Long Term Care Pharmacy Technician
Thrifty White Pharmacy•Cloquet, MN
•$18 - $22•Onsite
About The Position
Thrifty White Pharmacy is seeking a full-time Long Term Care Pharmacy Technician in Cloquet, Minnesota, to assist the Pharmacy team with prescription processing and maintaining the pharmacy department. The role supports pharmacists in preparing, filling, and labeling prescriptions; maintaining accurate patient and medication information; resolving insurance claim issues; communicating with prescribers and long-term care facilities; and managing medication batches and inventory. Good attendance and punctuality are required.
Requirements
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to maintain patient confidentiality.
- At least 18 years of age.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Currently registered as a pharmacy technician in Minnesota or willing to become registered.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 40 pounds.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain accurate patient profiles in the computer system, including medication profiles, insurance, contact and allergy information, and other pertinent details.
- Assist pharmacists with processing medication orders, receiving insurance payments, adding cycle-filled medications to the proper batches, printing labels, pulling products, scanning NDCs to help prevent dispensing errors, and obtaining pharmacist authorization when the system flags allergy or interaction information.
- Communicate with insurance carriers to address prescription claim rejections and underpayments as necessary.
- Communicate with prescribers and their agents to obtain refill and prior authorizations and complete necessary documentation follow-up.
- Communicate with agents at long-term care facilities to meet and exceed their needs and expectations.
- Assist the pharmacist with filling and labeling prescriptions, including cycle-filled medication systems such as 30-day punch cards and 14-day ez packs.
- Assist in checking in cycle-filled medication exchanges from facilities and maintain accuracy between batch and medication systems.
- Monitor and maintain inventory using TWRx's Just In Time Inventory (JITI) management system, adjust quantities on hand and min/max levels, and ensure products entering and leaving the pharmacy are recorded in JITI.
- Maintain good attendance and punctuality to fulfill essential job functions.
Benefits
- Competitive wages
- Medical benefits
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k)
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Paid holidays and vacations
- Store discount for the employee and family
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
