Pharmacy Technician or Trainee

Under immediate supervision of pharmacist Technician or Trainee, performs variety of technical and clerical duties; fills, packages and provides medication; restocks to fixed levels and compounds or repackages following established policies, practices, procedures or specific instructions and within federal and state statutes and regulations. Performs cashiering duties such as collection of cash, check, or credit card payments for all collectible services.

Essential Functions:
Assists with inputting patient and prescription information to produce labels and to assist in prescription filling process
Matches prescriptions with labels; selects proper drug and quantity to be dispensed, fills container, applies labels, and presents completed product to pharmacist for checking
Assists with and/or provides medication (checked by pharmacist), OTC product, or supplies to correct patient in helpful and caring manner; refers all consultation function to pharmacist; collects money if needed
Calculates price for prescriptions or order; sells non-prescription drugs; collects cash, check, or credit card payments for all collectible services; verifies information is accurate on all checks; assures valid authorization is received for all credit card payments; validates checks and credit slips and issues receipts accordingly
Balances monies, checks, and credit card charge documents daily against cash register receipts; reconciles any discrepancy; prepares bank deposit
Orders, receives, stores, returns, credits, and discards drugs and supplies
Packs, compounds, reconstitutes, and distributes inventory for issue, transfer or dispensing
Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description

Basic Qualifications:
High school diploma
Demonstrated ability to safely handle and/or prepare compounds such as chemotherapeutic agents, biologicals or other
Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, customer service, oral communication, multi-tasking, teamwork, and written communication
Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications
Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone
Reading, writing, speaking and understanding English
Training/giving and receiving instructions
Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness

Additional for Trainee:
Ability to follow instructions and to troubleshoot equipment problems

Additional for Technician:
Two years (4,160 hours) of pharmacy technician trainee or related experience
Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)

Preferred Qualifications:
Completion of Pharmacy technician training program
Post high school coursework training