Description
Job Title: Pharmacy Technician
Department: Outpatient Pharmacy
Location: Rochester General Hospital- The General Apothecary
Hours Per Week: 40 hours
Schedule: Operating hours: M-F 8a-8p; Sat-Sun 10a-2p. Weekend coverage once per month.
SUMMARY:
As a Pharmacy Tech, your excellent organization skills and attention to detail make you a crucial resource within the unit and ensures quality patient care. Provide superior customer service by modeling the organizations values.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
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.)
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.
Receives requests for refills through automated process and otherwise (phone), and ensures proper requested information is processed and communicated to pharmacists in a courteous manner.
Compiles prescription hard copies in numerical order and files on a daily basis.
Keep a clean, uncluttered work environment. Cleans shelves and storage areas routinely.
Completes “Return to stock” task, based on current schedule in pharmacy, and reports information to accounts manager.
Monthly checks of the drug inventory for outdated drugs, remove and logs items in the designated returns area. CII’s are logged out of inventory log first, then removed to designated return area and logged again.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
None, willing to train.
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: $18.00 - $20.15
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.
