Pharmacy Technician, Certified or Trainee, Ambulatory Care, Iowa River Landing Pharmacy 100%

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The Iowa River Landing Pharmacy is seeking Pharmacy Technicians, Trainee or Certified, 100% time. Under general supervision performs activities associated with drug distribution and control for outpatient and clinic patient dispensing. 40 hours will be accomplished between the hours of 6:30am - 8:00pm on Mondays - Thursday and 6:30am - 6:00pm on Fridays and between 8:30am -12:30pm on Saturday.

The Department of Pharmaceutical Care intends to hire at either the Pharmacy Technician, Trainee classification, or Pharmacy Technician, Certified, based on the qualifications of the successful candidate. Please indicate in your application materials the position you wish to be considered for or indicate both.

Duties to include:

• Under pharmacist supervision prepares patient specific and batch sterile products including hazardous medications.
• Performs daily cleanroom maintenance activities including:
• Cleaning of hood in accordance with SOP
• Decontamination of hood as required
• Review and documentation of hood maintenance activities
• Provide patient/customer service at Triage. Communicate with the general- public, patients, and other health care personnel in accordance with established guidelines. Receive and screen prescriptions for completeness and check for prescription readiness.
• Order entry of prescriptions
• Fill/refill prescriptions
• Answer the dedicated prescription refill telephone line.
• Prepare prescriptions for mailing and shipping according to established policies and procedures.
• Perform inventory maintenance activities.
• Generate and/or maintain (includes filing) appropriate records related to prescription dispensing such as hard copies of prescriptions, mailing/shipping forms/logs, and prescription quality assurance audits.
• Perform activities involving narcotics and controlled substances including:
• Conduct weekly and monthly inventories
• Audit records associated with dispensing of narcotics and controlled substances
• Resolve discrepancies on issuance forms
• Conduct assigned audits in patient care clinic areas (Certified Technicians Only)
• Maintain area orderliness and cleanliness.
• Assist in on-the-job training of new technicians.
• Coordinate technical activities with other members of team.
• Perform other tasks as needed/assigned.

For a full job description, please send an e-mail to the contact listed below.

Regular salaried position located in Coralville, Iowa Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans.

The Department of Pharmaceutical Care intends to hire at either the Pharmacy Technician, Trainee classification (Pay Grade 8), or Pharmacy Technician, Certified (Pay Grade 10), based on the qualifications of the successful candidate. Please indicate in your application materials the position you wish to be considered for.

About:

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Iowa Health CareIowa River Landing offers the world-class, academic-level medicine you expect from Iowa Health Care in a convenient medical office building that makes visiting the doctor a pleasant experience. Our pledge at Iowa Health CareIowa River Landing is that our patients will receive the best possible care in a friendly, compassionate, efficient way.

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Certified Technician:

1. Registered with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy at the time of hire.
2. National certification through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or the National Healthcareer Association (NHA). Must meet ongoing education requirements and maintain certification.
3. High school diploma or the equivalent.
4. Experience
   1. Any combination of two years of post-high school experience and/or education in the natural sciences OR
   2. Satisfactory completion of an accredited pharmacy technician training program

Trainee Technician:

1. Registered with the Pharmacy Board at the time of hire.
2. All pharmacy technicians must be certified within one year of employment.
3. High school diploma or the equivalent.
4. Experience:
   1. Any combination of two years of post-high school experience and/or education in the natural sciences OR
   2. Satisfactory completion of an accredited pharmacy technician training program.

Special Qualifications:

• Experience with Public Contact/Customer Service

Desired Qualifications:

• Ability to perform ratio/proportion equations
• Experience in a retail pharmacy setting
• Previous healthcare experience preferred
• Experience with inventory maintenance activities
• Experience working in a team environment
• Experience working in healthcare with one-on-one patient interaction

Position and Application details:

In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must complete the application entirely to show that they clearly meet the listed required and desired qualifications of this position. Submitting a Resume and marking it as a "Relevant File" under the submissions is desired.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 10 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process. If applicable, internal references will be conducted with approval from the candidate.

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