Pharmacy Technician

About the Role

Under the direct supervision of a licensed Pharmacist, performs the work of a pharmacy technician, ensuring patient safety, optimal utilization of resources, service delivery, and compliance with all relevant regulatory policies and standards of care.

Key Responsibilities

• Validates patient identity and screens prescriptions for completeness, formulary/restriction, and payment status prior to processing.
• Receives written or electronically transmitted prescriptions, types prescription labels, and affixes labels on containers.
• Accurately keys and retrieves prescription data from a computer-generated file for pharmacist review.
• Obtains drugs from stock and returns them to stock.
• Restocks automated dispensing cabinets.
• Retrieves prescription files and other manual records from storage and locates prescriptions.
• Counts dosage units of drugs and places unit doses in appropriate containers for dispensing.
• Prepares manual records of dispensing for the pharmacist's signature or initials.
• Handles or delivers completed prescriptions to the patient or authorized representative and advises of pharmacist counseling availability.
• Obtains data for determining prescription cost and coverage.
• Performs pharmacy-related clerical duties.
• Attends and/or participates in staff departmental and interdisciplinary meetings and training, as required.
• Performs other related functions as directed by the pharmacist.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Licensed to practice as a Registered Pharmacy Technician by the New York State Education Department (NYSED).
• Effective April 25, 2021, all new hires into the title of Pharmacy Technician must be licensed.

Qualifications

Those who are licensed to practice as a Registered Pharmacy Technician by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) may perform the following functions:

• Assists the Pharmacist, as directed, in compounding ("compounding" means the combining, admixing, mixing, diluting, pooling, reconstituting, or otherwise altering of a drug or bulk drug substance to create a drug), preparing, labeling, or dispensing of compounding drugs used to fill valid prescriptions or medication orders, or in compounding, preparing, and labeling in anticipation of a valid prescription or medication order for a patient.