Pharmacy Technician II / SEIU - D

Highmark Health • Pittsburgh, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides distributive pharmacy services, assistance and support for the registered pharmacist. This role processes medication orders, maintains pharmacy inventory, provides customer service, and handles insurance and financial transactions for outpatient technicians. For inpatient technicians, responsibilities include compounding, stocking, repackaging, and preparing IV pharmaceuticals. The job adheres to ethical and legal standards, including HIPAA and company policies regarding data security and business conduct.

Requirements

• Minimum Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPhT) or ExCPT Pharmacy Technician - National Healthcareer Association (NHA).
• Completion of a pharmacy technician training program or 1 year equivalent experience in lieu of formal training program.

Nice To Haves

• 1 year of pharmacy experience in respective area.

Responsibilities

• Processes medication orders including computer order entry, medication preparation and assembles all items prior to pharmacist final check.
• Maintains pharmacy inventory and supplies according to established policies and procedures, including inspection of assigned areas and use of pharmacy computer systems.
• Provides customer service by taking patient’s prescriptions and documenting all required information, handles all customer interactions in a courteous and efficient manner, and releases medications required by policy/procedure.
• For Outpatient Techs: Validates Medicaid, Medicare, or commercial insurance drug coverage and ensures adjudication is complete addressing any error messages, plus handles cash, prepares deposits and accounting reports.
• For Inpatient Techs: Compounds, stocks, repackages and batches from bulk medications. Prepares routine patient orders for IV pharmaceuticals including compounding, preparation and labeling of any IV admixture including antibiotics, solutions, irrigations, narcotics, parenteral nutrition and chemotherapy.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed