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in Topeka, KS
Pharmacy Technician
Estimated Pay | $18 per hour |
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Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
Location | Topeka, Kansas |
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Job Description
Position Summary:
Pharmacy Technician provides technical assistance to the Pharmacist in all areas that a non-pharmacist can legally perform. Provides prompt, courteous customer service.
Essential Job Functions:
• Perform all functions and responsibilities of Retail Pharmacy Clerk in a safe, effective and efficient manner.
• Provide prompt, courteous customer service.
• Utilize, update, and maintain data on Pharmacy computer system.
• Operate cash register and scanning terminal.
• Maintain Pharmacy files and records.
• Order prescription merchandise from specified sources.
• Process Third Party transactions and forms.
• Call doctors’ offices for refill authorizations.
• Fill and package nursing home accounts under direction of pharmacist where applicable.
• Process prescriptions and maintain related systems under direction of pharmacist.
• Increase store sales and profits.
• Able to effectively communicate with customers and associates.
• Keep floors, clean, safe, and free from clutter.
• Make clean, neat, and friendly impression on customers.
• Answer phones and take customer orders, ensuring orders are completed on time and to the customer's satisfaction.
• Keep inventory of current medications and process orders for new medication shipments.
• Stock shelves with medications.
• Follow all current rules and duties of the Pharmacy, Company, and State and Federal laws, as made known.
• Must keep work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition.
• Be prompt, tactful, calm, courteous, and professional in all interactions.
• Adhere to company policies & procedures, particularly in the areas of dress code, grooming, food safety, sanitation, and maintenance of a work environment free of unlawful harassment or discrimination.
• Maintain equipment and facilities properly and safely in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Perform any and all duties as assigned.
Physical Demands:
• Standing & Walking – Frequent standing & walking. Estimated total time 8 hrs. Maximum continuous time up to 8 hrs.
• Sitting – No work activities require sitting.
• Lifting & Carrying – Max weight 20 lbs., average weight less than 5 lbs., distance carried up to 15 feet. Must frequently lift items under 10 lbs. and items between 11-25lbs., and rarely lift 26- 100 lbs.
• Climbing – Frequently climbing plastic two-step stool.
• Other – This position also requires frequent bending, squatting, and kneeling, as well as constant use of either arm or both for reaching in all directions. Other requirements include twisting, neck flexion/extension, cervical rotation, frequent forearm movement, and frequent or sustained awkward wrist positions.
• Work Conditions – Exposure to hot and cold temperatures, and sudden changes in temperature.