Certified Pharmacy Tech (PRN)

WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PLYMOUTH NC • Plymouth, NC

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About The Position

The Certified Pharmacy Technician is processing prescriptions to patients ordered by the medical staff. Other duties such as administrative and bookkeeping tasks, inventory control, stocking shelves, and data entry. Pharmacy Techs are detail-oriented and work well in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• High school diploma
• Previous experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting
• Previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician

Responsibilities

• Accurately prepare and distribute patient medications
• Perform calculations
• Collect accurate patient information
• Process third party billing claims and assist with authorization completion
• Use technology to help maintain accurate patient records, medication inventory, and orders
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
• Supports pharmacological services by stocking, assembling, and distributing medications
• Helps health care providers and patients by greeting them in person and by the phone, answering questions and requests, and referring inquiries to the pharmacist
• Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmacy stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed medications and supplies, placing, and expediting orders, verifying receipt, and removing outdated drugs
• Maintaining a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols
• Organizes medications for pharmacist to dispense by reading medication orders and prescriptions, preparing labels, calculating quantities, and assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies
• Maintains records by recording and filing physicians’ orders and prescriptions
• Ensures medication availability by delivering medications to patients and departments
• Prepares reports by collecting and summarizing information
• Perform any other duties that may be necessary for the operation of the corporation and/or hospital

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED