Pharmacy Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Responsibilities

Prospective Candidate Pool
"We are accepting applications to build a pool of prospective candidates for anticipated future openings.”

The Pharmacy Technician is responsible for providing pharmacy and /or clinic support for the InnovAge – Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).

• Accesses, inputs and retrieves information from the computer including but not limited to: patient demographic information and medication data entry.
• Processes the delivered pharmacy orders when available.
• Assists in the maintenance of the inventory of medications that is sufficient to operate the clinic/pharmacy.
• Answers the telephone, transferring calls to the appropriate individual.
• Removes outdated, damaged and recalled merchandise and prepares for return.
• Maintains all clinic or pharmacy areas in a clean, neat, and orderly manner, including maintenance of supplies at an appropriate level.
• Performs various clerical duties as necessary.
• Prepares requested OTC medications to be delivered to the participant for final review by a licensed Clinic staff member.
• Ensures that medications for participants are packaged, labeled and ready for delivery by the Pharmacy Courier in a timely manner, when appropriate.
• Tracks medication receipts received from the Pharmacy Courier and communicates with the pharmacy to ensure that participants received their medication(s) in a timely manner
• Reviews newly printed Medication Administration Records (MARS) and assesses and corrects information to ensure that data is current with physician orders in the electronic medical records
• Places reviewed MARS in appropriate binders and perform a second check of new MARS in comparison to the previous month’s MARS and in comparison to medication in the cart.

REQUIRED

• Current state Pharmacy Technician with Board of Pharmacy
• 1+ yr working in a pharmacy
• High School Diploma or GED

PREFERRED

• Bi-lingual
• Pharmacy Technician certification from either the Institute for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ICPT) or the Pharmacy Technician Board (PTCB)