Highmark Health
Pharmacy Technician
Provides distributive pharmacy services, assistance and support for the registered pharmacist. Essential responsibilities include: Processing medication orders including computer order entry, medication preparation and assembles all items prior to pharmacist final check. Maintaining pharmacy inventory and supplies according to established policies and procedures, including inspection of assigned areas and use of pharmacy computer systems. Providing customer service by taking patient's prescriptions and documenting all required information, handles all customer interactions in a courteous and efficient manner, and releases medications required by policy/procedure. For Outpatient Techs: Validating Medicaid, Medicare, or commercial insurance drug coverage and ensuring adjudication is complete addressing any error messages, plus handling cash, preparing deposits and accounting reports. For Inpatient Techs: Compounding, stocking, repackaging and batching from bulk medications. Preparing routine patient orders for IV pharmaceuticals including compounding, preparation and labeling of any IV admixture including antibiotics, solutions, irrigations, narcotics, parenteral nutrition and chemotherapy. Other duties as assigned. Qualifications include: Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPhT) or ExCPT Pharmacy Technician - National Healthcareer Association (NHA). Incumbents in role as of July 1, 2022 must achieve CPhT by 1/1/2024. Completion of a pharmacy technician training program or 1 year equivalent experience in lieu of formal training program. Preferred: 1 year of pharmacy experience in respective area.
Provides distributive pharmacy services, assistance and support for the registered pharmacist. Essential responsibilities include: Processing medication orders including computer order entry, medication preparation and assembles all items prior to pharmacist final check. Maintaining pharmacy inventory and supplies according to established policies and procedures, including inspection of assigned areas and use of pharmacy computer systems. Providing customer service by taking patient's prescriptions and documenting all required information, handles all customer interactions in a courteous and efficient manner, and releases medications required by policy/procedure. For Outpatient Techs: Validating Medicaid, Medicare, or commercial insurance drug coverage and ensuring adjudication is complete addressing any error messages, plus handling cash, preparing deposits and accounting reports. For Inpatient Techs: Compounding, stocking, repackaging and batching from bulk medications. Preparing routine patient orders for IV pharmaceuticals including compounding, preparation and labeling of any IV admixture including antibiotics, solutions, irrigations, narcotics, parenteral nutrition and chemotherapy. Other duties as assigned. Qualifications include: Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPhT) or ExCPT Pharmacy Technician - National Healthcareer Association (NHA). Incumbents in role as of July 1, 2022 must achieve CPhT by 1/1/2024. Completion of a pharmacy technician training program or 1 year equivalent experience in lieu of formal training program. Preferred: 1 year of pharmacy experience in respective area.