Pharmacy Technician I

Peak Vista Community Health Centers is a nonprofit health care organization whose mission is to provide exceptional health care to people facing access barriers through clinical programs and education. We provide integrated health care services including medical, dental, and behavioral health through our 20outpatient health centers. We deliver care with our strong "Hospitality" culture. Our organization has over 800 employees and serves more than 74,300 patients annually in the Pikes Peak and East Central regions of Colorado. Our service area covers 14 counties, from the front range to the Kansas border, with locations throughout Colorado Springs, Fountain, Divide, Limon, and Strasburg. Peak Vista is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC).

Compensation (Pay): $21.43to $31.07/hourly, based on experience.

A $1000 sign on bonus will be paid in the following manner: $300 payout upon 30 days of employment, $300 payout upon 90 days of employment, and $400 payout upon one year of employment*.
*Current employees are not eligible for the sign on bonus.

Loyalty Bonus - $1200 upon 1 year of service and then a $300 payout for every additional 3 months worked. This applies to only FT employees. The amount will be prorated for PT employees.

Summary of Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD
• 403(b) Retirement with Company Match
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Perks Rewards
• Employee Assistance Program

https://www.peakvista.org/resources/benefits-summary

Job Summary: Supports pharmacy operations and pharmacists in the provision of pharmacy services to patients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Correctly interprets new prescriptions including drug names, dosage forms, dosage strength, medical abbreviations and quantities and the orders into the pharmacy computer systems ensuring accuracy and completeness of all information
• Identifies obvious errors or omissions on new prescriptions
• Has working knowledge of current PVCHC drug formulary and related policies and applies them to prescription orders entered into the Pharmacy computer system
• Has working knowledge of all prescription payers accepted and applies them to new and refilled prescription orders
• Runs prescription refills in the computer queue and processes them for filling
• Creates prescription labels and associated paperwork to be used in filling prescriptions.
• Prioritizes the order in which prescriptions are filled
• Fills prescriptions in preparation to be verified by a pharmacist by pulling medication from shelf stock, mixing powder suspensions and other reconstituted drugs, using Kirby Lester or other counting machines to fill tablet and capsule prescriptions
• If automated counting system is in use: retrieves counted tablets and capsules, replenishes tablets and capsules & runs associated daily reports, maintains hardware, assigns and unassigns drugs and creates labels associated with this task
• Identifies drugs that need to be reordered daily
• Conducts quality control by checking drug expiration dates and lot numbers
• Performs inventory control by checking in the daily drug order received from the wholesaler, labeling the drug order accurately, and placing the drugs on the pharmacy stock shelves in order of expiration dates
• Replaces drug stock labels on shelving units to identify drug placement.
• Pulls drugs in backstock forward to the prescription counter as necessary
• Creates manifests and packages prescriptions for daily delivery orders to outlying Peak Vista clinics
• Returns medications not picked up into stock after 2 weeks
• Initiates alerts to customers for prescriptions ready for pick up
• For the medication synchronization program: enrolls eligible patients, identifies prescriptions to be filled monthly and sets up filling those prescriptions on a schedule, sends renewal to providers in advance of the patient’s med sync schedule, verifies medications that are no longer used by the patient or discontinued by the provider, synchronizes filling prescriptions based on Colorado Medicaid or Peak Vista pharmacy dates of service
• Scans verified prescriptions into bins for storage and pick up by the patient
• Uses patient identifiers to ascertain that the prescription selected from a bin to be sold is for the correct person
• Checks in patients for Warfarin Center and Cardiovascular Risk and Diabetes Center appointments
• Processes cash and credit payments for prescriptions and center appointments and conducts daily cash drop in accordance with Peak Vista processes
• Answers in bound phone calls and triages them appropriately
• Processes internal and external renewal requests and prior authorization requests for delivery to providers
• Prepares documents for pharmacist to transfer prescriptions to and from other pharmacies
• Prepares unit-of-use medications for clinic stock orders
• Conducts clinic medication area inspections as assigned
• Performs billing for Medicaid DME claims when needed
• Promotes and demonstrates the mission, vision, and core values of Peak Vista.
• Develops and maintains good working relationships with all departments, the management team, medical staff, and leadership
• Embraces cultural diversity amongst ourselves and our community
• Responsible for the human, financial, and material resources as well as data and information entrusted to us
• Strives to deliver the best outcomes and highest quality service
• Demonstrates knowledge of and adherence to the compliance plan and conflict of interest requirements
• Enhances the effectiveness; efficiency and productivity of the department by contributing to, and participating in, departmental performance improvement goals
• Performs other duties as assigned

Supervision Exercised: None

Qualifications:To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Spanish bilingual preferred.

Education/Experience:

Education: High school diploma or equivalent education.

Work Experience: Minimum of 1-year experience as a Pharmacy Technician or completion of a Pharmacy Technician education program preferred.

Certificates and Licenses: National Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPhT) and State of Colorado Pharmacy Technician License (PHAT), or Provisional License (PHAT) required.

Computer Skills: Basic – ability to access the intra/internet to manage timecard, review policies and procedures, and read company communications; use e-mail to communicate with co-workers, leadership, and other departments; enter and correct data, modify a workbook, format a worksheet, and use printing functions; create, run, & print a simple presentation in PowerPoint

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

OSHA risk level/work environmental hazards: This position has been categorized as OSHA Level Two. See Exposure Control Plan for details.

The noise level in the work environment is variable.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, and walk.

*Successful candidates will complete pre-employment screening; which includes but is not limited to, a Criminal Background check. Peak Vista Community Health Centers is a drug and alcohol-free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

**PVCHC participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program. E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee’s I-9 to data from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration Records. To learn more, visit: everify.com