What are the responsibilities and job description for the LTC Pharmacy Technician - Production/Inventory position at The Medicine Shoppe?
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LTC Pharmacy Technician - Production/Inventory
Camp Hill, PA Long Term Care Pharmacy
Description
Looking for a career with a company that truly cares about its employees and customers? Look no further than Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy, where we have been Enabling Healthy Lives through Nimble Execution of Personalized Pharmacy Services for over 50 years. As a private company, we care deeply about the people we work with and for, and we believe that our people are the key to our success. We offer our employees the opportunity to expand their knowledge and skills throughout their careers with us, and we empower each person to make a meaningful contribution toward healthy outcomes for our customers.
Job Opening: Production Associate
Work Location: 3913 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 1306, Camp Hill, PA 17011
Status: Full-time
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday between 8:30am and 6:00pm. Early morning, late evening, and weekend shifts occasionally required.
Are you a reliable, customer-oriented individual who wants to make a difference in people's lives? If so, we want you to join our team at Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy! You'll feel a sense of purpose knowing that you're helping people stay healthy and happy.
As a Production Associate you will be accountable for enabling healthy lives for our customers by performing many functions of a pharmacy technician such as packaging medications, inventory control, and maintaining a clean and organized pharmacy. Typical responsibilities associated with this position are:
- Coordinate inventory management functions, managing to the pharmacy standard for Days on Hand, including:
- Placing orders for medications and supplies through wholesalers.
- Monitoring pharmaceutical levels and identify expired medications.
- Facilitates excess inventory reduction by returning excess products to vendors.
- Maintaining updated and accurate database for drug costs (and NDCs).
- Facilitates proper destruction of unused medication on hand through contracted vendor.
- Check in drugs and supplies, verifying correct quantities are received into inventory records, stocking shelves, price labeling, and removing out-of-date items from the inventory.
- Fills prescription items, as permitted by the State Board of Pharmacy, packaging medications for dispensing and for delivery, meeting the accuracy and productivity standards of the pharmacy.
- Labels products appropriately, including cautionary or auxiliary labels.
- Performs proper operation, maintenance and servicing of automated packaging systems and equipment according to manufacturer recommendations.
- Participates in the periodic inventory audit counts of the pharmacy and documenting results.
- Prepares medications including emulsions, liquids, powders and ointments, which may include non-sterile compounding.
- Process returned medications from the facility for credit or destruction.
- Assists with inputting patient data and medication orders into a computer system to produce labels (order entry).
Enabling Healthy Lives through Nimble Execution of Personalized Pharmacy Services
At Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy, we believe that our people are the key to our success. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life, disability, paid time off, paid holiday for full-time positions, and more.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. To learn more about our company, visit https://binghamtoncd.medicineshoppe.com/.
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About the People We Hire
Above all, we seek people who share our values. First, we share a commitment to own and execute our work with quality and care. We keep expectations realistic and engage in straightforward, honest communication. Finally we empower others to reach their potential and celebrate when we succeed through collective effort. If that describes you, then this is the place for you!
In addition to being thorough, attentive to detail, communicates effectively, and highly accurate the successful candidate for this position must also have the following qualifications:
- Previous pharmacy technician experience or related schooling
- Data Entry experience in a pharmacy setting a plus but not required
- Basic computer skills
- Automated packing systems knowledge preferred, but not required
- QS1 knowledge a plus but not required