POSITION CLOSES: March 26, 2023

PUYALLUP TRIBAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, located in Tacoma Washington, is seeking a full time Pharmacy Technician with a minimum of two (2) years’ experience.

“It is the mission of the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority to provide quality healthcare and promote wellness in a culturally appropriate manner.”

We offer an outstanding workplace, competitive market based salary, and benefits packages including:

• Monday – Friday schedule
• Medical/Dental/Vision benefits – monthly premiums paid 100% for employees
• 19+ annual paid holidays
• Generous paid sick and vacation accruals
• 401(k) with annual profit sharing
• Life & AD&D insurance coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Excellent work/home life  balance

GENERAL FUNCTION:  Assists pharmacists with dispensing functions and processes refill requests. Triage patients at pharmacy window and helps with prep work to process prescriptions. Maintains drug stock and performs drug purchasing. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:     

• Know   and continually review medication brand and generic names, medical   terminology, pharmaceutical calculations, and be able to type accurately at   least 35 words per minute.
•  Rotate   through all work areas of the pharmacy weekly.
• Obtain,   review, update, and print (if requested) patient eligibility, insurance   information, and health information on the pharmacy patient profile daily.
• Issue   prescriptions refills after verifying patient and record patient signature   for such transactions daily.
• Process   in-person and phone requests for prescription refills, determine if requests   require approval, retrieve patient record if needed, collate and/or route   requests electronically, in writing, or by facsimile to the Medical Provider   or authorizing entity daily. 
• Triage   in-person, written, or phone requests for drug information or health advice   to a registered pharmacist or to an appropriate entity within the health   organization daily.
• Retrieve   and process new or refill prescription orders electronically, by facsimile,   telephone, or brought in-person which includes but is not limited to typing,   counting and pouring, labeling, mixing, and collating in preparation for   final check by a registered pharmacist daily.
• Trouble   shoot prescription third party claim rejections by understanding formulary   restrictions, plan limitations, drug utilization review override codes,   relationship codes; requesting and completing prior authorization forms;   and/or communicating with plan help desk representatives and prescribing   entity daily.
• Inspect   pharmaceutical stock and supplies for re-ordering, outdates, or deterioration   daily.
• Document   on log sheets pharmaceutical stock issued to floor stock, return to   manufacturer, or items mark to be destroyed at least weekly.
• Compare   received pharmaceutical stock and supplies with invoices, sign, date, and   forward invoices to Technician Supervisor for review before submission to   Accounting daily.
• Attend   monthly Pharmacy and Technician   meeting and provide relevant feedback to workflow issues.

Graduation   from an accredited pharmacy technician program. Two or more years’ experience   as a Pharmacy Technician, with most recent 12 months working in a retail   pharmacy.  Proficient with 3rd party billing and dosage   calculations.  Ability to work in fast paced pharmacy filling from 800-   1200 prescriptions per day.  Current WA State Pharmacy Technician   Certification required.  Experience and / or ability to work with   electronic health record systems.