Telepharmacy Technician (Onsite Store 00834 Hickory Hills, Illinois) Part Time

Telepharmacy Technician

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Position Summary The Telepharmacy Technician is responsible for all daily operations of a Telepharmacy Remote Dispensing Pharmacy location, where the Pharmacist oversight occurs from a separate Supervising Pharmacy location. Telepharmacy Technicians build upon the skills and responsibilities of the Pharmacy Technician, and are focused on managing day-to-day pharmacy operations, execution and performance, while building patient loyalty through a continuous focus on excellent customer service, service recovery, and facilitating communication with the Supervising Pharmacy/Pharmacist. In addition to the responsibilities required for the Pharmacy Technician Role, this Telepharmacy Technician position is responsible for:

• Overseeing the safe and secure operation of the Remote Dispensing Pharmacy, including serving as a keyholder, keeping alarm and safe codes, and protecting the integrity of all pharmacy products, with special attention to refrigerated products and controlled substances.
• Overseeing pharmacy inventory management, including controlled substances, i.e. reviewing orders, checking in products, cycle counts, and maintaining perpetual inventory.
• Receiving and acting upon all operational communications, including completion of required tasks (email, myWork, etc.), and similar activities.
• Improving total store service foundations by execution of outstanding performance, especially in areas of WeCARE workflow best practices, customer service, and patient care.
• Demonstrating growth mindset to support positive business outcomes; inspiring and motivating the total store team to embrace change, including workflow enhancements and new product/service offerings.
• Serving as a peer mentor for the onboarding, training, and development of new hires in the Telepharmacy.
• Customer Service: Actively seeks opportunities to expand clinical, technical and insurance knowledge, leveraging available tools and training resources, to develop the basic drug understanding and technical expertise needed to accurately and more effectively assist customers.
• Prescription Fulfillment: Communicates among a number of individuals, including patients, co-workers, insurance companies and prescribers where allowed by law. Effectively follows and ensures full compliance to CVS workflow procedures and quality assurance standards, with an in-depth understanding of each workstation (i.e., Pick-Up, Drop-Off, Drive-Thru, Production); manages own responsibilities while shifting to help the team where needed.
• Face-to-Face Patient Interaction: Collect information about a customer's medical history, as appropriate to update the patient's profile. Ensures patient outreach calls are completed within workflow, where appropriate and applicable. Attends to all patients and customers at Telepharmacy counter and phone calls.
• Facilitating RPh-to-Patient Communication: Lives our purpose of bringing our heart to every moment of your health by engaging customers to learn about their health and medications. Creates genuine human connections by focusing on service, and keeping patients and caregivers top of mind at all times. This includes assisting all Telepharmacy and front store customers with their questions and concerns and facilitating audio/visual access to the Supervising Pharmacist for counseling.
• Problem Resolution: Partners with front store management to drive customer service. This includes ensuring that the appropriate schedule is implemented to best serve the needs of the customer and business in accordance with budgeted payroll hours and workflow model. Demonstrates compassion and care by proactively identifying and resolving potential problems to ensure customers have their medications when needed; collaborates with immediate and extended pharmacy teams, medical staff, insurance companies, and customers alike to resolve issues, ensure accuracy, and delivers timely resolution of any medication or insurance related concerns. Effectively resolves all customer concerns, complaints, issues and appropriately involves Pharmacist at Supervising Pharmacy and/or Front Store Manager at Telepharmacy (remote dispensing pharmacy) as appropriate.

Required Qualifications

Must be at least 18 years of age Minimum of 1+ year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician (may be 2+ in select states) PTCB National Certification or equivalent state-accepted national Pharmacy Technician Certification High school diploma or General Equivalent Development (GED) required State-level licensure requirements vary by state Regular and reliable attendance Attention and Focus o Ability to concentrate on a task over an extended period without being distracted Customer Service Orientation o Actively look for ways to help people, and do so in a friendly manner o Notice and understand customers' reactions, and respond appropriately Communication Skills o Use and understand verbal and written communication to interact with customers and colleagues o Actively listening by giving full attention to what others are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times Mathematical Reasoning o Ability to use math to solve a problem, such as calculating day's supply of a prescription Problem Resolution o Ability to judge when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong; recognizing there is a problem o Choosing the best course of action when faced with a complex situation with several available options Physical Demands: o Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time o Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for moving from one work area to another, including outside of the pharmacy area o Lifting, scanning, and bagging purchased items o Finger Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm o Reaching overhead; able to stretch or reach out with the body, arms, and/or legs to grasp items o Extending hand(s) and arm(s) multiple directions to place, move, or lift items o Precision control: able to adjust machines to exact positions o Stooping to a considerable degree and requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles to move items between low and high positions, including bending spine at the waist o Visual Acuity: Close visual acuity to perform activities such as: transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts o Able to orally communicate information and instructions to colleagues and customers o Occasional lifting of up to a maximum of 30 lbs up to a height of 4 feet; exerting up to 20 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects

Preferred Qualifications Experience in Inventory Specialist Role Education High School diploma or equivalent

Anticipated Weekly Hours 20

Time Type Part time

Pay Range The typical pay range for this role is: $16.00 - $27.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.

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• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan .

• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.

• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.