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Pharmacy Technician I

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 the Austin, TX location

Work Shift Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 am to 6 pm (CST).

The Pharmacy Technician I is responsible for assisting pharmacists in the performance of 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:

• Assists the pharmacist with dispensing items a physician orders pursuant to a valid prescription adhering to the appropriate guidelines and policies.

• Check for expired / unusable products and disposes of them properly.

• Assists the pharmacist with the dispensing of items ordered by a physician pursuant to a valid prescription.

• Answers and initiates communications related to providing pharmaceutical care.

• Utilize low, medium, and high risk compounding techniques.

• Assists the patient delivery representative in orders, receiving, maintaining, and tracking all infusion-related equipment.

• Stage correct drug and supplies for clean room and disinfect for the clean room once a pharmacist completes the in-process check.

• Stages correct supplies according to delivery ticket and prioritizes deliveries based on by-time and shipping method.

• Count and label flushes and label IV products that come out of the clean room.

• Follows a process to minimize mis-fills and HIPAA violations.

• Double-checks supplies and paperwork to be correct and packs deliveries once complete.

• Follows packing process to minimize unscheduled deliveries, loss of pumps, and HIPAA violations.

• Maximizes the efficiency and productivity of the pharmacy and delivery operations.

• Strives to achieve cost effectiveness in all areas (including purchasing, inventory control, staffing delivery services).

• Available to work "on call" as needed.

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED).

• Certified Pharmacy Technician course with certificate.

• Continuing education necessary to maintain current licensure in all states licensed.

• Minimum 1 years experience as pharmacy technician with training/experience in alternate site/home health pharmacy practice and the preparation of sterile products.

• 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:

• ACPE IV certification preferred

• Dispensing preferred

• Data entry preferred

• Inventory management and experience with ordering.

• Responding to patient inquiries over the phone.