What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Tech position at Heritage Health?
Description
The Pharmacy Technician will provide integrated support to patients and healthcare providers in a community health center setting, ensuring the delivery of continuous pharmacy services. This position requires collaboration within a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient care and promote effective medication management. The role may be located at any of the Heritage Health locations, including in-house community pharmacies.
The Minimum Qualifications
Your Essential Duties:
Working Conditions: Work is normally performed in a typical interior clinic work environment in a pharmacy or office building. Work may be demanding and chaotic at times. May be exposed to patient population that will present a variety of contagious diseases, physical injuries and emotional states of mind.
Physical/Mental Requirements
The Pharmacy Technician will provide integrated support to patients and healthcare providers in a community health center setting, ensuring the delivery of continuous pharmacy services. This position requires collaboration within a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient care and promote effective medication management. The role may be located at any of the Heritage Health locations, including in-house community pharmacies.
The Minimum Qualifications
- Licensed as a Certified Pharmacy Technician in the State of Idaho is preferred, or must apply and successfully receive a license before the start date of employment.
- Experience with electronic health records and third-party billing preferred.
- Familiarity with the 340B Drug Pricing Program preferred.
- Vaccine administration certification preferred.
Your Essential Duties:
- Assists in all aspects of processing prescription refill requests and prior authorizations by following established protocols.
- Plays a key role in maintaining a high level of patient satisfaction by providing exceptional customer service to patients, providers, and pharmacies.
- Accurately enters data into pharmacy and health center software systems and processes prescriptions to be dispensed as applicable.
- Assists with inventory management.
- Completes accurate reconstitution of pharmaceutical drugs and any necessary calculations.
- Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of this position.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
- Advanced computer skills required.
- Ability to navigate through different Electronic Record platforms and computer systems.
- Strong typing and data entry skills with attention to accuracy and detail.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.
- Basic Life Support (BLS).
- Medical terminology and accurate spelling required.
- Strong dedication to follow-through and closed-loop communication.
- Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
- Demonstrates analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to multi-task in fast-paced work environment.
- Ability to collaborate and communicate throughout interdisciplinary teams.
Working Conditions: Work is normally performed in a typical interior clinic work environment in a pharmacy or office building. Work may be demanding and chaotic at times. May be exposed to patient population that will present a variety of contagious diseases, physical injuries and emotional states of mind.
Physical/Mental Requirements
- Extended periods of standing at a desk and working on a computer.
- Frequent walking between different areas of the Pharmacy, such as dispensing counter, storage areas, pharmacy shelves.
- Ability to safely and accurately manage inventory on shelves of varying heights, requiring bending, reaching, and stretching.
- May lift up to 15 pounds at times.
- Must be able to access and navigate various departments of a given location.
- Must be able to complete tasks in a noisy or stressful environment.
- Must be able to adhere to process protocol.