PHARMACY TECHNICIAN

Pharmacy Technician RoleLooking for a Pharmacy Technician role that offers more than just a paycheck? At Nevada Health Centers, every day is an opportunity to improve lives. As Nevada's oldest and largest nonprofit community health organization, we're committed to expanding access to quality healthcare for the communities we serve.Join a team where you'll enjoy great hours, a healthy work-life balance, and the satisfaction of knowing your work helps patients receive the care and medications they need. Because when you work for a nonprofit mission, every prescription filled helps strengthen a community.Position Summary: Under supervision of the pharmacist-in-charge, the pharmacy tech will process prescriptions for outpatient dispensing and mail out shipping and repackage medications for distribution to our remote health center sites. The tech will greet both internal and external customers on the phone and face-to-face, providing excellent customer service. The tech will monitor inventory and will maintain a clean and organized pharmacy. The tech will travel occasionally for site reviews, training, and education. The tech will complete all training and education required to maintain their state license and PTCB national certification.Nevada Health Centers is an employer of choice and offers comprehensive benefits, including but not limited to: competitive compensation, with annual merit increases; company sponsored PPO medical plan and buy-up option, vision, and dental plans; 403(b) retirement plan with employer match; generous time-off policy, and ten (10) paid holidays plus one (1) float holiday; company paid life/AD&D and long-term disability policies.Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesGeneral Duties:Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock levels, checking current orders and anticipating demand, ordering sufficient amounts to meet demand, verifying receipt of stock, removing outdated drugs, returning excess stock.Monitors the price of stock to ensure the pharmacy receives the best price available, returns stock due to higher prices when needed, maintains/updates drug cost in pharmacy software.Protects customers by adhering to infection-control policies and protocolsPrepares prescription orders for the pharmacist to dispense by reading prescriptions, typing labels, calculating quantities, and determining prescription and drug expiration dates.Counting prescription medications, filling prescriptions, and typing and attaching medication labelsProcesses clinic orders by typing packing lists, packing the medications and shipping to the remote health center siteProcesses mail out prescriptions, packing the medications and shipping to the indicated addressOperates the point of sale system, including cash register, credit card machine and prescription will call systemTrouble shoots pharmacy software, printer and robot and any other equipment when needed, including calls to vendor technical supportAssisting off-site health center staff with issues when neededMaintains files for purchase orders, packing lists, clinic drug orders, prescriptions, etc., in accordance with Board of Pharmacy and 340B requirementsPerform drug inventory auditsPurchasing of supplies and maintaining appropriate levels of suppliesCalculates drug prices by verifying acquisition cost and adding dispensing fees for appropriate payer groupCleans pharmacy shelves and workstations and organizes supplies, files and pharmaceutical inventory.Monitors refrigerator and room temperatures and understands vaccine management proceduresUtilizes state prescription monitoring programScreens all new prescriptions for 340B eligibilityMaintains updated patient profile, including allergies, demographics and payer groupPrepares reports by collecting and summarizing informationContributes to team effort by assisting coworkers when neededProvides training and support for medical assistants and dispensing techs both on-site and at remote locationsAssists pharmacist in performing dispensary site reviews and pharmaceutical inventory management training, which requires travel to remote sitesCompletes all education and training as required by the Board of Pharmacy, CMS, and 340BCustomer Service:Deliver quality customer service to patients, responding to inquiries, questions or requests, and referring them to the pharmacist for medical informationGreets customers in person and by phone; answers questions and receives requests, referring inquiries to the pharmacist as necessarySets example of exemplary customer service for both internal and external customersEnsures work environment is clean and organized during operational hoursProvides customers with general knowledge of services offered by NVHCQuality Management:Supports pharmacy departmental and organizational goals and missionMaintain a healthy pharmacy team environmentConstantly alert for ways to improve customer service, increase productivity, and conserve resources, communicating ideas to supervisorRequired QualificationsNevada State Pharmaceutical Technician License requiredPTCB preferredIf not PTCB certified on date of hire, will take the PTCB exam within 6 months and pass within 10 months.Customer service experience preferredBilingual preferredPreferred QualificationsKnowledge of pharmacy workflow, pharmacy software and EHRKnowledge of sig codes, brand and generic names and therapeutic class for common drugsKnowledge of pharmacy policy and procedureKnowledge of pharmacy law and 340B regulationsKnowledge of billing procedures for third party payersSkill in operating cash register and various types of office equipment, such as, calculator, printer/copier/fax, postage machine, and telephone systemSkill in operating PC utilizing word processing, spreadsheets, databases, emailSkill in organization, analyzing information, attention to detail, sense of urgency, dependability and integrityAbility to type min of 30 words per minuteAbility to maintain confidentiality of patient information and comply with HIPAAAbility to read prescriptions and drug labels, including fine printAbility to balance cash register and calculate figures and amounts, such as drug prices, dosages and day's supplyAbility to calculate figures and amounts such as sliding fees, discounts, proportions and percentagesAbility to solve practical problems and interpret a variety of instructions, both verbal and writtenAbility to exercise good judgement in appraising situations and making decisionsAbility to communicate in a courteous and professional mannerAbility to understand and respond appropriately, effectively and sensitively to special population groups as defined by race, ethnicity, language, age, gender, etc.Ability to work and interact effectively and positively with associates and providersAbility to travel occasionally to visit remote sites and to attend off-site training and education.Equal Opportunity StatementNevada Health Centers will provide equal opportunity employment to all employees and applicants for employment. No person shall be discriminated against in employment because of race, color, gender, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or intellectual disability, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or any other category protected by law.Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) StatementReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.