Pharmacy Technician needed for a six month contract for our client located in Louisville, KY.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Helps health care providers and patients by greeting by phone; answering questions and requests.
- Maintain pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory levels; anticipating and ordering needed medications and supplies
- Maintain a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Prescription activities in accordance with state and federal laws.
- Organize medications for pharmacist to dispense by reading medication orders and prescriptions; preparing labels; calculating quantities, adjudicating claims and resolving any rejections including prior authorization.
- Packaging and organizing daily Rx orders.
- Assist patients with Co-payments and financial assistance programs.
- Communicates with patients and physician office staff to coordinate medication refill deliveries.
- Compliance with professional practice and patient confidentiality laws.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related tasks as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Good interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently, meet deadlines and be flexible
- Good organizational skills and detail oriented
- Knowledge of medical terminology (including sig codes and Roman numeral), brand and generic names of medications and general pharmacy terminology
- Ability to perform tasks accurately and efficiently when inputting information
- Licensed/registered Pharmacy Technician or as required by state law
- Basic math and analytical skills
Requirements/Demands of the position:
The following screenings must be met by all contract labor resources at PharMerica and need to be ran through HireRight:
1) Candidates must pass a 15 Panel Drug Screen (PharMerica follows Federal guidelines) and a 7 Year County/Federal Background Check
2) All resources must be screened against lists of Ineligible Persons on the OIG/GSA sites. (Office Inspector General/General Services Administration) Candidates fail if they are on an exclusion list.
3) Appropriate Training/Education (specific to position)
4) Appropriate Registrations/Licenses/Certifications (specific to position)
5) TB Screens - valid/passed within last 12 months (specific to eligible positions) - candidates are responsible for this cost and must have proof prior to submittal to any applicable position
Hours: 11:00am - 7:30pm.