Pharmacy Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Maintain current, unrestricted Rhode Island Pharmacy Technician licensure.
• Hold current National Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPhT), or have at least one year of licensed pharmacy technician work experience, sit for the CPhT exam within six months of hire, and obtain and maintain CPhT certification within 12 months of hire.
• Solid computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite, email, calendar applications, internet applications, and multiple pharmacy system applications.
• Strong customer-service presence and verbal and written communication skills for interacting with patients, practitioners, and ancillary staff.
• Ability to maintain attention to detail in a fast-paced environment and to multitask and reprioritize while maintaining accuracy and service standards.
• Successfully pass a drug screen in accordance with Rhode Island State Law.

Nice To Haves

• Completion of one to two years of college.

Responsibilities

• Follow the principles of the Brown University Health Corporate Compliance Program and Code of Conduct.
• Provide friendly, helpful customer service to patients, practitioners, and support personnel.
• Respond to questions about medication and pharmaceutical supply costs and availability; communicate wait times, drug availability issues, and refill authorization processes.
• Protect patient confidentiality while collecting and entering information needed to fill prescriptions, bill insurance, and process payments and co-pays.
• Collect and process payments and assist patients with identified problems.
• Refer medication and drug-interaction questions to the pharmacist and facilitate referrals to case management when appropriate.
• Promote pharmacy services, including delivery of prescriptions or medical equipment to discharged patients’ bedsides.
• Rotate among applicable assignments and shifts as business needs require and demonstrated competency allows.
• Manage assigned pharmacy areas, including inventory, purchasing, compounding and repackaging, dispensing, and sales.
• Prepare, formulate, and package medications, including hazardous and controlled substances, under the immediate supervision of a pharmacist.
• Coordinate quality assurance activities and maintain orderly medication supply areas, appropriate segregation of chemotherapy agents, and proper medication storage conditions.
• Participate in quality improvement and medication safety activities and report actual, prevented, and near-miss medication errors through the approved process.
• Demonstrate professionalism and perform other duties as assigned.