Pharmacy Technician - PRN

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to pack, pour, place medication in a container, and label for dispensing, sale, and distribution to patients, nursing staff, and healthcare providers.
• Knowledge of required auxiliary labels to be attached to any container of drugs, medicines, poisons, or chemicals sold or dispensed.
• Ability to enter pertinent patient prescription information into the pharmacy computer.
• Knowledge of dispensing decisions requiring judgment and deferring those decisions to a licensed pharmacist for resolution.
• Ability to obtain prescriber authorization for prescription refills in accordance to policies and procedures.
• Ability to respond to simple patient queries and redirect patients to the pharmacist for clarification on issues concerning drug information and interactions.
• Ability to conduct a needs assessment and process a daily medication order with designated wholesaler.
• Ability to operate automated patient refill requesting system.
• Ability to inspect shelves and other storage locations for outdated and unusable medications and remove them from stock.
• Ability to process returned patient medication orders and place back into inventory.
• Skills necessary to assists with all compliance related audits and inventories.
• Demonstrates knowledge of pharmacy software data entry and applicable reporting.
• Employ inventory management procedures to include ordering, returns, and expired medications.
• Demonstrates ability to check daily order invoices and properly stock medications.
• Prepare prescriptions to include interpretation, data entry, retrieval of stock medication, insurance information.
• Assists the pharmacist in collecting, organizing, and evaluating information for direct patient care, medication use review, and medication management therapy.
• Must be able to stand for extended periods of time and to lift items greater than 40 pounds above shoulders.  May require frequent bending of knees and back

Qualifications/Education Requirements.

Must have high school diploma or equivalent.  Graduation from a formal training program is preferred but will accept equivalent work experience in lieu of.  Must have active license to work in Mississippi as a pharmacy tech by the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy

Core Competencies

• Receives written or electronically transmitted prescriptions or requests for prescription refills from patients and healthcare providers.
• Verifies patient eligibility and ensures documentation is completed for all in-house patient assistance prescription programs.
• Establishes and maintains patient profiles and other records of medications dispensed
• Prepares third-party insurance claims submissions, processes sales cash receipts from self-pay patients, and reconciles transactions all patient vouchering programs.
• Stocks, takes inventory, and places replenishment orders with designated wholesaler.
• Provides strong customer service and promote teamwork amongst other staff members
• Operates a variety of automated dispensing and data processing equipment.
• Responds to simple patient and staff queries and directs them to pharmacist for clarification in issues concerning drug information and interactions.
• Keeps the work environment and equipment clean according to organizational standards.
• Ensures that proper safety procedures are followed and that all chemicals are handled in compliance with OSHA regulations.
• Performs other duties as requested/required.
• Upholds, complies with, and enforces the Core Principles and Code of Conduct