Technician Trainee Full Time

Description

The primary responsibility of a Pharmacy Technician Trainee with Fruth Pharmacy is to provide excellent care for our customers and patients by satisfying each customers needs, exceeding their expectations, and making every Fruth Pharmacy visit a pleasant and satisfying experience while gaining the experience required to become a Pharmacy Technician. A Pharmacy Technician Trainee is responsible for providing customer service and assisting the pharmacist(s) in filling prescriptions, entering information into the PDX computer system, ordering, and receiving product, checking in orders, stocking, record keeping, answering telephone calls, and maintaining the overall conditions of the pharmacy department as defined in the Fruth Corporate Policies & Procedures and applicable state regulations. This requires accurately and efficiently operating the cash register (when required), providing various services at the pharmacy service counter, and maintaining security and control of all funds, medications, and confidential patient information near the cash register, in the pharmacy, and immediate area.

Qualifications

Responsibilities / Duties:

• Receive written prescriptions brought to the pharmacy or telephoned refill requests.
• Help pharmacists prepare prescriptions by counting or pouring medications, labeling containers, and pricing prescriptions if permitted by the applicable rules in the state of practice.
• Enter data into the computer and record information needed before prescriptions can be dispensed.
• Identify and process out of date items
• Prepare insurance claims and verify payments
• Make sure all needed patient information is collected on new written prescriptions or telephoned refill requests.
• Answer telephone and handle questions that do not require a pharmacists professional judgment or a pharmacist's or technician's expertise.
• Process checkout in a timely order and manner so as to best take care of patient needs.
• Retrieve complete prescriptions from the pickup (will call) area.
• Perform housekeeping duties within the pharmacy department
• Help patients find over-the-counter medications.
• Stock over-the-counter departments.
• Ring purchases on cash registers and record them in the logs that required by securing proper signatures.
• Perform housekeeping duties within the pharmacy department.
• Work closely with pharmacists, technicians, fellow cashiers, trainees, and other store personnel.
• Work with patients, patients caregivers, prescribers and their office personnel, and with suppliers to the pharmacy.
• Maintain and keep patient information with the HIPAA guidelines.
• Maintain Will Call per policy
• Other duties as assigned