Pharmacy Technician

Company: Pharmacy – Long Term Care

Position: Pharmacy Technician – Order Entry 

Duration: Contract-to-Hire

Hours:   Monday-Friday 8am-5pm, 9:30a-6:30p and 2pm-11pm :  rotating, and 1 weekend a month

Pay: $15.00 /hr

Responsibilities: 

• Communicate with the nursing facilities, prescriber’s office and insurance plans by phone or fax to fill orders, answer questions and assure high level customer service satisfaction
• Review and ensure all orders are complete before routing to order entry
• Check and verify all order shorts, refill too soon file, pending orders from previous day and process
• Works closely with Billing Representatives to manage and process pending order claims
• Researches missing deliveries, missing medication orders, incorrect prescriptions and successfully resolve issues
• Report any unresolved issues to appropriate Pharmacy personnel
• Enter profile only information into patient profiles
• Process orders received from electronic or faxed prescriptions and accurately enter order information in pharmacy system
• Accurately calculate quantity of order to send based on requested amount or automated system
• Perform data entry for implementation, reorders, new orders, PRN orders, readmissions and new admissions
• Ensure orders are processed according to pharmacy cutoff times and within expected delivery windows
• Prepares first dose orders including test claiming to insure accurate billing if required
• Verify accurate input of all new orders, profile patients into database
• Processes records of medication and equipment dispensed to resident. Compute charges and enters data in computer
• Systems: FrameWork and Docutrak

 ** Order Entry Techs work within the CSR / Billing groups to assist with entering Patient Prescription Medicals into the Pharmacy Database for the Pharmacists / Techs to fill. They will contact patients for any missing information & alert managers of any discrepancies with insurance or script.

Requirements:

• Previous Pharmacy Tech / Order Entry exp required    
• Knowledge of SIG Codes      
• Have Pharmacy knowledge, and know the difference between generic and brand name drugs.
• Computer Savvy