• Job Description

  Req#: 251003

  SUMMARY:

  We are currently seeking a Pharmacy Tech to join our Whittier Clinic Pharmacy team. This position is full-time with benefits, 80 hours per pay period, day/eve shift and every 4th weekend.

  $5000 Sign-On Bonus

  A sign-on bonus is available for eligible external candidates. Current employees and former employees (rehired within 12 months) are not eligible. One year’s work commitment required.

  Purpose of this position: Under the supervision of a registered pharmacist, performs a variety of technical and clerical duties allowable by law, while maintaining a favorable image of the pharmacy within the hospital and in the community

  RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Answers phones for the pharmacy department and directs calls to appropriate personnel
  • Maintains knowledge of the Hospital Credit and Collection Policy and other related policies
  • Prepackages, prepares, labels, and hands out prescriptions after they are checked by a registered pharmacist
  • Maintains cash registers, credit card machines, and reporting for cash transactions
  • Prepares daily deposits for the cashier’s office
  • Bills and credits patient medications
  • Stocks inventory in Pharmacy
  • Routinely checks and removes outdated and expired medications
  • Delivers medications to patient care and ancillary areas and picks up new orders as scheduled
  • Files prescriptions and reports
  • Maintains the pharmacy in a clean and organized fashion
  • Enters outpatient prescriptions
  • Obtains and records patient drug histories
  • Triages orders, determines priorities, processes orders, and notifies the pharmacist as appropriate
  • Performs various calculations to determine the correct dose using weight
  • Identifies the appropriate product to process based on the prescription order
  • Triages insurance rejections and initiates prior authorization claims as needed
  • Uses appropriate pharmaceutical-medical terms, abbreviations, and symbols
  • Maintains a working knowledge of general chemical and physical properties of drugs
  • Compounding medications as per Minnesota Board of Pharmacy rules and regulations
  • Is responsible for safe and careful handling of chemotherapeutic medications
  • Assists with other duties as assigned but only after appropriate training

  QUALIFICATIONS:
  Minimum Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma or GE

  Preferred Qualifications:

  • Computer skills
  • Knowledge of Pharmacy computer systems
  • Insurance and Billing Experience
  • Experience working with specialty medications in a health system setting
  • Graduate of an accredited Pharmacy Technician Program or a 240-hour employer-based Technician training Program or 1,000 hours of Pharmacy experienc

  Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities:

  • Ability to communicate with other employees and public
  • Possesses strong interpersonal skills, is a team player, and promotes positive team environment
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Demonstrates good decision making skills, problem solving techniques, and possesses the ability to prioritize multiple tasks
  • Ability to use a computer and associated programs
  • Ability to understand oral and written instructions
  • Ability to learn and apply pharmacy procedures and interpret prescriptions
  • Ability to apply basic math skills
  • Some skill in record keeping
  • Ability to use computer effectively

  License/Certifications:

  • Current Pharmacy Technician Registration with MN State Board
  • PTCB or ExCPT pharmacy tech certification within 1 year of date of hire, paid for by employee

  -OR-

  • Current Intern License with the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy

• About the company

  Hennepin County Medical Center is a Level I adult and pediatric trauma center and safety net hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the county seat of Hennepin County.

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