Outpatient Pharmacy Technician - Certified

Pharmacy Technician

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We're guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

We invest in you personally and professionally.

Enjoy:

• Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.
• Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
• Retirement savings with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
• Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary:

The technician, under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist and in accordance with all state and federal laws, assist with the selection, procurement, storage, preparation, record keeping, and financial reconciliation, and dispensing of all medications dispensed. Provide assistance with hospice, third-party claims, offsite facilities (Mubea, Aurora Casket, etc.), and Discharge Medication Delivery Service prescriptions and/or Specialty Pharmacy. They must demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Job Description:

• Monitor and track hospice prescriptions assuring proper documentation, accountability and adherence to procedure and state law.
• Assist pharmacist in dispensing of medications in a timely and accurate manner. Understand the intricacies of third-party billing, adjudication and assist the pharmacist or patients is resolving issues in this process.
• Assures stock is in date by overseeing expiration date checking of assigned area as well as clean/organize pharmacy following the 5 "S's". (Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain)
• Answer phone in timely and courteous manner while complying with HIPPA
• Immediately greet customers in a warm and friendly manner as they enter the pharmacy and assist with their needs
• Solve issues that arise in a timely manner; documenting all relevant information on the patient's record
• Understand unique programs offered and assist with prescription filling. These include Discharge Medication Delivery Service, Meds to Beds, Social Service prescriptions and other services such as immunizations.
• Successfully receive, order and dispense offsite business partners' medication requests. Understand the process used for each business (MD Scripts, Packedge, and or Microsoft Excel Labels.)
• Assist with the ordering and delivery process. Understand and can complete orders from wholesaler, including placing order, receiving order, checking in the order, accounting for variance of items ordered and items received, and putting on shelves using "First In, First Out" method and sound accounting principles.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Education, Credentials, Licenses:

• High School Graduate or equivalent GED
• Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the applicable Board of Pharmacy in the state in which the work is being performed (or obtain registration prior to St. Elizabeth Healthcare start date)
• Must sit for the PTCB or the NHA Certification exam (or Indiana Board-approved training program for Indiana Technicians) within 30 days of meeting eligibility requirements (i.e. once 500 hours of experience are obtained or upon completion of a PTCB recognized training program such as St Elizabeth's Pharmacy Technician Academy).
• Must be actively working towards national certification and obtained within 1 year of date of hire

Specialized Knowledge:

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Customer service skills and reflect the ICARE attitude.
• Detail oriented
• Excellent written and communication skills

Kind and Length of Experience:

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.