Pharmacy Technician 2

Position Title: Pharmacy Technician 2

Work Location: Remote - TX, MO, CA

Assignment Duration: 8 months (Possibility to extend or convert)

Work Schedule: 9:30am-6pm

Work Arrangement: Remote

Position Summary: Provide accurately dispensed prescriptions on a timely basis under the supervision of a pharmacist.

Background & Context:

• Health plan or business unit: Acaria Health Pharmacy
• Team culture: Good teamwork and open communication
• Surrounding team & key projects: Order Entry, type prescriptions while verifying rules for the state
• Purpose of this team: Type prescriptions into the system sent over from the doctor's office
• Reason for the request: New business and new system coming
• Motivators for this need: New technology adoption
  
  Key Responsibilities:
• Interact with various departments to provide accurately dispensed prescriptions on a timely basis
• Work under direct supervision of a pharmacist
• Locate correct medication and strength to complete picking of order
• Prepare, count, label, and package pharmaceuticals for Pharmacist approval
• Purchase, receive and coordinate inventory
• Maintain and update inventory recap report
• Retrieve discontinued or expired medications from stock; discard or return to stock as appropriate; complete corresponding documentation
• Maintain prescription logs
• Accurately calibrate equipment and document calibration according to policy
• Assist with the maintenance of pharmacy temperature and cleaning logs and documents maintenance
• Comply with safety, quality assurance, accreditation, legal, state, and federal regulatory requirements
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards
  
  Qualification & Experience:
• High school diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years of pharmacy technician or medical office (i.e. biller, coder, office assistance, or prior authorization/certification) experience
• Familiarity with drugs commonly used to treat chronic/debilitating illnesses
• Pharmacy Technician Certification preferred
• Current Missouri Pharmacy Technician license OR the ability to obtain one within 30 days of hire (for Foundation Care)
• State pharmacy technician license(s) relative to where the employee and assigned pharmacy are located (exception being NY where a pharmacy technician license is not required). License is required upon hire (for AcariaHealth)
• Must haves: Pharmacy Terminology knowledge, Dosage Calculations, Telephone Communication Skills/computer savvy
• Nice to haves: Multitasks very well, Excellent Teamwork
• Performance indicators: Type 95 prescriptions per day (when working preqa que), 72 referrals worked per day (when working pharmacy call back que)