A proud member of the Elevance Health family of companies, Paragon Healthcare brings over 20 years in providing life-saving and life-giving infusible and injectable drug therapies through our specialty pharmacies, our infusion centers, and the home setting.
Location: This position is onsite at our specialty pharmacy at 3033 W. President George Bush Hwy., Plano, TX 75071
The Pharmacy Technician II - Specialty is responsible for assisting pharmacists in the performance moderately moderate complex technical and clerical duties involved in the daily operations of the Pharmacy, as allowed by law and/or regulation.
How you will make an impact:
Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:
Assists the pharmacist with dispensing items a physician orders to a valid prescription adhering to the appropriate guidelines and policies.
Check for expired / unusable products and disposes of them properly.
Answers and initiates communications related to providing pharmaceutical care.
Prepares delivery tickets.
Assists the patient delivery representative in orders, receiving, maintaining, and tracking all infusion-related equipment.
Fulfills the duties of the patient delivery representative when required.
Follows a process to minimize mis-fills, product waste, and HIPAA violations.
Checks and maintains inventory levels; places inventory orders, logs in new inventories.
Documents all activities appropriately.
Completes drug expiration review monthly.
Assists with any inventory-related questions from team members daily and during quarterly inventory.
Dispenses to patients and completes assessments.
Dispenses for active patients by established cut-off times.
May be responsible for overnight deliveries.
Able to troubleshoot pump issues without assistance from team members or supervisors.
Follows correct process to minimize mis-fills, unscheduled deliveries, waste of product, and HIPAA violations.
Documents QARs/indicators appropriately in the portal without prompts.
Strives to achieve cost effectiveness in all areas (including purchasing, inventory control, staffing delivery services).
Maximizes the efficiency and productivity of the pharmacy and delivery operations.
Minimum Requirements:
Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent.
Requires a minimum 2 years experience as pharmacy technician with training/experience in alternate site/home health pharmacy practice and the preparation of sterile products.
Requires a current, active, valid and unrestricted Certified Pharmacy Technician certificate and/or license.
Continuing education necessary to maintain current licensure in all states licensed.
Maintain a current pharmacy technician certificate where required by law and/or regulation.
Multi-state certification is required if this individual is providing services in multiple states.
For Paragon and Carelon Health business unit, satisfactory completion of a Tuberculosis test is a requirement for this position.
Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:
Prior experience with a specialty pharmacy preferred.
