Pharmacy Tech Certified

Riverview Health•Noblesville, IN

41d

About The Position

This role involves various tasks related to pharmacy operations, including prescription data entry, medication dispensing, inventory management, and medication history reconciliation. The Pharmacy Tech Certified will ensure patient safety and accurate medication administration by gathering and documenting patient medication histories. This includes interviewing patients, reviewing charts, and contacting external sources to collect information. The role also requires preparing compounded products under pharmacist supervision and maintaining essential logs and records.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent
Indiana Pharmacy Technician license
National Accredited Certification
Two (2) years of Pharmacy Technician experience

Responsibilities

Data entry of prescriptions and insurance adjudication.
Fill medication orders for pharmacist review.
Place daily order with drug wholesaler, facilitate pick up of medications from other pharmacies, and stock pharmacy medications and supplies.
Maintain accurate logs pertaining to cleaning, refrigerator temperatures, etc. related to USP 797.
Verify received drug shipments against invoice, and stock shelves.
Return unused medication to stock or dispose of properly per policy.
Prepare compounded products, checked by pharmacist.
Other duties as assigned.
Gathers & documents a patient's medication history to help ensure patient safety & accurate medication administration.
Collect medication history by interviewing the patient, family or caregiver, reviewing charts, & calling pharmacies & physician offices.
Identify errors in patient history & communicate with appropriate staff.
Update database.
Collect medication history for upcoming patients that are having surgery via phone calls.