Pharmacy Technician

Overview

General Summary of Position
. The Pharmacy Technician assists pharmacist(s) in all areas of pharmacy operations including prescription preparation, sales transactions, customer service, purchasing and inventory maintenance. Med Star Pharmacy is committed to providing world-class compassionate care to every patient every time at every touch point. All associates are accountable for their role in meeting patient experience standards.

• Organizes prescription orders on the counter in order of priority; retrieves labels from the printer; arranges paperwork, labels, monographs, and bags; uses appropriate stamps and notes; and retrieves stock from the shelf.
• Performs phone and face-to-face customer service functions such as taking refill requests, new prescriptions, calls to doctors for refill authorizations and pre-authorizations. Troubleshoots patients' questions and concerns.
• Prepares prescriptions for dispensing: counts and verifies medication labels and vials appropriately and prioritizes wait times.
• Processes cash, check, credit card, and payroll deduction transactions; secures appropriate signatures; ensures compliance with HIPAA requirements; prepares delivery tickets; reconciles delivery transactions; performs end of day register procedures; runs daily cash report and completes deposits as assigned.
• Processes refills and performs data entry of new prescriptions including demographics, insurance plans and prescription information under the supervision of a pharmacist and according to policy; brings to the attention of a pharmacist any claims requiring overrides or interventions; troubleshoots insurance claim rejects; and follows up on problem prescriptions.
• Receives checks and puts away the daily order; returns medication to the shelf after filling; follows established inventory management procedures; participates in physical inventory process at intervals determined by management.
• Greets customers immediately either in person or within three rings via telephone; performs intake of refill requests and new prescriptions; gathers patient demographics and insurance information; clearly marks and prioritizes waiting customers. Monitors the waiting room by making sure they know who is waiting and whom they are waiting for.
• Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and hospital in community outreach efforts. Participates in multi-disciplinary quality and service improvement teams.

• High School Diploma or GED required

• 6 months pharmacy technician experience in a retail setting or equivalent training required

• Must have successfully completed the pharmacy technician certification through the nationally accredited certification examination of PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Certification Board) within 180 days required or
• the ExCPT (Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians) within 180 days required and
• Pharmacy technician licensure or registration as required by the state where the pharmacy is located required

This position has a hiring range of USD $19.17 - USD $33.08 /Hr.