Sentara Outpatient Pharmacy Technician

Sentara Health; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision plans

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Sentara Health in Virginia Beach is seeking a Pharmacy Technician I for the Outpatient Pharmacy at Sentara Princess Anne. This part-time, 24-hour weekly role operates with rotating shifts (8:15am-5:15pm or 10:45am-7:15pm) under direct pharmacist supervision.

Responsibilities include training new staff, ensuring supplies, triaging questions, processing patient information, and maintaining quality assurance in compliance with regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience in a high-pace/high-volume store with data entry and handling insurance adjudications.
• Familiar with managing inventory, cycle counts, and prioritizing pharmacy workflow.

Responsibilities

• Participates in training of new employees.
• Ensures adequate supplies are available for continuous patient care.
• Triages and escalates questions outside the technician’s scope of practice.
• Uses systems for processing patient information.
• Assumes local/system responsibility for assigned pharmacy tasks.
• Maintains quality assurance per departmental and legal requirements.
• Operates pharmacy equipment appropriately.

Skills

Data entry

Insurance adjudications

Inventory management

Pharmacy workflow

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Epic

Omnicell

Job description

City/State

Virginia Beach, VA

Work Shift

Rotating

Overview:

_ Sentara is hiring a Full-time Pharmacy Technician I for our Outpatient Pharmacy at Sentara Princess Anne in Virginia Beach _

Status: Part time (24 hours per week) Mon-Fri- 3 days a week

Shift/Hours:

_ 8:15am-5:15pm or 10:45am-7:15pm _

The Pharmacy Technician I performs care delivery and dispensing under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist or licensed independent practitioner.

• Participates in the training of new employees

• Ensures adequate supplies are available for continuous patient care

• Triages and escalates any questions or issues outside the pharmacy technician’s scope of practice as needed

• Uses appropriate systems for processing patient information

• Assumes local and/or system responsibility for assigned tasks related to pharmacy operations

• Ensures quality assurance is maintained according to departmental and legal requirements

• Operates pharmacy equipment appropriately

• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

• A pharmacy technician license is required in the state of practice

Education

• Experience in a high-pace/high-volume store with data entry and handling insurance adjudications (Preferred)

• Familiar with managing inventory, cycle counts, and a good knowledge of handling the pharmacy queues to prioritize workflow (Preferred)

• High School Diploma or Equivalent

Certification/Licensure

• Virginia Pharmacy Tech License (Required)
• CPhT License (Received through the NHA or PTCB) (Required)

Experience

• 1 years of Pharmacy Technician experience (Required)

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Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus ifestablished system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Princess Anne Hospital is a 174-bed acute care hospital that provides quality clinical outcomes, experienced physicians, advanced technology, and a patient-centered approach to care in southern Virginia Beach, as well as neighboring Chesapeake and Northeastern North Carolina communities.

As a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, the hospital specializes in orthopedic and spine care, heart, vascular, advanced imaging, gynecological, comprehensive breast care services, and family maternity with a state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit. Our facility also is home to Virginia’s only Ornish Lifestyle Medicine program.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.