Pharmacy Assistant

We are seeking a highly skilled Pharmacy Technician to join our team at Kaiser Permanente in Wailuku, Hawaii. As a Pharmacy Technician, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safe and efficient dispensing of medications to our patients.

• Greets patients and healthcare personnel in a caring and helpful manner, initiating service transactions using proper forms and processes.
• Refers patient-care and consultation inquiries to pharmacists.
• Inputs patient and prescription information to produce labels and assist in the prescription filling process.
• Matches prescriptions with labels, selects the proper drug and quantity, fills containers, applies labels, and presents completed products to pharmacists for checking.
• Assists with and/or provides medication, OTC products, or supplies to patients in a helpful and caring manner, referring consultation functions to pharmacists as needed.
• Collects money if necessary.
• Picks up and delivers medications and supplies to designated areas or persons per schedule.
• Calculates prices for prescriptions or orders, sells non-prescription drugs, collects cash, checks, or credit card payments, and verifies information on all checks.
• Balances monies, checks, and credit card charge documents daily against cash register receipts, reconciles any discrepancies, and prepares bank deposits.
• Gathers and computes data and information for various needs, including health plan, non-plan, special, and routine reports, studies, and statistics.
• Maintains accurate OTC charge schedules and price lists, adjusts changes, orders routine bank supplies for the cashiering area, and ensures all equipment is operating properly.
• Maintains an appropriate level of drugs and supplies for operations, orders, receives, stores, returns, credits, and discards drugs and supplies, packs, compounds, reconstitutes, and distributes inventory for issue, transfer, or dispensing.
• Files prescriptions and transaction documents in a timely and appropriate manner, accepts responsibility for resolving immediate problems, and accomplishes assigned tasks and reports irregularities.
• Inspects and maintains the work area and equipment in an organized, clean, safe, and efficient working condition, observes and complies with departmental policies and procedures, and organization house rules.
• Coordinates and answers incoming phone calls, handles or directs calls to appropriate individuals.

• Previous pharmacy experience required or in a pharmacy technician training program.
• High school diploma or equivalent related experience.
• Pharmacy Technician Certificate.
• Demonstrated ability to safely handle and/or prepare compounds such as chemotherapeutic agents, biologicals, or other medications.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, customer service, oral communication, multi-tasking, teamwork, and written communication.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications.
• Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone.
• Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English.
• Training/giving and receiving instructions.
• Mathematical ability, attention to detail, organization, prioritization, proofing, concentration, and alertness.