pharmacy tech sam's

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Processes member purchases by operating a cash register and related hardware.
• Maintains merchandise presentation in the pharmacy by stocking, rotating, and organizing merchandise.
• Removes damaged or out-of-date goods.
• Sets up, cleans, and organizes product displays.
• Signs and prices merchandise.
• Secures fragile and high-shrink merchandise.
• Maintains the Pharmacy area in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Handles claims and returns.
• Utilizes equipment for merchandising functions (e.g., pricing, creating signs, verifying on-hands, arranging merchandise).
• Identifies shrink and damages.
• Ensures a safe work environment.
• Completes and retains required paperwork, logs, and documentation.
• Monitors and resolves problems in the prescription fulfillment process.
• Processes information for third-party insurance claims.
• Alerts patients to out-of-stock inventory, partial fills, and the need for physician authorizations.
• Identifies situations requiring pharmacist action.
• Promotes and maintains the Pharmacy's professional reputation.
• Provides patients/members with pharmacy products and services in accordance with laws and policies.
• Assists the pharmacist in prescription fulfillment.
• Processes third-party insurance claims and/or rejections.
• Assists patients/members with prescription orders and purchases.
• Completes, maintains, and secures paperwork, forms, and documentation.
• Provides patient/member service by acknowledging members, identifying needs, and initiating the prescription fulfillment process.
• Creates prescription orders.
• Promotes products and services.
• Resolves member issues and concerns.
• Assists with purchase decisions.
• Locates over-the-counter merchandise.
• Enters prescription data into pharmacy software by reading prescriptions and translating information into system codes.
• Transcribes appropriate prescription data (e.g., written date, drug name, strength, directions for use, refills, prescribing physician, prescriber DEA number).
• Creates or modifies patient/member records.
• Fills prescriptions by retrieving orders, counting, pouring, measuring, or weighing medication, mixing or reconstituting medications, selecting, filling, and labeling prescription containers.
• Operates scanning equipment and/or automated dispensing systems to ensure prescription accuracy.
• Provides member assistance during prescription pickup by verifying and entering patient information.
• Marks appropriate prescriptions for pickup.
• Retrieves prescription bags from the will-call bin.
• Scans security tags.
• Gathers electronic signatures for HIPAA acknowledgment and third-party payor if applicable.
• Uses TaSCO to log the sale of restricted pharmaceutical items.
• Completes work assignments and priorities by using policies, data, and resources.
• Collaborates with managers, coworkers, customers, and other business partners.
• Identifies priorities, deadlines, and expectations.
• Carries out tasks, communicating progress and information.
• Determines and recommends ways to address improvement opportunities.
• Adapts to and learns from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Complies with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity.
• Embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences.
• Creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected.
• Attracts the best talent.
• Works as a team, building strong and trusting relationships.
• Communicates with impact, energy, and positivity.
• Helps, develops, and mentors others.
• Recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.
• Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent.
• Delivers results while putting the customer first.
• Makes decisions based on reliable information.
• Balances short and long-term priorities.
• Considers how own work impacts the teams ability to deliver on our purpose for all stakeholders.
• Displays curiosity and a desire to learn.
• Takes calculated risks and demonstrates courage and resilience.
• Drives continuous improvements.
• Is open to and uses new technologies and skills.
• Supports others through change.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Cash registers and related hardware.
• Pharmacy software.
• TaSCO system.
• Scanning equipment and/or automated dispensing systems.

Qualifications

• Meets all state requirements to work as a Pharmacy Technician, such as minimum age, qualification, registration, certification, and/or licensure when required by the State Board of Pharmacy.
• Must obtain National Pharmacy Technician Certification issued by PTCB (PTCE) or NHA (ExCPT) within 9 months of job entry.