Certified Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy technicians assist the pharmacist in the preparation and distribution of medications, maintaining the drug inventory, and maintaining patient and pharmacy records in a manner consistent with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Pharmacy technician activities are performed under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with patients, visitors, support staff, provider staff, and leadership to ensure appropriate provision of pharmacy services:
  • Ability to handle stressful situations, and the capacity to function under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist o Relates well to people from diverse backgrounds.
  • Read and interpret physicians’ medication orders
  • Prepare and package medications
  • Re-package and label medications
  • Maintain drug inventory through inventory control processes
  • Check expiration dates and medications on a regular basis
  • Provide customer service by answering phone calls in a prompt and courteous manner.
• Triage request and prioritize them.
• Builds a positive work environment by working cooperatively within the organization through teamwork, interpersonal skills, and personal improvement/initiative.
• Adhere to safety practices to ensure quality care for patients.
• Adhere to FHLC polies and procedures.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Min. Qualifications

• The ability to respect the confidentiality of patient information while performing job duties.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, employees and public.
• Basic mathematics skills including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing in all units of measure.
• Effective computer and keyboarding skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong prioritization skills and ability to make decisions independently and effectively.
• Able to operate equipment such as computers, scan guns, tablet counter and cash registers.

Education/Experience Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) must be obtained within first year of employment.
• At least 1 year of recent experience in retail pharmacy.
• Familiarity with pharmacy practice settings, legal requirements and limitations, prescrption information and calculations, drug identification and generic equivalents, drug manufacturing, packaging and labeling information and proper drug handling and storage practices.
• Working knowledge of pharmacy information systems.
• Previous use of Pioneer Computer System preferred.
• BLS certification required at time of hire.