Pharmacy Technician II – Specialty

A proud member of the Elevance Health family of companies, Paragon Healthcare brings over 20 years in providing life-saving and life-giving infusible and injectable drug therapies through our specialty pharmacies, our infusion centers, and the home setting.

Location: 1300 Altmore Ave., Suite 100A, Sandy Springs, GA 30342

The Pharmacy Technician II - Specialty is responsible for the assisting pharmacists in the performance moderately moderate complex technical and clerical duties involved in the daily operations of the Pharmacy, as allowed by law and/or regulation.

How You Will Make an Impact

Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Assists the pharmacist with dispensing items a physician orders to a valid prescription adhering to the appropriate guidelines and policies.
• Check for expired / unusable products and disposes of them properly.
• Answers and initiates communications related to providing pharmaceutical care.
• Prepares delivery tickets.
• Assists the patient delivery representative in orders, receiving, maintaining, and tracking all infusion-related equipment.
• Fulfills the duties of the patient delivery representative when required.
• Mixing technician for compounding all sterile IV products such as : Antibiotics, TPN, inotropes, pain bags, hydration, push meds.
• Mix pharmaceutical preparations according to written prescriptions. Utilize low, medium, and high risk compounding techniques.
• Completes daily cleaning, monthly cleaning, in-process cleaning, equipment calibration.
• Follows a process to minimize mis-fills, product waste, and HIPAA violations.
• Checks and maintains inventory levels; places inventory orders, logs in new inventories.
• Check for expired/unusable products and disposes of them properly.
• Documents all activities appropriately.
• Assists the patient delivery representative in orders, receiving, maintaining, and tracking all infusion related equipment.
• Completes negative counts, daptomycin add-backs, and wholesaler orders promptly.
• Completes drug expiration review monthly.
• Assists with any inventory-related questions from team members daily and during quarterly inventory.
• Dispenses to patients and completes assessments.
• Dispenses for active patients by established cut-off times.
• May be responsible for overnight deliveries.
• Able to troubleshoot pump issues without assistance from team members or supervisors.
• Follows up on hospitalization and pending pump pick-up report.
• Follows correct process to minimize mis-fills, unscheduled deliveries, waste of product, and HIPAA violations.
• Documents QARs/indicators appropriately in the portal without prompts.
• Maximizes the efficiency and productivity of the pharmacy and delivery operations.
• Strives to achieve cost effectiveness in all areas (including purchasing, inventory control, staffing delivery services).
• Available to work "on call" as needed.
• Maximizes the efficiency and productivity of the pharmacy and delivery operations.

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Certified Pharmacy Technician course with certificate.
• Continuing education necessary to maintain current licensure in all states licensed.
• Minimum 2 years experience as pharmacy technician with training/experience in alternate site/home health pharmacy practice and the preparation of sterile products.
• Maintain a current pharmacy technician certificate where required by law and/or regulation.
• Multi-state certification is required if this individual is providing services in multiple states. ACPE IV certification preferred, but not required. For Paragon and Carelon Health business unit, satisfactory completion of a Tuberculosis test is a requirement for this position.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.88 - $23.61 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance
• Wellness program

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person