| Location | Johnstown, PA |
| Job Type | Full-time |
Schedule: CPG Medical Oncology (1450 Scalp Ave, Johnstown, PA) | Full-Time (40 hours per week) | M-F (8 AM - 4 PM).
Your experience matters
Conemaugh Physician Group is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Pharmacy Technician joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.
More about our team
We support and help coordinate the start-to-finish prescription oversight of specialty prescription medications in a retail pharmacy setting, under direct supervision of pharmacist.
How you'll contribute
A Pharmacy Technician who excels in this role will:
Participates in the preparing and dispensing of specialty oral medications for the oncology retail pharmacy under RPh supervision.
Enter, maintain, and assure the accuracy of all information in the Pharmacy Department's patient database.
Input of written and electronic prescriptions.
Obtain prior authorizations and funding if necessary.
Properly bill primary insurance in addition to secondary funding/grants.
Process medication orders: locate, assemble, package, and label drug doses (new orders, unit-dose cycle fill, and out-patient prescriptions), deliver completed orders once checked by licensed RPh.
Post charges/credits for transactions.
Participate in maintaining oncology retail pharmacy financial records (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Rebate documentation) through documenting, recording, tracking, reporting.
Coordinate prescription acquisitions from other specialty offices.
Prepare sterile hazardous and non-hazardous compounded medications such as injections, infusion bags, other dosage forms according to approved formulas and pharmacist direction.
Follow established standard operating procedures, safety practices, personal protective equipment requirements, and applicable USP compounding guidelines.
Assist with inventory control by monitoring supply levels, checking expiration. dates, rotating stock, and notifying the pharmacist or manager of ordering needs.
Meet performance and educational requirements for the preparation and compounding of sterile dose forms (biannual IV competency evaluations)
Works in coordination with billing department to seek insurance approval through submitting requested documentation
Clarify questionable orders and solve distribution problems.
Assemble stock orders.
Package and label doses that require special packaging.
Complete documentation of all distributive activities including prepare, maintain, and file all reports and forms.
Assist in recording department statistics.
Assist in the provision of out-patient pharmacy services (including off-site and contracted services).
Learn and competently utilize pharmacy automated information management systems.
Maintain, neat, clean, orderly work areas (unit-dose assembly, IV admixture, passive inventory, data control, library/conference, out-patient, employee facilities).
Participate in oncology pharmacy initiatives (ie: Proforma specialty service expansion).
Maintain excellent customer service-oriented care.
Why join us
We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:
What we're looking for
Applicants should be High School graduates or equivalent. Additional requirements include:
More about Conemaugh Physician Group
The medical group at Conemaugh Physician Group is a team of established professionals at different practices in Johnstown and the surrounding area. The group has grown significantly in the past several years and continues to expand to meet local healthcare needs. Each practice is proud to offer top quality, comprehensive health care in a compassionate environment - close to home. We are committed to getting to know each patient as an individual in order to create a partnership in care designed around your specific needs.
EEOC Statement
Conemaugh Physician Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Conemaugh Physician Group is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.
Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.