Pharmacy Technician II - Fitzsimmons Veterans Community Living Center

Colorado; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a skilled nursing facility that serves Colorado's veterans. As a Pharmacy Technician II, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring residents receive the medications they need while maintaining a safe and organized pharmacy environment. This position offers the opportunity to work in a supportive setting that values teamwork and quality care. Enjoy a rewarding career with excellent benefits, including flexible retirement plans, health coverage, and generous paid time off. If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives of others, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Strong retirement benefits

Medical and dental health plans

Health Savings Account

Paid life insurance

Short- and long-term disability coverage

11 paid holidays per year

Employee Wellness program

Flexible schedules

Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

Qualifications

• Must have Pharmacy Technician certification from the PTCB or ExCPT.
• Two years of experience in a related field is required.

Responsibilities

• Fill and distribute prescriptions under a pharmacist's direction.
• Maintain inventory and ensure security of medications.
• Prepare medications for delivery to nursing stations.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Strong organizational skills

Knowledge of basic pharmacy practices

Problem-solving

Education

Pharmacy Technician certification

Current valid certification from Colorado State Board of Pharmacy

Two years of relevant experience

Tools

Pharmacy management software

Automated dispensing systems

Job description

This position is open to current Colorado residents only

Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!

Office of Adult, Aging, and Disability Services Colorado Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons
Colorado Veterans Community Living Center (VCLC) at Fitzsimons is a beautiful 180-bed, skilled nursing facility serving Colorado’s veterans. We strive to honor and respect those living in our community through companionship and person-centered care while providing a comfortable and safe place to live. At Fitzsimons, we provide long-term care and short-term rehab and have a secured memory care neighborhood. We are conveniently located on the medical campus with UC Hospital and the Aurora VA Medical Center. Fitzsimons celebrates a low 18% staff turnover rate and substantial longevity among staff.
Visit us online at: www.colorado.gov/cdhs/veteranshomes/fitzsimons
Additionally, as a Pharmacy Technician II you can expect to:

• Under the direction of a Pharmacist, position fills and distributes prescriptions to the different neighborhoods for residents. Once pharmacist approves prescription(s), position bills insurance company.
• Orders medication stock to ensure par levels are maintained, and controls inventory costs, packages medications, mixes intravenous solutions, fills, re-fills, prices, and labels prescriptions, fax refill requests. Process refills into the computer and associated insurance billing.
• Maintains inventory of drugs, chemicals, or other controlled substances and helps to ensure their security. Prices prescriptions, inputs resident information into computer. Resident data includes such data as resident name, prescribed medication, and cost to maintain pharmacy files, insurance system and inventory.
• Answers phone calls and handles those duties that don't require a licensed pharmacist, including problem solving.
• Retrieves, corrects, or deletes previously entered data where necessary.
• Reconciles insurance payments with resident billings.
• Maintain attention to the resident's needs and protect the safety of the resident.
• Anticipate future needs and or problems of residents and take action to meet these needs.
• Prepares and organizes medications to be delivered to in-house nursing stations or remote facilities via shipping process. Maintains pharmacy devices including but not limited to fax machines, automated dispensing systems, medication carts, glove box unit aseptic techniques of counter tops and dispensing stations.
• Cleans, sterilizes and or disinfects areas and/or equipment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Special Qualifications:

• Must have Pharmacy Technician certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or ExCPT (Examination for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians) Certification.

Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:

• Current, valid certification or provisional certification as a Pharmacy Technician from the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy.

AND

• Two (2) years of experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Knowledge of basic pharmacy practices and procedures.
• Retail Pharmacy or Long Term Care Pharmacy experience preferred.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• CDHS employees (all Direct contact with vulnerable persons): CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, PREA (Division of Youth Services), Trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS (direct contact with adult Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers).
• Current/Valid and unrestricted US Driver’s License.
• May have to transport medications to other VCLC facilities in state vehicles.
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

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The Assessment Process

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About Us:

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401(k) and 457 plans.
• Medical and dental health plans.
• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account.
• Paid life insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave.
• BenefitHub state employee discount program.
• Employee Wellness program.
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more.
• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions.

*Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to this link.

Our Values:

We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.

Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at [e-mail] or call 1-800-929-0791.

~THE STATE OF COLORADO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER~