Job DescriptionYou. You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as a Pharmacy Technician.Your attention to detail is tangible: you take pride in performing accurate work. Colleagues feel it in your support.You're generous with your thoughts, your partnerships and especially your dedication.You're great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.Us. St. Vincent Healthcare is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 286-bed level II trauma center has provided care in Montana and the surrounding area since 1898, and our 30-clinic network ensures community needs are met. We offer comprehensive, specialty care, including a hospital within a hospital specifically for children, and are proud to extend SCL Health's missions by treating the poor, the vulnerable, our community and each other.Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, we've launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.We. Together we'll align mission and careers, values and workplace. We'll encourage joy and take pride in our integrity.We'll laugh at each other's jokes (even the bad ones). We'll hello and high five. We'll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.We're proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.Your day.As a Pharmacy Tech you need to know how to:
- Assist with all phases of pharmacy services while under the supervision of a pharmacist.
- Answer phones.
- Prepare and deliver medications for dispensing.
- Utilize pharmacy technology effectively to distribute medications.
- Accurately fill and maintain medications supplies in the automatic dispensing system including verifying and monitoring controlled substance inventories as required. Package and label medications accurately and appropriately to minimize waste. Verify and monitor controlled substance inventories as required by daily shift assignment.
- Compound medications in accordance with state law and policy. Perform calculations as necessary for accurate compounding.
- Maintain appropriate records as required by regulation and policy.
- Ensure pharmacy cleanliness and orderliness.
- Assist the pharmacist in collecting clinical and other patient information as required.
- Effectively manage pharmacy inventory to ensure security, accuracy, cost effectiveness, and 340B/Charging management as required.
- Escalate items to the pharmacist for review as appropriate based on urgency, regulations, and scope.
- Participate in quality and patient safety initiatives. Identify potential areas for improvement including processes that could be streamlined or revised to improve patient satisfaction. Identify potential safety hazards that may create problems for patients and/or staff, and take appropriate actions. Participate in departmental meetings, contributing ideas or feedback.
Your experience.We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Current Pharmacy Technician certification (CPhT) or the ability to obtain within twelve (12) months of hire and must be maintained during employment with biennial continuing education. Any lapse in licensure will result in immediate termination
- Current license in Montana as a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) or a current license in Montana as a Pharmacy Technician in Training. New hires with Montana License as Pharmacy Technician in Training must obtain Montana Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) license and National Certification as Pharmacy Technician within twelve (12) months of hire. Failure to fully complete licensure process within twelve (12) months of hire will result in immediate termination
Preferred:
- Associate's or Bachelor's Degree
- Technician training
- Current BLS certification endorsed by the American Heart Association
- At least two (2) years working as a Pharmacy Technician
Your next move.Now that you know more about being a Pharmacy Tech on our team we hope you'll join us. At SCL Health you'll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.