Certified Pharmacy Technician, Outpatient Prescription Center, 40hr, Mixed

Worcester, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Are you a current UMass Memorial Health caregiver Apply now through Workday.

Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Schedule Details:

Monday through Friday Saturday

Scheduled Hours:

rotating schedule between the hours of 6:45am-7pm Monday through Friday and 8:30am-5pm on Saturdays

Shift:

4 - Mixed Shift 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

Cost Center:

10010 - 3808 Prescription Center Memorial

Union:

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Maintains inventory by conducting daily cycle counts receiving the order and removing outdated items from active stock.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.

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.

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.

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Required Experience:

Are you a current UMass Memorial Health caregiver Apply now through Workday.Exemption Status:Non-ExemptSchedule Details:Monday through Friday SaturdayScheduled Hours:rotating schedule between the hours of 6:45am-7pm Monday through Friday and 8:30am-5pm on SaturdaysShift:4 - Mixed Shift 8 Hours (Uni...