Bargaining Unit: EA

Rate of Pay: $28.22/hr DOE

Summary:

Assists pharmacists in preparing and dispensing medications, maintaining inventory, and maintaining patient records.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following:

• Greets patients.
• Enters patient demographic and insurance information into the pharmacy’s prescription processing software.
• Processes prescriptions presented by customers and physicians.
• Types prescriptions with pharmacist oversight and troubleshoots all issues involved with this task.
• Verifies insurance coverage, and troubleshoots issues by calling insurance and workers’ compensation carriers as necessary.
• Manages cash register including troubleshooting credit card vendors, software updates, and accurate cash handling, returns and assists with closing out the register as required.
• Assists in bookkeeping duties including batching registers nightly, collecting and tracking accounts and Accounts Receivables from customers. Records totals shown on case register tape and verifies against cash on hand.
• Makes deposits to the bank and change orders as necessary.
• Manages the retail pharmacy’s front end over-the counter.
• Tracks inventory and orders items as necessary with oversight of pharmacist.
• Researches new items of interest for consideration for retail sale.
• Orders specialty items per customer requests from our drug wholesalers or warehouse.
• Organizes and cleans the front end daily and keeps it clutter-free.
• Sorts and tags the pharmacy’s order daily.
• Orders prescription medication with the oversight of the pharmacist.
• Prepares accounts payable, documents and forwards to accounting
• Maintains adequate stock of medications and supplies.
• Participates in the quality improvement.
• Demonstrates System Values in performance and behavior.
• Complies with System policies and procedures.
• Other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

No supervisory responsibilities.

Education and Experience:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Licenses, Certifications:

Required: Current California Pharmacy Technician license, valid driver’s license

Preferred: None

Other Experience/Qualifications:

Two to three years pharmacy technician experience preferred.