Pharmacy Technician Trainee Per Diem
Job Location:
Boston, MA - USA
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Job Summary
Since 1985 BHCHPs mission has been to provide or assure access to the highest quality health care for all individuals and families experiencing homelessness in greater Boston. We care for over 11000 homeless individuals each year and ensure that every one of these individuals can receive comprehensive health care which includes primary care behavioral health medical respite dental case management and more. Our staff work in 30 locations across the city to serve some of our communitys most vulnerableand most resilientcitizens.
From our earliest days as a program we have always sought to do work that is transformational: recognizing our shared humanity centering trust mutual respect hope and supporting the right of every individual to access the highest levels of health care and every staff member to reach their fullest potential. We continue to be committed to building bridges and breaking down physical and systemic barriers that our patients face and provide community-based health care services that are compassionate dignified and culturally appropriate.
Job Summary:
Hours: Per Diem as needed
Union:Yes
Union Name:1199 SEIU
Patient Facing: Yes
The Per Diem Pharmacy Technician Trainee is a training position to become a Pharmacy Technician once successfully completing the Massachusetts Board-approved pharmacy technician assessment examination after working a minimum of 500 hours of employment as a pharmacy technician trainee. The Pharmacy Technician Trainee is responsible for helping the Pharmacists perform daily tasks to serve patients. Their duties include filling and labeling prescriptions interacting with patients to answer questions or giving them their prescriptions and contacting patients to notify them when their prescription is ready.
Job Responsibilities:
- Supports pharmacy services by stocking preparing and distributing medications.
- Help health care providers and patients by greeting them professionally answering questions and requests and referring inquiries to the pharmacist.
- Maintains pharmacy inventory anticipating needed medications and supplies placing and expediting orders verifying receipt and removing outdated drugs. Ensures separation of 340B drug inventories as applicable.
- Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures rules and regulations.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
- Prepares medications for pharmacists to dispense by interpreting medication orders and prescriptions preparing labels and calculating quantities
Experience and Education:
- Mustbeatleast18yearsold and have a high school diploma GED or equivalent
- Previous experience in a pharmacy retail medical or customer service setting
- State licensure/registration
- Experience managing multiple competing priorities; excellent prioritization skills. Creating a safe and effective environment
- Strong analytical and organizational skills including ability to analyze data to identify trends and communicate them through effective reporting methods
- Strong attention to detail; quality focused
- Excellent oral written and verbal communication skills including experience presenting complex information to senior leaders
- Skilled in exercising initiative integrity judgement discretion and decision making to achieve objectives
- Quick learner with customer service mindset
- Familiarity with 340B program
- Familiarity with adherence packaging and home delivery
- Familiarity with the MassHealth ACO program
- Familiarity with Federally Qualified Health Centers
- The compensation is $22.80 per hour.
Does this amazing opportunity interest you Then wed love to hear from you.
As an equal opportunity employer Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race color ethnicity religion sex gender gender identity and expression sexual orientation national origin disability age marital status veteran status pregnancy parental status genetic information or characteristics or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
Covid-19 Vaccination: Proof of Covid-19 vaccination(s) is optional for employment. Candidates who are offered employment will be given details about how to demonstrate receipt of vaccination if they choose to.
Please Note: Employment at Boston Health Care for the Homeless is at-will. Boston Health Care for the Homeless does not sponsor work authorization visas.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
About Company
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