Lead Pharmacy Technician
Kinney Drugs
- Syracuse, NY
- $20.00-23.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- answering telephones
- Intermediate to advanced understanding of pharmacy technology – included is product dispensing, data entry, and adjudication workflow steps
- Inventory management – proficient in inventory management including ordering & receiving processes, inventory freshness; proficient with return to stocks and cycle counting
- Regulatory & Operational Compliance – Proficient in all state and federal regulations ensuring compliance with the law; understands and ensures we follow company operational policies & procedures
- Executes the plan – able to learn and understand specific aspects of the pharmacy management system (i.e., reception and release to patient queues) as well as our POS system; follows instructions and completes tasks with a sense of urgency; responsible for daily department standards
- Quality focused – understands and embraces the importance of our Quality Assurance Policy & Procedures; understands and embraces all patient care programs and initiatives; understands and embraces all policies and procedures; accuracy with cash and related cash controls
- Ensure that every prescription has been checked by a pharmacist prior to dispensing to the patient
- Assist in the initial submission, and resubmission (as required) of all third party claims
- Locating prescription files and other manual records from storage as needed
- Prepare and file manual records for pharmacist signatures and review
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Assist and oversee all aspects of pharmacy workflow (Data Entry to Customer Pickup)
- Ensures all pharmacy staff provides quality customer service
- Must stay current with all State and Federal requirements as well as corporate goals and initiatives
- Responsible for completing all mandatory and regulatory training programs
- Assists the supervising pharmacist with monitoring and reporting quality assurance events
- Assists the supervising pharmacist with pharmacy inventory tasks such as returns, outdates, and transmission and receiving of all orders from our supplier
- Minimum: High School Diploma (or currently enrolled) or GED
- Preferred: AS Degree or Higher Required
- Drug test
- Initial and continuous exclusion and sanction/disciplinary monitoring
- Any and all additional eligibility requirements based on the specific position