Certified Pharmacy Technician, Outpatient Pharmacy-Holden, 40hr, Day
Certified Pharmacy Technician, Outpatient Pharmacy-Holden, 40hr, Day
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Job Description
Exemption Status:
Non-ExemptSchedule Details:
Holidays - No More Than Every Third Holiday Monday through Friday Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)Scheduled Hours:
Hours between 8am-6pm Monday-Friday Weekend and Holiday rotation applicableShift:
1 - Day Shift 8 Hours (United States of America)Hours:
40Cost Center:
10010 - 3830 Home Delivery PharmacyUnion:
SHARE (State Healthcare and Research Employees)This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.
Everyone Is a Caregiver
At UMass Memorial Health everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients community and each other. And everyone in their own unique way plays an important part every day.
Under the direct supervision of a pharmacy supervisor and pharmacist is responsible for performing daily operations within the pharmacy. Performs medication related tasks such as packaging preparation of all forms of medications record keeping and all aspects of drug distribution.Major Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the day to day operations within the Outpatient Pharmacy.
- Assists in UMMMC Meds to Beds prescription intake and delivery and documents appropriately on patient medical record and pharmacy tracking report.
- Responds accurately and timely to provider inquiries about discharge prescriptions and documents accordingly on patient medical record.
- Processes prescriptions through pharmacy computer system.
- Maintains inventory by conducting daily cycle counts receiving the order and removing outdated items from active stock.
- Interacts with providers and provider staff to receive and clarify orders.
- Interacts with patients to update them on out of stock insurance or other emergent issues.
- Maintains required prescription records as necessary in accordance with regulatory and hospital requirements.
- Enters new prescriptions and refills into the computer system.
- Resolves common adjudication issues and troubleshoots with insurance when necessary.
- Answers doctor and patient telephone calls.
- Appropriately fills and maintains prescription dispensing robot.
- Dispenses prescriptions through point of sale after verifying two patient identifiers.
- Maintains a clean work area and assists in quality indicator monitoring.
- Assists with yearly inventory in assigned areas.
- Participates in identifying problems or areas for improvement and assists supervisor with problem solving projects and improving operations; participates in Continuous Quality Improvement activities and/or teams.
Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:
- Complies with established departmental policies procedures and objectives.
- Attends variety of meetings conferences seminars as required or directed.
- Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
- Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Respects diverse views and approaches demonstrates Standards of Respect and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism tolerance civility and acceptance toward all employees patients and visitors.
- Maintains regular reliable and predictable attendance.
- Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.
Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education:
Required:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Current license with the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy.
Certified by one of the national governing bodies such as PTCB or the National Healthcareer Association ExCPT.
Experience/Skills:
Required:
- Position requires proficiency in math and knowledge and ability to use a computer.
- Must be able to follow oral and written instructions with accuracy efficiency and dependability.
- Positive work ethic motivated and professional demeanor to promote teamwork in the department.
Preferred:
- Preferred to have recent pharmacy work experience within the past 6 months.
Unless certification licensure or registration is required an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.
Hours between 8am-6pm Monday-Friday Weekend and Holiday rotation applicable
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.
Were striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge Listen Communicate Be Responsive Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone every day.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age disability gender identity and expression protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability please contact us at We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
