What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Technician position at Rural Health Corporation of NEPA?
Full -time = 32 hrs. = full benefits
Part-time = 0 to 24 hrs. = no benefits
PHARMACY TECHNICIAN:
A Pharmacy Technician is responsible for helping Pharmacists perform daily tasks to serve customers. Their primary job responsibilities are Customer Service, Administrative duties, and Prescription Fulfillment. These duties include filling and labeling prescriptions, ordering supplies and inventory, data entry, interacting with customers to answer questions or give them their prescriptions and contacting customers to notify them when their prescription is ready.
Education:
A Pharmacy Technician, candidate must have some sort of experience, depending on your specific facility and geographical location. Preferred education is through the successful completion of a Pharmacy Technician program or Certified Pharmacy Technician program.
Pharmacy Technician duties and responsibilities:
Pharmacy Technicians are responsible for ensuring the availability of medication and delivering medications to the right patients and departments. Supporting pharmacological services by assembling, stocking and distributing medications.
- Maintaining records by recording and filing the prescriptions and orders of Physicians
- Sorting, stocking and labeling medications and monitoring inventory
- Responding to the requests of patients and healthcare providers, answering their questions and referring various inquiries to the Pharmacist
- Complying with rules, regulations and procedures to help maintain a clean and safe pharmacy, such as by sterilizing equipment and surfaces
- Processing prescriptions electronically and ensuring all information is accurate and complete
- Generating revenues by recording, calculating and issuing charges
- Undertaking administrative tasks such as record-keeping as assigned by a Physician or facility manager from time to time
- They work closely with Pharmacists to prepare prescriptions and help customers.
- Their job is to receive stock orders from pharmaceutical companies and review order requests from Physicians to determine new prescriptions or changes to existing customer prescriptions.
Skills and qualifications:
A professional Pharmacy Technician should possess numerous skills to complete their duties effectively, such as:
- Supply and inventory management skills
- Attention to detail and analytical skills
- Ability to create a safe and productive environment
- Exemplary customer service skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:
Walking and standing for up to eight hours per day and up to three consecutive hours. Continuously fingering. Frequent handling. Grasping and twisting. Frequently lifting and carrying up to 35 pounds. Frequent, continuous stair climbing and decent while carrying up to 35 pounds. Periodically, extended walking. Occasionally pushing and pulling up to 200 pounds. Frequently stooping and bending. Repetitively looking up. Occasionally crouching. Continuously reaching above shoulder level. Frequent neck bending. Hearing as it relates to normal conversation, high and low frequency. Seeing as it relates to general vision, near vision, far vision, color vision and peripheral vision.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Expected hours: 16 – 35 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 403(b)
- AD&D insurance
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Prescription drug insurance
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Physical Setting:
- Clinic
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Work Location: In person
