Pharmacy Technician - Tier II and above bei Pokagon Health Services

Pokagon Health Services is adding a pharmacy technician to our Dowagiac team.  Qualified candidates must be a licensed pharmacy tech in MI or IN or licensed by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) and have a minimum of two (2) years' experience as a pharmacy technician.  Our pharmacy is open 8a-5pm Monday through Friday.  There are no night, weekend, or holiday shifts!  We offer competitive pay and amazing benefits.  Our benefits program is unmatched in the area and includes 15 holidays, generous paid time off, health insurance with a low premium, 401(k), pension, and more!  We support employee training by sponsoring CEUs and license renewal.  This position is subject to pre-hire and random drug screening including marijuana.  

Position Summary: Prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist. Measure, mix, count out, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications according to prescription orders. 

Essential Functions: 

 Tier II 

• Receive written, telephoned, e-script prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate, ascertain the needed medications.
• Enter prescription orders into the computer pharmacy software.
• Maintain proper storage and security conditions for medications.
• Fill medications prescribed by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients. 
• Establish or maintain patient profiles, insurance information and lists of medications taken by individual patients. 
• Mix/compound pharmaceuticals, prepackage bulk medicines, fill bottles with prescribed medications, and type and affix labels. 
• Create and maintain blister pack compliance packaging paperwork and fill weekly pill packs accurately. 
• File prescriptions that have been filled and maintain pharmacy records such as pharmacy files, patient profiles and insurance information, inventories, etc. Maintain records per federal regulation standards.
• Check for outdated medications in current inventory and send to vendors for reimbursements, inform Pharmacist of stock needs and drug backorders/shortages. 
• Complete daily distribution center medication orders, place orders on shelves, and verify all associated paperwork is accurate and update inventory in pharmacy software.
• Maintain and ensure compliance with procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
• Log daily refrigerator temperatures. 

 Tier III 

• Manage pharmacy inventory, receive and store incoming pharmacy supplies and verify quantities against invoices. 
• Create pharmacy return claims to wholesaler.
• Collaborate with Pharmacist to monitor, review, or evaluate the quality or effectiveness of drugs or drug regimens.
• Process claims to return expired medication to reverse distributor for credit. 
• Request payments from insurance companies and reconcile insurance checks in computer Rx program.
• Communicate with insurance carriers, providers, and external pharmacies and assist with internal and external audits as needed.
• Process end of day point-of-sale register reports, reconciling all checks and credit cards on daily report.

Tier IV 

• Assist in training and mentoring junior staff.
• Assist in running monthly KPI and financial reports.

Position Requirements:  

 Tier II (PB-5) will also include: 

• Licensed Pharmacy Technician in the State of Michigan or Indiana or Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB).
• Minimum two (2) years of experience as a Pharmacy Technician required.
• Ability to alleviate stress and anxiety and be supportive of persons and work tactfully, collaboratively, diplomatically and with highest level of confidentiality required.

 Tier III (PB-6) will also include: 

• Minimum of four (4) years of experience as a Pharmacy Technician required.

 Tier IV (PB-7) will also include: 

• Minimum of eight (8+) years of experience as a Pharmacy Technician required plus supervisor experience preferred.

 Indian Preference: 

• Pokagon Band Preference Code applies.