Opening Date: 03/19/2025

Closing Date: 04/02/2025

Job Title: Pharmacy Technician III

Salary/Wage: $24.60/hr

Tribal Level: 114

Location: Siletz OR

Classification: Full Time, Non-Exempt

Job Posting Number: 3133416

INTRODUCTION:

Assists pharmacists with delivery of quality pharmaceutical care including preparing, compounding, distributing and dispensing of medication to the patients. Ensures the provision of healthcare services takes place in a professional environment and is accomplished efficiently. 

DUTIES:

Assists in carrying out all functions related to the dispensing and preparing of medication as allowed by the Oregon Board of Pharmacy: 

• Processes prescriptions, including data entry, insurance adjudication, Prior Authorizations, filling, dispensing, and collecting funds where applicable. 
• Contacts providers for prescription refills. 
• Contacts providers for the verification of various prescription elements (drug name, directions, quantity, etc.). 
• Transfers prescriptions into outside pharmacies.
• Answers phones and checks messages. 
• Receives and places calls to and from various entities (patients, providers, Pharmacies, suppliers.).
• Performs duties of Pharmacists in his/her absence as requested except those duties not allowed by current Oregon Board of Pharmacy rules and requlations.  
• Assists the Pharmacist with billing procedures. 

Assists with pharmacy activities: 

• Performs pharmacy-billing activities. 
• Orders and receives pharmaceutical merchandise. 
• Processes accounts receivable and payable transactions.
• Conducts monthly and yearly inventory. 
• Prepares and sends merchandise for credit.
• General administrative duties such as typing, filing, spreadsheet maintenance.
•  Other duties/projects as assigned.  

Assists with stocking and replenishing inventory:

• Helps to maintain accurate and up to date stock/inventory/formulary lists. 
• Submits, receives and stocks daily pharmaceutical order. 
• Prepares requisition requests. 
• Sells prescriptions and over the counter medications. 
• Operates cash register and accurately enters sales transactions. 
• Operates postage meter. 
• Delivers daily cash and sales transactions to Pharmacy Director. 
• Monitors retail pharmacy area for safeguarding of over-the-counter medications and supplies, alerts supervisor of suspicious activity. 
• Delivers mail order prescriptions to post office as needed.
• Review Charts for target drug reviews as requested by Pharmacists.
• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor

REQUIREMENTS:

High School diploma or GED and two years of pharmacy experience, and National Pharmacy Technician Certification, and Oregon Board of Pharmacy Certification and registration.

Knowledge of:

• Computer systems, fax machine, copy machine, multi-line telephones, MS Word, WordPerfect, Excel, on-line terminology services, and other medical text, preferred.
• Drug categories. 

Other:

• Obtain CPR within 60-days of hire.