Pharmacy Technician, Certified - Home Delivery Coordinator
Pharmacy Technician, Certified - Home Delivery Coordinator
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Job Title: Pharmacy Technician Certified - Home Delivery Coordinator
Reports To: Associate Pharmacy Director
Job Summary: Performs all tasks related to preparation of prescription medications for home delivery related functions under the supervision of the Pharmacy Operations Coordinator. May be required to staff in other areas of the pharmacy department if called upon to do so during times of staffing shortages to ensure a full staffing complement.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
The job duties and responsibilities listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Other duties that fall within the broad scope of this classification may be assigned.
- Collaborates closely with Quality Department to align medication deliveries with closing of other quality gaps in care during the visit to the home /delivery location of the patient.
- Sorts and triages daily deliveries based on delivery type timeliness delivery method urgency completeness cold chain control chain of custody and patient preference.
- Organizes prescriptions expeditiously for any needed stat deliveries needed.
- Verifies completeness of filled prescription bags and reconciles contents against daily medication list and the corresponding patients medication profile.
- Synchronizes and minimizes the number of deliveries to improve delivery efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
- Prepares appropriate documentation for delivery confirmation based on delivery type.
- Processes deliveries requiring cold chain for temperature sensitive medications to ensure product integrity.
- Tracks deliveries to ensure confirmation of delivery.
- Reconciles delivery confirmations with corresponding deliveries.
- Tracks and reconciles undelivered medications.
- Checks prescriptions out of pharmacy at Point of Service (POS) receives payment and processes credit payments.
- Operates assigned vehicle in a safe and courteous manner.
- Maintains defensive driving.
- Reads and interprets maps and driving directions to plan the most efficient route service for and reads and interprets road signs in English.
- Keeps assigned vehicle(s) clean inside and outside.
- Maintains accurate up-to-date records on trip sheets vehicle maintenance fuel purchases incident reports accident reports vehicle condition reports and other records that are requested from management.
- Fuels assigned vehicle(s).
- Coordinates schedule for major or periodic vehicle maintenance with management and staff to minimize service interruptions.
- Responds immediately to accidents or medical emergencies by notifying emergency response providers and rendering First Aid until emergency personnel arrive.
- Serves as a positive role model while providing transportation service.
- Adheres to pharmacy policies and procedures.
- Treats patients and co-workers in a respectful and confidential manner.
- Responds to co-workers and patient requests for service or back-up in a courteous and timely manner.
- Interacts with customers and co-workers in a patient professional and consistent manner.
- Triages patient and delivery issues and requests.
- Accepts refill requests from patients and providers and sends flags if necessary to expedite accessibility.
- Performs other duties as assigned to accommodate reasonable needs of the patients and the department provided duties meet practice norms and legal regulations/standards.
- Process refills and new prescription requests as required.
- Sends new and refill requests to Providers via Liberty or NextGen platforms.
- Fills medication orders and prepares for Pharmacist verification.
- Assist in any other duties as requested by Director of Pharmacy.
Required Minimum Qualifications - Education Experience Certificates & Licenses:
- High school or G.E.D.
- Valid drivers license.
- Possess and maintain a safe driving record.
- Valid Certified Pharmacy Technician License issued by the Arizona Board of Pharmacy.
- Valid Fingerprint Clearance Card.
Preferred Qualifications- Education Experience Certificates & Licenses:
- Minimum of three years pharmacy experience preferred.
Required Language Skills:
- Ability to comprehend and compose instructions correspondence and communications in English in both oral and written format.
- Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred but not required.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to patients internal providers and staff and other agency staff working in cooperation with the organization.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to occasionally exert enough force to move objects weighing up to 10 pounds.
- Ability to continuously remain in a stationary position.
- Ability to stand for extended periods.
- Ability to constantly move about inside the workplace to assist patients operate office equipment etc.
- Possesses hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to constantly operate computers telephone and other office machinery and grasp and seize small objects such as medication tablets and containers.
- Possesses close visual acuity necessary to accurately record and view information on a computer monitor handwritten and typed documents as well as accurately identify and distinguish colors.
- Ability to perceive the size shape temperature and/or texture of objects by touch.
- Ability to discern the nature of sounds at a normal spoken volume.
Other Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to perform medical math that may include the use of ratio/proportion dosage calculation metric and household equivalents roman numerals abbreviations and general math including percentages etc.
- Ability to skillfully gather and analyze data.
- Ability to perform a variety of assignments and make decisions requiring considerable independent judgment.
- Displays a high level of critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Displays sound and accurate judgment and ability to make timely decisions.
- Knowledge of health plans and community health centers preferred.
- Knowledge of HIPAA and Corporate Compliance rules and regulations.
- Knowledge of 340B regulations.
- Computer literacy is required with proficiency in the use of all Microsoft Office programs.
- Ability to prioritize and plan work activities use time efficiently and develop realistic action plans.
Work Environment & Conditions:
- Work environment is typical of a health care facility setting with occasional exposure to communicable diseases bodily fluids and hazardous chemicals.
- Work requires occasional travel and extended hours to include early mornings evenings holidays and weekends.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
