Pharmacy Technician - $20-97 per hour

Legacy Health is seeking a Pharmacy Technician for a job in TUALATIN, Oregon.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Pharmacy Technician
• Discipline: Allied Health Professional
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff

Overview:

With the right medicine at the right time, our patients have the opportunity to heal, improve or recover. That’s why Pharmacy Services is an important element in the Legacy mission to make life better for everyone. If you are a Pharmacy Tech who shares our passion, you might be a great fit for this role.

The Pharmacy Technician works under the supervision of the Pharmacy Manager, Staff Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician Lead to support the operations of the Pharmacy Services; prepares ancillary supply orders for shipment to patients; performs IV admixtures under supervision of the Pharmacist; maintains the clean-room and anteroom; and participates in Quality Control and Quality Improvement activities.

Responsibilities:

COMMUNICATION: Effective, open, respectful; appropriate information, verbal or written, is effectively transmitted to customers/co-workers.

Meets established hospitality standards.

Communicates accurately, effectively and in a respectful manner.

Strives to consistently meet customer expectations.

Responds to customer information requests promptly.

Enters medications and supplies in the computer in a timely and accurate manner to generate labels and billing information.

Prepares accurate reports within specified timelines.

Demonstrates accurate verbal and written communication.

Adheres to established channels of communication.

Follows policies and procedures related to communications.

PRODUCTIVITY: Accurate and efficient services result from prioritizing workload, maintaining organization, and by coordination of activities with other team members.

Consistently meets department timelines for completion of activities related to position.

Manages workload effectively.

Sets priorities appropriately.

Keeps pharmaceutical inventory current including solutions, additives, ab, medications, cassettes and IV room supplies.

Prepares IV admixtures to meet specific timelines.

Assembles patient supply orders permitting delivery within required timelines.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCE: Consistently high quality outcomes are achieved by adherence to established policies and procedures, and application of knowledge and technical skills. Successful completion of Pharmacy Services defined competencies is required.

Demonstrates understanding of and complies with policies and procedures.

Demonstrates knowledge of ancillary supplies.

Utilizes and maintains equipment appropriately including AMDS and CII safe).

Keeps up to date records of patients’ IV medication needs and helps coordinate delivery of medication per protocol.

Completes training/orientation.

Completes initial and maintains on-going certification for IV admixture and working in clean room.

Demonstrates required knowledge of computer system and competent use.

Maintains up-to-date knowledge of policies and procedures.

Develops knowledge and competent use of required equipment.

QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA)/QUALITY CONTROL (QC)/CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (CQI): QA, QC and CQI activities are supported so that internal and external customer needs are met.

Understands and can verbalize Legacy Health System (LHS) CQI principles.

Identifies and meets customers’ needs consistently.

Participates in operating unit and LHS CQI efforts.

Maintains required QC documentation.

Utilizes risk management reporting tools appropriately and as required.

Follows established policies and procedures.

FACILITIES: Maintenance of the work environment and equipment is performed to produce safe and effective products, efficient services and enhance the quality of work-life.

Follows established policies and procedures.

Maintains refrigerator temperature log per protocol.

Maintains equipment according to schedule.

Maintains QC incubator temperature log, if applicable.

Cleans sterile products preparation area daily to maintain integrity of sterile products environment.

Documents maintenance as required.

Maintains orderly work environment.

Qualifications:

Education:

High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience:

Prior pharmacy tech/clerk experience or current pharmacy tech student or program graduate preferred. IV Admixture experience preferred. Basic familiarity with computers preferred. Keyboard skills and ability to navigate electronic systems applicable to job functions.

LEGACY’S VALUES IN ACTION:

Follows guidelines set forth in Legacy’s Values in Action

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled

Licensure:

Current applicable state Pharmacy Technician Licensure required prior to date of hire and maintained thereafter.

Pay Range:
USD $23.65 - USD $33.80 /Hr.

Legacy Health Job ID #1580-24-41444. Posted job title: pharmacy technician

About Legacy Health

Join our team and be a part of creating the gold standard in care safety. Together, we're building the safest environment for giving and receiving care, where both patients and caregivers thrive.

Who is Legacy Health?

Good health for our people, our patients, our communities and our world — these are not just words. They are commitments that form the core of our mission, and we take them seriously. That mission matches a profound and serious footprint: Legacy Health is a locally owned nonprofit, six-hospital health system that also includes a full-service children’s hospital, a 24-hour mental and behavioral health services center, and more than 70 primary care, specialty and urgent care clinics, 14,000 employees and nearly 3,000 health care providers.

We provide comprehensive health care services across the Portland and Vancouver metro area and mid-Willamette Valley and have the most five-star ratings for hospitals in the region. From rural areas to urban centers, we play a critical role in the lives of 2.5 million people.

As one of the largest employers in the area, people trust Legacy with their health and livelihoods. That is why Forbes named Legacy one of the best large employers in America in 2023. That vote of trust also demands that we leave a positive mark on our community beyond the hallways of our hospitals and clinics. As a reflective and open-minded organization, we value the ideals of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) patient care across our system.

Benefits

• 403b retirement plan
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits

Location: Tualatin, OR, US

Posted Date: 12/24/2024