Pharmacy Technician

Job Title

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Ensures proper storage of supply items.
• Maintains items on shelves in an organized, logical manner so that needed items can be retrieved quickly.
• Visually examines items for damage, deterioration, or imperfections prior to dispensing or mailing. Specifies items damaged, outdated, or imperfect to be returned for credit.
• Responsible for putting prosthetics stock away in its proper storage areas.
• Communicates stock shortages to the prosthetic technician or supervisory employees to help prevent shortages and minimize patient inconvenience.
• Responsible for receiving, storing, and ordering prosthetics items.
• Assess usage, establishes reorder points, and order quantifies of general pharmacy supply items and coordinates with procurement technician to order.
• Provide outpatients and/or caregivers with medication and supplies, as ordered by the provider, Assists patients and/or caregivers, other medical center personnel and outpatient pharmacists as necessary.
• Knowledge of the electronic medical record computer system and applicable pharmacy packages, especially those outpatient packages used to control and document the prescription filling process.
• Performs technical support work in the pharmacy under supervision of a registered.
• Fills prescriptions utilizing the robotics, Packages, compounds, or assembles drugs and supplies that are not stocked in the automated robotics.
• Maintains and repairs the automation robotics allowing each technician maximum filling capabilities
• Delivers finished prescriptions to correct patient and/or caregiver using proper patient identifiers,
• Responsible for daily metering of mail out packages.
• Provides individual training and guidance to lower level technicians/students in Outpatient Pharmacy section.
• Responsible for handling returned mail packages.
• Answers phone calls from patients and doctors.
• Assists in the discharge process in collaboration with registered pharmacists.
• Responsible for putting stock away in its proper storage areas.
• Communicates stock shortages to the procurement technician or supervisory employees to help prevent shortages and minimize patient inconvenience.
• Responsible for receiving, storing, and ordering pharmaceuticals.
• Removes unusable products from active stock, coordinates disposition of unusable stock with Pharmacy Supply Coordinator and documents all actions.
• Requests and obtains stock from inpatient when needed.
• Enters all required quality control information on outpatient filling documents.
• Conducts and properly documents all assigned inspections and inventories.
• Enters notes in electronic medical record.

Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm or 9:30am-6:00pm, Monday-Friday with rotating weekends and holidays.

Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized.

Telework: Not Authorized.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 95279A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.