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Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency Pharmacy Tech – Float, Community Clinic Pharmacies - Hiring Incentive in Minneapolis, Minnesota
SUMMARY:
We are currently seeking a Pharmacy Techto join our Community Clinics Pharmacy team. This is a float position, full-time with benefits, 80 hours per pay period, day shift,no weekends. This position will float to the following Community Clinic Pharmacies:
· Whittier Clinic Pharmacy · Brooklyn Park Clinic Pharmacy · St. Anthony Clinic Pharmacy · Richfield Clinic Pharmacy · North Loop Clinic Pharmacy * *Schedules are done up to 12 weeks in advance.
Free Parking
*$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 work commitment required.
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- Routinely checks and removes outdated and expired medications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 GED
- Graduate of an accredited Pharmacy Technician Program or a 240 hour employer based Technician training Program or 1,000 hours of Pharmacy experience
/Preferred Qualifications:/
- Computer skills
- Knowledge of Pharmacy computer systems
- Insurance and Billing Experience
/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
Title: Pharmacy Tech – Float, Community Clinic Pharmacies - Hiring Incentive
Location: MN-Minneapolis-Downtown Campus
Requisition ID: 240618