Pharmacy Technician I Certified Specialty Pharmacy

Under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, pharmacy technician I performs a variety of activities related to prescription processing and daily pharmacy operations workflow for the retail/specialty pharmacy.    Works in a highly regulated environment and must take care to abide by all state and federal regulations that relate to the practice of pharmacy including record keeping and infection prevention standards and will work in accordance with CommonSpirit Health and the specialty pharmacy policies and procedures.  Pharmacy technicians are responsible for prescription data entry, insurance billing, preparation and filling of prescription medications,  cashiering/customer service duties, and accurately performing pharmaceutical calculations, reconstitution and compounding of oral and topical dosage forms (if applicable).  

Essential Functions:

• Contributes to the department’s safe and accurate operations by prioritizing and organizing daily work for optimal operations of pharmacy.   
• Answers telephones, screens phone calls/orders. 
• Under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, receives and enters prescriptions into the pharmacy management system. 
• Verifies information on prescriptions for accuracy and provides notification to pharmacists for possible errors and drug/allergy contraindications. 
• Identifies possible medication/prescription errors.  Discusses error(s) with pharmacist on staff and PIC.  Documents error in system-utilized error reporting tool.
• Conducts prescription order processing to include packaging, reconstituting, and compounding/flavoring (if applicable). 
• Distributes medication to the patient/customer and collects payment; performs cashiering duties.  
• As the front line to all retail pharmacy customers, must present a professional, helpful, pleasant demeanor, showing respect in all patient/customer, coworker, and health care professional interactions.
• Captures information and charges for purposes of billing third party payers; reconciles billing and administration records. Will contact provider office if medication is not covered or prior authorization is needed 
• Complies with federal state laws pertaining to pharmacy, including differing counseling requirements by state, HIPAA procedures and policies, etc
• Operates and maintains automated dispensing devices and may problem solve for operation and maintenance of all automated systems in the Pharmacy.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate, GED or equivalent is required
• Registered Pharmacy Tech in the state in which the employee works, 
• Graduate of ASHP accredited pharmacy technician program
• Active PTCB CPhT, PTCB CPhT-Adv, BPTS CPhT, BPTS CPhT-Adv, CPT-EXCPT, CPT-PTCB or CPHT certification in good standing
• One year of retail pharmacy experience or equivalent preferred
• Associate's degree, or equivalent is preferred