Pharmacy Technician - Per Diem at Rochester Regional Health – ROCHESTER, New York

Job Title: Pharmacy Technician
Department: Outpatient Pharmacy
Location: Rochester General Hospital
Hours Per Week: Per Diem
Schedule: Operating hours: M-F 8a-8p; weekend rotation - Sat-Sun 10a-2p

SUMMARY:

Under pharmacist supervision, responds to and/or triages nursing phone calls, prepares medications orders, accurately delivers meds and restocks as necessary. Provide superior customer service by modeling the organizations values.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Consistently, promptly and courteously assist/wait on customers, maintaining confidentiality at all times.

• Obtain all necessary personal, medical (allergies/conditions) and insurance information from patient. Record information on the prescription and entering appropriate information into the pharmacy computer.

• Pursuant to pharmacist’s order and designated work area, assist in filling patient prescriptions for pharmacist verification.

• Pulls or procures drug product and original prescription, counts and assesses reorder status.

• Assists in checking in the pharmaceutical orders, verifying invoices/packing slips with pharmacy order, stickers drug products/supplies and places them into stock. Maintains adequate supplies (dispensing bottles, computer labels, bags, Medela products, necessary pharmacy billing and signature logs, etc.)

• Completes “Return to stock” task, based on current schedule in pharmacy, and reports information to accounts manager.
  

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• None

• National Pharmacy Certification required within 18 months of hire

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School diploma or equivalent.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills for routine interaction with hospital staff, patients and visitors.

• 1 year of work experience in a clinical, retail or healthcare setting.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: M - Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.

PAY RANGE: $19.25 - $21.50

The listed base pay range is a good faith representation of current potential base pay for successful applicants. It may be modified in the future. Pay is determined by factors including experience, clinical licensure date, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, location, and contracts.