Pharmacy Tech II Specialty - Paragon Healthcare
Elevance Health

Pharmacy Technician II - Specialty

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 our specialty pharmacy at 3033 W. President George Bush Hwy., Plano, TX 75071

The Pharmacy Technician II - Specialty is responsible for assisting pharmacists in the performance moderately moderate complex 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:

Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Assists the pharmacist with dispensing items a physician orders to a valid prescription adhering to the appropriate guidelines and policies.
• Check for expired / unusable products and disposes of them properly.
• Answers and initiates communications related to providing pharmaceutical care.
• Prepares delivery tickets.
• Assists the patient delivery representative in orders, receiving, maintaining, and tracking all infusion-related equipment.
• Fulfills the duties of the patient delivery representative when required.
• Follows a process to minimize mis-fills, product waste, and HIPAA violations.
• Checks and maintains inventory levels; places inventory orders, logs in new inventories.
• Documents all activities appropriately.
• Completes drug expiration review monthly.
• Assists with any inventory-related questions from team members daily and during quarterly inventory.
• Dispenses to patients and completes assessments.
• Dispenses for active patients by established cut-off times.
• May be responsible for overnight deliveries.
• Able to troubleshoot pump issues without assistance from team members or supervisors.
• Follows correct process to minimize mis-fills, unscheduled deliveries, waste of product, and HIPAA violations.
• Documents QARs/indicators appropriately in the portal without prompts.
• Strives to achieve cost effectiveness in all areas (including purchasing, inventory control, staffing delivery services).
• Maximizes the efficiency and productivity of the pharmacy and delivery operations.

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Requires a minimum 2 years experience as pharmacy technician with training/experience in alternate site/home health pharmacy practice and the preparation of sterile products.
• Requires a current, active, valid and unrestricted Certified Pharmacy Technician certificate and/or license.
• Continuing education necessary to maintain current licensure in all states licensed.
• 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.

• Prior experience with a specialty pharmacy preferred.