This position is open to both licensed Pharmacy Technicians and candidates who want to earn your license through our Technician-in-Training program.
What We Offer
- Pharmacy Technician: $18-$23/hour DOE with ability to go higher for highly experienced candidates.
- Pharmacy Technician In-Training: $17-$21/hour DOE with ability to go higher for highly experienced candidates.
- 100% employer-paid health insurance for employees including Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx, 24/7 telemedicine; profit sharing, 403(b) retirement plan, generous paid time off, paid holidays, and more.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities/Duties
- Enters patient data in the system including patient name, insurance, allergies, doctor and diagnosis. Enters the prescription in the system, selecting the brand, product/drug, and appropriate strength to align with the instructions given by the prescribing Provider.
- Establishes that each patient and prescription meet strict eligibility criteria before processing new prescriptions or refills.
- Completes third party billing entry and resolves billing issues.
- Generates prior authorizations and ensures successful completion by medical staff and/or Providers.
- Fills or dispenses the accurate product and quantity from the pharmacy stock.
- Processes prescription refills verifying refill availability.
- Maintains awareness of stock level and enters order for restocking based on defined minimum inventory levels. Verifies quantity and submits order to the Wholesaler.
- Verifies product orders received with invoice and purchase order. Places a sticker on each item and places on the shelf.
- Monitors and checks expiration dates on drugs in stock and prepares expired stock for return to Wholesaler. Processes credit invoices associated with the returns.
- Returns or discards dispensed prescription to stock if they are returned by a pharmacy. Enters information in the system for reverse billing.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Pharmacy Technician
- Education: High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED).
- Experience: One year’s experience working in a healthcare setting preferred.
- Professional Licenses/Certificates/Registration: WA Pharmacy Technician Certification. As an alternative, we can substitute a Pharmacist Intern license for a Pharmacy Technician license, or a WA Pharmacy Assistant License if you are participating in an eligible Pharmacy Technician Training Program.
- Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Required or Preferred: Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred. Must demonstrate the ability to communicate at level 9 on the language proficiency scale to receive bilingual differential pay.
Pharmacy Technician In-Training
- Education: High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED).
- Experience: One year’s experience in a pharmacy setting preferred.
- Professional Licenses/Certificates/Registration: You must be licensed or able to be licensed as a Pharmacy Assistant prior to starting work. As an alternative, you may be currently enrolled in an eligible Pharmacy Technician Training Program or will be enrolled prior to starting work. This includes the one-year technician training program at a YVFWC pharmacy.
- Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Required or Preferred: Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred. Must demonstrate the ability to communicate at level 9 on the language proficiency scale to receive bilingual differential pay.
Drug testing: This position requires testing for controlled substances before employment and will be subject to further testing throughout employment.
About YVFWC
We serve more than 197,000 patients across 28 medical clinics, 15 dental clinics, 11 pharmacies, and 49 program sites in two states. We are Level 3 Certified as a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH). With integrated services including medical, dental, pharmacy, orthodontia, primary care nutritional counseling, autism screening, and primary care behavioral health, YVFWC’s patient-centered model of care offers patients the full spectrum of care and shelter assistance, energy assistance, weatherization, HIV and AIDS counseling and testing, home visits, and four mobile medical/dental clinics.
Working at YVFWC
Working in our organization means being the passionate champion for those who have no voice. It means having the opportunity to work with underserved populations and with peers committed to the same work.
At Farm Workers Clinic
- We will consistently trust one another to work for the common good.
- We will foster integrity by demonstrating ethical behavior and insisting on doing what we say we will do.
- We will demonstrate transparency by being candid and truthful no matter the risk.
- We will create partnerships to strengthen ourselves and our community.
- We will fight for just treatment for all individuals.
- We will let joy in.
- We have the courage to be an agent of change and refuse anything short of excellence.
Our mission celebrates diversity. We are committed to equal opportunity employment.