Pharmacy Technician, Part time
Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic
About the Role
Join our team as a Part-time Pharmacy Technician at the Toppenish Medical-Dental Clinic. Be part of a healthcare organization that is a leading community health center in the Pacific Northwest, offering a wide range of services.
Employment duration: Part time
Location: Toppenish, WA
Key Responsibilities
- Enter patient data in the system, including name, insurance, allergies, doctor, and diagnosis.
- Enter prescriptions in the system, selecting brand, product/drug, and appropriate strength according to provider instructions.
- Fill or dispense products from pharmacy stock and deliver to patients.
- Process prescription refills, verifying availability.
- Maintain awareness of stock levels and order restocking based on defined minimum inventory levels.
- Verify quantity of orders and submit to the Wholesaler.
- Verify product orders received against invoice and purchase order, sticker each item, and place on shelves.
- Monitor and check expiration dates on drugs in stock and prepare expired stock for return to Wholesaler.
- Process credit invoices associated with returns.
- Return or discard dispensed prescriptions to stock if not picked up by the patient within 30 days, entering information for reverse billing.
- Complete third-party billing forms and contact providers if prior authorization is required.
- Perform clinical responsibilities in alignment with The Joint Commission (TJC), HRSA, and YVFWC requirements.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Pharmacy Technician license for states of practice.
- Alternatively, an active Pharmacy Intern License for the states of practice.
- Basic knowledge of a minimum of one pharmacy software system and ability to learn new systems.
- Basic proficiency with a variety of computer systems, including Microsoft Office, is preferred.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED).
- One year's experience in a pharmacy setting is preferred.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) is preferred. Must demonstrate the ability to communicate at level 9 on the language proficiency scale to receive bilingual differential pay.
- Effective verbal and listening communication skills with a customer-oriented approach.
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Ability to perform administrative tasks such as answering phones, filing, faxing, scanning, and copying.
- Ability to work as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to organize work while performing multiple tasks requiring attention to detail.
- This job will require a pre-employment drug screen after extending a conditional offer of employment.