Pharmacy/Technician

Pharmacy TechnicianChattanooga, TNPharmacy Technician Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 5:00PM schedule!The successful candidate will provide integrated support to patients and pharmacists by providing a 'hands-on' approach to total quality patient care through the delivery of a full continuum of medication adherence support. Candidates must be a licensed Pharmacy Technician with the State of employment.Job Duties:Interpret and enter prescriptions.Clarify prescription orders with pharmacist and/or clinician as appropriate.Label and fill prescriptions for the pharmacist to verify.Perform pharmaceutical calculations.Identifies medications requiring special storage and/or handling such as hazardous medications and/or refrigerated medication.Identify and assembling supplies necessary for select medications such sharps containers, needles/syringes, alcohol swabs, Band-Aids.Prepares medication for delivery to patients and departments.Answers, resolves, and triages inbound inquiries.Provides outbound therapy/medication adherence check-ups.Secures refill prescriptions.Resolves insurance related issues and assists patients with various forms of financial assistance.Maintains pharmacy inventory including drug ordering and receiving.Communicate directly with patients over the phone to assist them in the awareness of their medications.Achieve operational objectives by inputting data, performing adjudication on test claims and preparing action plans for follow-up.Manage, organize, and update relevant data using database applications.Apply observations and recommendations to operational issues, increased productivity, quality, and customer-service standards.Identify trends, resolves problems; recommend improvements; implements changeActively participates in process improvement initiatives.Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.Other duties as assignedSkills: strong phone skills, able to quickly learn other database programs and able to extract relevant information; strong organizational and interpersonal skills a mustTraits: Organized, high-integrity, attention to detail, dependable, quality focus, empathetic, good listener/communicatorOther: energetic, highly motivated, team player with strong personal and communication skills; discretion and confidentiality essential as position deals with highly sensitive and private dataExperience/Education: Required Licensure/Certification: We are seeking experienced pharmacy technicians who are registered with the State of employment. Should certification need to be obtained for a particular state or updated at the time of employment, the applicant will commit to obtaining the required certification within a mutually agreed upon timeframe. Continued employment is contingent upon meeting these requirements.Years of Experience: Required 1+ years, Preferred 3+ years' experience as a Pharmacy TechnicianEducation: High school diploma or GED required