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Pharmacy Technician

Job Summary: Under direct supervision of the Pharmacy Supervisor or Pharmacist, performs technical procedures to assist in pharmacy services. These include verifying prescription refill requests, typing labels, counting and pouring medications, maintaining inventories, balancing revenue, and coordinating Pharmacy Clerks. Focuses on patient needs, builds rapport, and resolves issues promptly. Float pool role covering multiple locations.

Location & Schedule: Onsite float pool in Aurora, CO, US. Full-time 40 hours per week, Sunday to Saturday, 12:01 AM - 11:59 PM Shifts.

Salary: USD $26.35 – $33.35 per hour

Essential Responsibilities:

• Knows and complies with all quality, safety, and emergency policies.
• Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice with patients, colleagues, providers, and leadership.
• Ensures patient safety in medication preparation, procedures, infection prevention, and fall prevention using two patient identifiers and procedural time outs.
• Reports safety hazards, accidents, incidents, and unsafe conditions promptly.
• Verifies prescription refill requests by reviewing original forms and patient ID to check authorization based on refills remaining and time requirements.
• Contacts medical office personnel by phone or message for refill authorization as needed.
• Types prescription labels from written instructions, including patient name, physician, medication name, strength, usage, prescription number, date, and initials.
• Places labels and forms in specified locations for processing.
• Selects medications for orders, counts or pours dosages into containers, affixes labels and refill instructions.
• Calculates prescription costs using standard pricing, completes sales receipts, and places orders for Pharmacist evaluation.
• Maintains inventory of prescription medications at established levels and per storage procedures.
• Conducts periodic audits, notifies supervisor of reordering needs.
• Checks and stores prepackaged medications from warehouse, restocks shelves, and keeps inventory and work area neat.
• Balances daily revenue by totaling cash register and reconciling cash, checks, and credit card receipts.
• Reviews inconsistencies with personnel, reconciles totals, summarizes data on cash reports, packages money, prepares bank deposits.
• Assists supervisor in coordinating workflow and activities of Pharmacy Clerks based on patient volume and staffing.
• Provides direction, guidance, and assistance to Clerks.
• Monitors cashiering for security and controls.
• Assists in resolving daily operations problems.
• Performs Pharmacy Clerk responsibilities as required.

Technical Skills:

• Verifies prescriptions and refills using patient ID and authorization rules.
• Types accurate prescription labels with all required details.
• Counts, pours, and labels medications precisely.
• Calculates costs and completes sales receipts.
• Manages inventory, conducts audits, restocks shelves.
• Balances cash, reconciles transactions, prepares deposits.
• Operates cash register securely.

Functional Skills:

• Coordinates Pharmacy Clerk workflows and provides guidance.
• Monitors operations for efficiency and security.
• Ensures compliance with safety protocols including two identifiers and time outs.
• Reports hazards and incidents promptly.
• Adapts to float pool assignments across locations.

Behavioral Skills:

• Puts patient needs first and builds productive relationships.
• Seeks information on patient circumstances, problems, expectations.
• Responds quickly to meet needs and resolve issues.
• Works effectively under supervision with colleagues and leadership.
• Handles variable shifts and travel flexibly.

Basic Qualifications:

• High school graduation or equivalent.
• Pharmacy Tech Certification (Colorado) or Provisional Pharmacy Tech Certification (Colorado).
• Minimum one year pharmacy technician experience, or one year as Pharmacy Clerk in Colorado, or completion of five-month pharmacy technician training program with community rotation, or national certification.

Additional Requirements:

• Drug screen, health screen, background screen.
• Orientation approximately 2 weeks.
• 100% travel within float pool.
• No sponsorship or relocation available.