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Certified Pharmacy Technician - Float
General Statement of Job
This position assists the Pharmacist in accurately dispensing medications and medical supplies to patients, clinics, and various institutions. Employees in this position are responsible for maintaining accurate information on patient profiles, processing billing, maintaining inventory, and maintaining complete files. This position requires public contact and the ability to work well with the public and health professionals.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- Assists the Pharmacist in accurately dispensing medications and medical supplies to patients, clinics, and various institutions.
- Enters and maintains information in the computer for the purpose of maintaining accurate data on patient profiles.
- Assist with workflow telephone calls and directs messages accordingly.
- Fills prescriptions for patients in an accurate and efficient manner.
- Responsible for performing inventory cycle counts as assigned daily by pharmacist.
- Responsible for accurately operating POS as per our pharmacies policies and SOPs.
- Responsible for assisting pharmacist in inventory management and cross referencing split billing application accumulators to maximize our 340B purchasing opportunities.
- Responsible for working with providers, third party payors and patients to process insured prescription claims to include but not limited to prior authorization, effectively solving adjudication insurance issues, and communicating results effectively and integrative manner.
- Delivering customer service excellence.
- Exercising consistent teamwork and communicating effectively with interdisciplinary teams.
- Assists patients and medical staff at the pharmacy dispensing station.
- Maintains inventory of stock and completes purchase orders for new/replacement stock.
- Processes billing and re-submits any claims found unauthorized.
- Assists the pharmacist with inventory management initiatives/projects.
- Responds to concerns and inquiries by patients, clinics, and doctors; provides responses commensurate with the authority of the Registered Pharmacy Technician position.
- Responsible for the upkeep of pharmacy facility, including but not limited to housekeeping activities and responsibilities.
- Communicates with patients to obtain information for the purpose of updating profile records.
- Processes all required forms for dispensing, as required for various District’s, Pfizer’s and DOH’s programs.
- Completes and processes requisition orders for the clinic, District facilities, and other institutions.
- Maintains emergency response kits for clinics.
- Returns overstock and expired medications with the appropriate/required documentation.
- Maintains all files within the pharmacy; assists in annual inventory and routine pharmacy inventory management.
- Verifies eligibility of patients.
- Travels to other pharmacy locations and emergency established sites to perform certified pharmacy technician’s duties.
- Emergency duty may be required of the incumbent that includes working in special needs or Red Cross shelters or to perform other emergency duties including, but not limited to, responses to threats or disasters, man-made or natural.
Additional Duties:
This job description reflects the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a complete description of all the work requirements and expectations that may be inherent in the position. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position. Management of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County reserves the right to assign duties not listed herein as necessary to accomplish the goals of the organization.
Education:
High school diploma or GED required.
Experience:
One (1) to two (2) years previous experience in a clinic, retail, or hospital pharmacy required. Must possess knowledge of commonly used medical and pharmacy symbols and abbreviations, as well as some general understanding about laws and regulations affecting the pharmacy profession.
Certification:
N/A
Licensure:
Registered Pharmacy Technician License from the Florida Board of Pharmacy is required. Valid current Florida driver’s license required.
Registrations:
N/A
Training:
N/A
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