Float Pharmacy Technician

SWLA Center for Health Services•Crowley, LA

About The Position

The Float Pharmacy Technician assists pharmacists with preparing and distributing medications, maintaining drug inventory, and keeping patient and pharmacy records in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, as well as pharmacy policies and procedures. All pharmacy technician activities are performed under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. This position travels between SWLA pharmacy sites in Crowley, Lake Charles, and Lafayette, Louisiana, based on operational needs. Business-related mileage is reimbursed in accordance with the organization’s mileage reimbursement policy.

Requirements

High school graduate or GED certificate.
Successful completion of a Pharmacy Technician Training Program.
Successful completion of the Pharmacy Technician Certification National Exam.
Louisiana Board of Pharmacy license to practice.
Complete a minimum of one ACPE unit approved ACPR or CPE, or ten hours of continuing education each year as a prerequisite for annual license renewal.
Ability to work quickly and accurately.
Ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously.
Ability to use various types of pharmacy equipment and instruments.
Excellent human relations skills and ability to communicate with people from a wide variety of educational and cultural backgrounds.
Cultural sensitivity.
Ability to communicate effectively at all levels within the centers and community.
Excellent math abilities.
Professional image and ability to maintain high-quality patient and community relations while representing the foundation.

Responsibilities

Translate prescription information from providers’ orders.
Enter prescription data accurately into pharmacy software.
Inform the pharmacist on duty of contradictions, therapeutic duplications, or other issues arising from drug utilization reviews.
Monitor third-party rejections or other communications signaling cost prohibitions or underpayment.
Perform prescription-filling functions as detailed in the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy laws and regulations reference manual and subsequent bulletins.
Monitor inventory and create or modify wholesaler purchase orders online.
Monitor pharmacy inventory for expired items or overstock.
Prepare wholesaler returns.
Perform register functions as necessary.
Communicate with patients regarding prescription requests.
Act as a liaison between providers and patients.
Communicate with third parties on behalf of patients regarding prescription concerns.
Help maintain a clean and orderly pharmacy department.
Assume additional duties as necessary to ensure quality health services are provided by the center, and perform other duties as assigned.