled deliveries, waste of product, and HIPAA violations.
• Documents QARs/indicators appropriately in the portal without prompts Maximizes the efficiency and productivity of the pharmacy and delivery operations.
• Strives to achieve cost effectiveness in all areas (including purchasing, inventory control, staffing delivery services).
• Associates in this role are expected to keep up with continuing education necessary to maintain current licensure in all states licensed and maintain a current pharmacy technician certificate where required by law and/or regulation.

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Requires a minimum 2 years experience as pharmacy technician with training/experience in alternate site/home health pharmacy practice and the preparation of sterile products.
• Requires a current, active, valid and unrestricted Certified Pharmacy Technician certificate and/or license.
• Maintain a current pharmacy technician certificate where required by law and/or regulation.
• Multi-state certification is required if this individual is providing services in multiple states.
• Satisfactory completion of a Tuberculosis test is a requirement for this position.

• Attention to detail highly preferred.
• Comfortability being on the phone and making inbound/taking…