Pharmacy Technician

OU Health Services is the ambulatory care facility on the Norman campus providing primary care services to students, faculty, staff, and dependents. We provide in-house medical laboratory and x-ray services, have a physical therapy department, and full-service pharmacy.

Assists the pharmacists in accordance with state and federal regulations, under direct supervision, in the practice of pharmacy. Assists the pharmacist with regular, routine, non-judgmental, mechanical and non-discretionary tasks.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:

• Responsible for following all applicable laws, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
• Responsible for reporting safety issues and errors in a timely manner to supervisor.
• Responsible and accountable for processing all related sales on cash registers.
• Helps health care providers and patients by greeting them in person and by phone, answering any questions and requests, and referring inquiries to the pharmacist as appropriate.
  
• Assists and supports the Pharmacy Department on inventory management activities, such as ordering, receiving, checking and storing shipments of both pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter items.
• Ensures drugs are stored under proper conditions and removed from inventory upon expiration.
• Assists with exterior and interior maintenance by ensuring the pharmacy department is stocked with adequate supplies, is clean, neat, and orderly in condition and appearance.
• Assists with training new employees including pharmacy student assistants.
• Performs duties as assigned by pharmacists, including utilizing pharmacy systems to enter patient and drug information, processing prescriptions, and filling prescriptions by retrieving, counting, and pouring pharmaceutical drugs.
• Assists pharmacists in scheduling and maintaining workflow.
• Performs other clerical duties as assigned.

Required Education: High School diploma or GED

Skills:

• Prior cash handling experience
• Proficiency on Microsoft Office programs
• Office and clerical or administrative experience to include answering telephones, filing, making copies, computer and data entry, operating office machines including copier, fax, and scanner
• Exemplary customer service skills
  
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail

Certifications:

• Pharmacy Technician permit issued by the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy for positions functioning within a pharmacy. 
• Must obtain Pharmacy Technician permit issued by the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy within 90 days of hire date.

Advertised Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to work on feet, stand or sit for prolonged periods of time.
• Standard outpatient, retail pharmacy and/or office.

Departmental Preferences:

• None

Supervision:

• None

Special Instructions: If you are selected as a final candidate for this position, you will be subject to The University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Tuberculosis Testing policy.  To view the policy, visit https://hr.ou.edu/Policies-Handbooks/TB-Testing .

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