Outpatient Pharmacy Technician Trainee – Honolulu Medical Office – Part Time

NALHE; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

NALHE in Honolulu, HI invites an experienced pharmacy technician to perform semi-technical and clerical duties, fill and package medications, restock to fixed levels, and assist the pharmacist in the dispensing process.

You will handle cashiering, input patient and prescription data, prepare labels, and ensure accuracy and compliance with state and federal regulations, with hospital duties possible depending on assignment.

Responsibilities

• Greets patients and handles service transactions using proper forms and processes.
• Refers inquiries to the pharmacist for patient-care guidance.
• Inputs patient and prescription data to produce labels and assist in dispensing.
• Matches prescriptions with labels, selects drugs, fills containers and labels.
• Prepares adequate supply of medication for unit dose distribution where applicable.
• Processes clinic and hospital drug requisitions and manages stock levels.
• Fills and updates unit dose cassettes as required.
• Provides medication or OTC items to patients and collects payments when needed.
• Picks up and delivers medications and supplies per schedule where applicable.
• Calculates prescription prices, handles payments, and verifies checks.
• Balances cash, checks, and card transactions and prepares deposits.
• Gathers data for health plan reports and maintains pricing lists.
• Maintains OTC charge schedules and manages reordering of supplies.
• Orders and restocks drugs and supplies; disposes of outdated items.
• Files prescriptions and transaction documents in a timely manner.
• Resolves immediate problems and ensures equipment and work area safety.
• Complies with department policies, attendance, attire, and continuing education.
• Coordinates and answers incoming phone calls and directs them to the right person.

Job description

Job Summary:

Performs variety of semi-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 Responsibilities:

• Greets patients, members and other health care personnel in caring, helpful manner and initiates service transactions using proper forms and process.
• Refers all inquiries or issues regarding patient-care/consultation to pharmacist.
• 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.
• (May perform in hospital setting) As trained or qualified, Prepares adequate supply of medication for unit dose distribution.
• (May perform in hospital setting) Processes Clinic and Hospital Drug Requisitions. Receives, fills drug and medical supply requests. Checks stock levels per schedule. Removes outdated goods and replenishes to fixed levels.
• (May perform in hospital setting) Fills and updates unit dose cassettes per determined supply.
• 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.
• (May perform in hospital setting) Picks-up and delivers medications and supplies to designated areas or persons per schedule (e.g. unit dose exchange, control substance, floor stock).
• 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.
• Gathers and computes data and information for variety of needs pertaining to health plan, non-plan, special and routine reports, studies, and statistics as necessary.
• Maintains accurate OTC charge schedules and price lists, adjusts changes.
• Orders routine bank supplies for cashiering area. Assures all equipment in cashiering area is operating in acceptable manner. Advises supervisor of any malfunctions and/or Reports same to appropriate service company.
• (May perform in hospital setting) Maintains appropriate level of drugs and supplies for operations.
• Orders, receives, stores, returns, credits, and discards drugs and supplies.
• Packs, compounds, reconstitutes, and distributes inventory for issue, transfer or dispensing.
• Files prescriptions and any transaction document of pharmacy operations timely and appropriately.
• Accepts responsibility for resolving immediate problems and accomplishing assigned tasks and reporting irregularities.
• Inspects and maintains work area and equipment in organized, clean, safe, and efficient working condition.
• Observes and complies with departments policies and procedures and organizations house rules such as but not limited to safety, attendance, proper attire, and continuing education.
• Coordinates and answers incoming phone calls. Handles or directs call to appropriate individuals.