Lead Ambul Pharmacy Tech

Care New England Health System; Warwick (RI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

JobRx, Inc. seeks a Lead Ambulatory Pharmacy Technician to provide hands-on patient and pharmacist support and to lead the Tech Training Program for new employees and students.

They supervise technicians to ensure duties are completed accurately and timely, and they report concerns and recognition to leadership. The role includes training new staff, ensuring URAC and ACHC compliance, coordinating training schedules, and supporting daily operations with a focus on quality patient care and service

Qualifications

• Registered Rhode Island Pharmacy Technician.
• National certification as CPhT.

Responsibilities

• Completes training of new technicians and students enrolled in the training program.
• Coordinates training schedule of all new hires and ensures access to required systems.
• Provides support and covers roles in ambulatory pharmacy operations when needed.
• Maintains compliance-related documentation and participates in process improvement initiatives.

Skills

Pharmacy Technician

Education

Rhode Island Pharmacy Technician license

National Certification as CPhT

Job description

Job Summary

The Lead Ambulatory Pharmacy Technician provides integrated support to patients and pharmacists by providing a "hands‑on" approach to total quality patient care. In addition to completing day‑to‑day pharmacy technician tasks, they are responsible for correct and thorough training of all new employees and students participating in the Tech Training Program. They serve as a leader to ensure that the work duties of technicians are assigned and completed accurately and timely, as well as answering employee questions regarding departmental policies/procedures. They report problems, recognition of outstanding performance, and personnel needs. They also provide feedback to the Operations Manager and the Training Coordinator for students participating in the training program.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Completes training of new technicians and students enrolled in the training program.
2. Answers staff questions concerning departmental policies and procedures for URAC and ACHC compliance.
3. Coordinates training schedule of all new hires, ensuring access to all necessary systems and all competencies are completed.
4. Ensures new technicians sign all required policy attestations at time of orientations and helps maintain employee file.
5. Manages new and yearly competencies and ensures staff completion.
6. Provides feedback to Lead tech, training coordinator, and operations manager on new hires and students training progression.
7. Provides support and fills in as Ambulatory Pharmacy Technical Operations Coordinator when needed.
8. Supports pharmacists and technicians in their daily duties and be prepared to cover any role of the technicians in emergency/short‑staffed situations.
9. Completes monthly reporting requirements including: temperature and humidity monitoring for room, refrigerators and freezers; phone metrics; prescription statistics; delivery records; state(s) regulatory updates; and complaint and near miss log.
10. Performs additional administrative assignments as directed by the pharmacy manager or director.
11. Provides excellent customer service.
12. Interpret and enter prescriptions.
13. Clarify prescription orders with pharmacist and/or clinician as appropriate.
14. Label and fill prescriptions for the pharmacist to verify.
15. Perform pharmaceutical calculations.
16. Identifies medications requiring special storage and/or handling such as hazardous medications and/or refrigerated medication.
17. Identify and assemble supplies necessary for select medications such as sharps containers, needles/syringes, alcohol swabs, Band‑Aids.
18. Prepares medication for delivery to patients and departments.
19. Medication delivery services to patients within hospitals.
20. Delivers medications to patient homes and other locations as needed.
21. Answers, resolves and triages inbound inquiries.
22. Provides outbound therapy/medication adherence check‑ups.
23. Secures refill prescriptions.
24. Resolving insurance related issues and assists patients with various forms of financial assistance.
25. Maintains pharmacy inventory including drug ordering and receiving.
26. Communicate directly with patients over the phone to assist them in the awareness of their medications and addresses any concerns.
27. Achieve operational objectives by inputting data, performing adjudication on test claims and preparing action plans for follow‑up.
28. Manage, organize, and update relevant data using database applications.
29. Apply observations and recommendations to operational issues, increased productivity, quality, and customer‑service standards.
30. Identify trends, resolve problems; recommend improvements; implements change.
31. Actively participates in process improvement initiatives.
32. Acts as a value‑added business partner to stakeholders throughout the organization.
33. Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
34. Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
35. Willing to do whatever is necessary for the betterment of the Company.
36. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Required Licensure/Certification: Applicant must be registered in the State of Rhode Island as a Pharmacy Technician. National certification as a CPhT.

Years of Experience: Required 1+ year, Preferred 5+ years’ experience as a Pharmacy Technician.

EEOC Statement

Care New England is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Americans with Disability Act Statement

External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job‑specific functions either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation, to be determined by the organization on a case‑by‑case basis.

Ethics Statement

Employee conducts himself/herself consistent with the ethical standards of the organization including, but not limited to hospital policy, mission, vision, and values.