Pharmacy Technician - Relief
About The Position
The purpose of this position is to provide technical support services to licensed pharmacists at the OHSU East Portland and Richmond Clinic Pharmacies, who are responsible for the safe and proper distribution of medications to a diverse patient population. The pharmacy technician will also assist in inventory management, third party plan processing, and providing excellent customer service. This is a relief position and will be assigned a variety of hours at East Portland and at Richmond Clinic pharmacies as needed. Relief employees must be available to work at least four (4) days per pay
Requirements
- High School Diploma
- Active State of Oregon Pharmacy Technician License, including the completion and maintenance of job-specific competencies and certifications.
- Must possess computer keyboarding skills.
- Excellent interpersonal communication
- Knowledge base of insurance reimbursement.
- Knowledge of managed care environment.
- Successfully completes initial and continued competencies as required for maintenance of standard of practice, legal regulatory compliance, and OHSU policies.
Nice To Haves
- Formal pharmacy technician training program
- Oregon Board of Pharmacy Certified Technician license
- Inpatient and outpatient hospital pharmacy experience.
- Medical and scientific nomenclature.
Responsibilities
- Prepares outpatient prescriptions: enters prescription and billing information into pharmacy system, retrieves and receives refill authorizations for prescriptions, prepares prescriptions for final review by a pharmacist, processes refill requests via EHR.
- Assists pharmacist in technical support activities such as answering telephone calls, medication profile maintenance, paperwork, and recordkeeping as assigned.
- Participates in and advances patient centered pharmacy programs to include the appointment based program and adherence packaging.
- Actively engages in inventory control, checks stock for outdates, and orders supplies for pharmacy and clinic from appropriate sources.
- Interacts with other healthcare team members.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Hospitals
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
