Pharmacy Technician Long Term Care

1 month ago

Rochester, United States Thrifty White Pharmacy Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionPRIMARY OBJECTIVE
Pharmacy technicians play a vital role in the safe, effective, and efficient delivery of healthcare for patients. Being an industry leader in innovation, our employee owners have been able to develop and implement several programs and initiatives that allow our Pharmacy Technicians to practice at the top of their license. The purpose of the long term care pharmacy technician is to assist the Pharmacist in processing prescriptions and maintaining the pharmacy's service standards when working with the contracted nursing homes in providing exceptional pharmaceutical care to residents.

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  • Become a Pharmacy Technician-in-Training where you will be enrolled in Thrifty Whites Board of Pharmacy approved Pharmacy Technician Training Program Work full-time in the pharmacy while you learn the fundamentals of being a Pharmacy Technician.
    • As a Thrifty White Pharmacy Technician-in-Training, you will be provided with top-notch multifaceted training through online modules, internal video trainings, and hands-on training with a designated preceptor all at no cost to you
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  • Being an industry leader in innovation, our employee owners have been able to develop and implement several programs and initiatives that allow our Pharmacy Technicians to practice at the top of their license such as becoming immunization certified and learning long term care pharmacy.
  • Competitive wages and hours of operation.
Benefits for Full-Time Employees Include:
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life
  • 401k
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • Paid Holidays - Including your birthday
  • Paid Vacation after 90 days
A few of the primary responsibilities include:
  • Provides excellent customer service to nursing homes and their residents by building relationships with staff and providers based on trust, cooperation, and understanding.
  • Create and maintain accurate patient profiles in TWRx computer system, including medication profiles, insurance information, contact information, allergy information, and any other pertinent information.
  • Assist pharmacists in processing medication orders, receiving payment from insurance carriers, adding cycle filled medications to the proper batches, printing the necessary labels, pulling products to fill the order, scanning NDCs to eliminate dispensing errors and receiving authorization from the pharmacist to continue filling when TWRx identifies allergy or interaction information.
  • Communicate with insurance carriers to obtain payment for prescription claim rejections and underpayments as necessary.
  • Communicate with prescribers and their agents to obtain refill authorization, prior authorizations, completing necessary documentation and follow-up.
  • Communicate with long term care facilities agents to meet and exceed their needs and expectations.
  • Maintain timely and accurate communication with the central fill site utilizing the Long Term Care Tracker system on the intranet.
  • Assist the pharmacist with filling and labeling prescriptions, including the cycle filled medication systems (i.e. OPUS, 30-day punch cards, NexPak).
  • Assist in checking in cycle filled medication exchanges from facilities, maintaining accuracy between batch and medication systems.
  • Assist in processing returned medications, crediting batches accordingly.
  • Monitor and maintain inventory levels, utilizing TWRxs Just In Time Inventory (JITI) management system, adjusting quantities on hand and min/max accordingly, as well as ensuring that all products entering and leaving pharmacy are recorded in JITI.
  • Order medications, nursing home and department supplies (i.e. prescription vials, baggies, cable ties, labels, printer ink, paper) as necessary.
  • Utilize the long-list on the intra-net to report over-stock and use inter-store transfers to order over-stock from fellow Thrifty White stores.
  • Receive and check in daily medication orders within a designated area, stock shelves, rotate stock to avoid outdates and maintain shelf labels, ordering as necessary.
  • Properly retain outdated medications, including their removal from JITI and return for credit, as well as flagging products that are close to outdating.
  • Identify and prepare stock balance returns by use of X-10 item movement in TWRx.
  • Assures RX hardcopy files are routinely checked, filed and signed when needed.
  • Properly maintain E-kits, billing for replacement products, refilling as necessary for the pharmacist final check.
  • Maintain neat, organized work areas to ensure accurate filling of prescriptions.
  • Maintain a well-groomed personal appearance in accordance with company guidelines.
  • Perform housekeeping duties within the pharmacy department as necessary to present a professional image of the pharmacy.
  • Participate in the Quality Management Program by reporting quality related concerns (dispensing errors, customer service issues, or operational issues) via the appropriate channels to ensure Pharmacy Operations is aware of the issues so they can be addressed. Reporting of events related to patient safety is mandatory. Failure to report such an event can result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination.
  • Change work roles and adjust to changing job responsibilities as required and perform all other duties as assigned.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education and experience:
  • Be at least 18 years of age upon date of hire
  • Have a High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
  • Valid Minnesota pharmacy technician registration (preferred- exceptional candidates may be hired as a tech-in-training)
  • Nationally Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) (preferred)
  • 1-3 years experience working in a pharmacy setting (preferred)
  • Must have the ability to have and maintain a clear record without exclusion, sanctions or debarments with the Office of the Inspector General at the time of hire and monthly thereafter.
  • Students who are planning to pursue future academic endeavors in the pharmaceutical arts (Pharmacist, pharmacologist, pharmacy technician, etc.) are strongly encouraged to apply.
Necessary Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Pharmacy medication order input experience
  • Comprehensive understanding of third party pharmacy benefit plan parameters, insurance and third-party payment systems
  • Knowledge of medication brand and generic names, medical supplies, medical terminology, pharmacy calculations and basic pharmacy practices, procedures and record-keeping principles
  • Ability to develop effective working relationships with clients and associates at all levels of the organization
  • Strong organizational, prioritization, and mathematics skills
  • Completion of HIPPA privacy and Methguard training
  • Ability to read and converse fluently in English
  • Ability to handle stressful situations and deal successfully with difficult personalities
  • Ability to maintain client and patient confidentiality and professionalism at all times
  • Ability to learn and implement new and changing technologies on an ongoing basis
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
  • Ability to represent the company effectively to external parties
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, and active listening ability
  • Self-motivated, organized, attention to detail, strong work ethic and initiative-taking
  • Computer literacy with proficiency in general word-processing and data entry
  • Ability to maintain effective working relationships with employees, facility staff members, and providers (we are a closed-door pharmacy; the majority of your daily communication will be with the care team and co-workers)
  • Ability to work evenings, weekends and holidays as necessary
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
The measures of effectiveness for this position will include, but are not limited to:
  • Meet or exceed needs and expectations of the organizations and individuals that Thrifty White Drug serves
  • Take responsibility for actions, know areas of accountability, and report any issues immediately upon being realized/discovered
  • Manage competing demands, balancing team and individual responsibilities
  • Place the needs of the team above own interests and assist team members as needed to accomplish team goals
  • Receive constructive criticism positively and use it to enhance professional development
  • Reliable attendance and punctuality are required to take care of our prescription patients
  • Willingness to aid in the cross training of other employees and sharing of knowledge proactively

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representable of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential job functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.

This position may include long periods of standing. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is also frequently required: to talk and hear, use hands and fingers, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls, and to reach with hands and arms.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

SELECTION GUIDELINES
Formal application, rating of education and experience, interview by senior store technician/pharmacy manager, and positive reference checks. The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

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