Pharmacy Technician Jobs in San Jose, AZ

About The Position

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required.
• 0-3 years of experience.
• Active permit as a Pharmacy Technician by the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy or ability to achieve permit within 90 days of employment.
• Knowledge of general science and math.
• Ability to perform basic math calculations.
• Good interpersonal skills for developing effective working relationships with staff and coworkers.
• Good computer skills.

Nice To Haves

• BLS certification
• Immunization Administration Certificate
• If technician holds an Immunization Administration Certification, BLS certification will be required.

Responsibilities

• Retrieve prescriptions or files as necessary.
• Clerical tasks such as data entry, typing labels and maintaining patient profiles.
• Secretarial tasks such as telephoning, filing, and typing.
• Accounting tasks such as record keeping, maintaining accounts receivables, third party billing and posting.
• Inventory control tasks including monitoring, pricing, dating, invoicing, stocking pharmacy, and preparation of purchase orders.
• Help maintain a clean and orderly pharmacy.
• Place properly packaged medication in labeled containers to be verified by a Doctor of Pharmacy, subsequent to verified order entry.
• Transport completed medication order to designated pick-up site as needed.
• Refill patient medication cassettes.
• Participate in restocking of automated dispensing machines subject to verification by DPh and file reports as needed.
• Deliver IV fluids to patient care areas and retrieve unused/unneeded IV fluids for return to pharmacy unit.
• Perform light housekeeping duties.
• Restock returned meds.
• Prepare IV admixtures and document work.
• Set up IV compounder.
• Prepare batch preparation of sterile items.
• Assist in the maintenance of IV room/preparation area stock of IV base fluids and additives.
• Assist with Automated Dispensing machine set-up and coordination.
• Provide training and onboarding of other technicians.
• Fill request for floor stock medications and document completion of order.
• Assist with keeping log of medications and supplies that need to be reordered.
• Participate in debit/credit routines for pharmacy charges to help ensure the patient receives a timely and accurate bill.
• Assist in receiving, checking in and shelving of medications when received from vendors.
• Assist in the stock replenishment of decentralized/satellite pharmacy units as requested.
• Rotate stock as needed to reduce outdating.
• Maintain IV room/preparation area stock of IV base fluids and additives.
• Rotate stock consistently to avoid outdating.
• File patient specific physician orders.
• Prepare verification of use forms, drug supply and maintain PC-based inventory database for Controlled Dangerous Substances.
• Participate in daily physical count and report unreconciled pharmacy stock discrepancies to the Pharmacy Supervisor or Director immediately.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PTO
• 401(k)
• medical and dental plans