Pharmacy Technician, Certified

Pharmacy Technician, Certified at Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc.

Assists Pharmacy Supervisor with day-to-day activities in the pharmacy.

• Demonstrates an understanding of and proficiency with the application of all Joint Commission Accreditation standards, CCHCI policies and reporting requirements applicable to a Pharmacy Technician.
• Receives and processes prescription orders and clinic supply requests promptly and accurately.
• Completes prescription order transactions by billing appropriate payer(s) correctly after pharmacist verification.
• Prints required pharmacy reports and labels.
• Assists the pharmacist with identification of prescription processing problems, proposing, and implementing solutions, and follow up.
• Answers phone calls, responds to caller questions as able and/or transfers/directed to appropriate phone number. Takes messages for pharmacy staff as needed.
• Travels to pick up orders or deliver medications to clinic areas or other CCHCI sites as needed.
• Prepares and facilitates daily and weekly bank deposits.
• Maintains and files logs, records, and other required documentation accurately.
• Ensures operation of pharmacy equipment by completing preventive maintenance and cleaning requirements, following manufacturer's instructions, reporting malfunctions, and requesting repairs.
• Completes and documents medication storage area inspections.
• Participates in pharmacy staff and other meetings as required.
• Performs administrative and/or clerical duties for pharmacy department as needed.
• Provides orientation and training to new team members and assists co-workers in completion of tasks.
• Effectively assists with selecting training of Pharmacy Technician Trainees at the discretion of the Lead Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacy Technician Supervisor.
• Works assigned weekends as required.
• Maintains Medication and Supply Inventory.
• Assists in ordering, receiving, unpacking, and storing medications.
• Rotates stock to ensure use before expiration.
• Identifies and replaces, as needed, outdated and unusable stock.
• Replenishes emergency and clinic supplies accurately.

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Active Pharmacy Technician License from the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy.
• Experience as a Pharmacy Technician Trainee.
• Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the necessary skills required may be considered.
• Valid driver's License.

• Ability to comprehend and compose instructions, correspondence, and communications in English in both oral and written.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred, but not required.
• Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to patients, internal providers and staff and other agency staff working in cooperation with the organization.

• Ability to occasionally exert enough force to move objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to continuously remain in a stationary position.
• Ability to stand for extended periods.
• Ability to constantly move about inside the workplace to assist patients, operate office equipment.
• Possesses hand‑eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to constantly operate computers, telephone and other office machinery, and grasp and seize small objects such as medication tablets.
• Possesses close visual acuity necessary to accurately record and view information on a computer monitor, handwritten and typed documents, as well as accurately identify and distinguish colors.
• Ability to perceive the size, shape, temperature and/or texture of objects.
• Ability to discern the nature of sounds at a normal spoken level.

• Ability to perform medical math that may include the use of ratio/proportion, dosage calculation, metric and household equivalents, roman numerals, abbreviations, and general math including percentages.
• Ability to skillfully gather and analyze data.
• Ability to perform a variety of assignments and make decisions requiring independent judgment.
• Displays a high level of critical thinking and problem‑solving.
• Knowledge of health plans and…