Description
Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated, compassionate individual to join our growing team as a Pharmacy Technician in the Kellogg Eye Center Pharmacy! The Kellogg Eye Center Pharmacy features community pharmacy, OR pharmacy, and sterile compounding functions, including cleanrooms for both hazardous and non-hazardous medication compounding. This position will work in collaboration with a team of dedicated pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, providers, nurses, and other interdisciplinary partners to provide comprehensive care to patients of the Kellogg Eye Center.
Pharmacy Technician, Kellogg Eye Center job duties may include:
* Gathering prescription insurance coverage information
* Performing prescription order entry and fulfillment
* Conducting basic metric conversions and calculations
* Performing sterile compounding in the hazardous and non-hazardous cleanrooms
* Greeting patients and answering phones
* Assisting with the resolution of medication access barriers
* Collaborating with nursing, social work, providers, pharmacists, and others to optimize patient care
* Assisting with problem solving and process improvements within the pharmacy
* Delivering medications as needed to surgical rooms
* Correctly distributing and accounting for controlled substance usage
* Assisting the Pharmacist with auditing controlled substance utilization
* Stocking medications shelves, managing inventory dating, returning excess stock to inventory
* Filling Pyxis automated dispensing cabinets
* Assisting with training of staff
* Other duties and projects as assigned by supervisor to facilitate safe and efficient patient care
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