Pharmacy Associate - Vivo Pharmacy

Northwell Health • New Hyde Park, NY

81d

About The Position

Assists with pharmacy duties, such as supporting pharmacy orders, maintaining inventory, storing pharmacy items, and caring for pharmacy supplies. Assists pharmacists to provide medication and other health care products to patients.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• 0-1 years of relevant experience, required

Responsibilities

• Fills routine prescriptions with pre-packaged pharmaceuticals
• Checks, sorts, and prices incoming pharmaceutical merchandise
• Maintains and cleans pharmacy equipment
• Drafts records regarding prescriptions and inventory
• Keeps maintenance of records on prescriptions and inventory, and prepares labels
• Processes insurance claims and provide detailed prescription receipts
• Resolves problems related to prescription inquiries
• Responsible for implementing inventory control procedures and ordering merchandise within regulatory guidelines
• Responsible for resolution of third party rejects and responding to high volume customer inquiries
• Documents customer inquiries, issues, transactions, and other relevant information into computer system; maintains records for medication in outpatient area; assists in the maintenance of statistics and records for medication orders
• Maintains clean work environment according to standards; maintains sufficient inventory at workstations
• Transports required pharmacy material, as necessary; receives and maintains records of stock and inventory control
• Assists in material control by maintaining records and inventories; maintains placement of sufficient daily inventory of supplies
• Operates point-of-sale cash system according to department policies while ensuring positive customer experience; handles correspondence to patients (inbound calls, chats, emails) and makes outbound calls to prescribers and patients, as needed
• Follows policies and procedures and other reference materials to assist in answering various general inquiries and issues; complies with Food and Drug Administration mandates and self-imposed manufacturer restrictions on particular drugs, as applicable including Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy programs and manufacturer limited distribution drug requirements
• Picks-up and maintains placement of sufficient daily inventory of supplies
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: High school or GED