Specialty Pharmacy Technician
Sentara · Chesapeake · $23.50–$36.36/hr (stated in the posting)
City/State
Chesapeake, VAWork Shift
First (Days)Overview:
Sentara is hiring a Pharmacy Technician at our Proprium Specialty Pharmacy in Chesapeake, VA.
$5,000 Sign on Bonus for Qualified Candidates!
Location: Chesapeake, VA 23320
Status: Full Time (40 hours/week)
Shift: Day Shift (8AM-5PM)
Occasional Saturdays
This position is in a Call Center and you will be on the phone speaking to patients and setting up their medication orders for their entire shift. We do not fill or dispense medications in our department; we process and set up medication orders for our patients. Our department is looking for someone that can multitask and is receptive to ongoing feedback from leadership.
Performs the technician responsibilities in specialized areas of pharmacy practice under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist or licensed independent practitioner.
- Demonstrates advanced technical skills and ownership of the work area
- Demonstrates the ability to competently work independently in defined specialized areas of pharmacy practice
- Training in an advanced Specialist Pharmacy Technician job functions
- Assumes local and/or system responsibility for assigned tasks related to advanced specialist job positions
- Participates in the training of new employees
- Fills and delivers medications under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist/licensed independent practitioner as required by specialty position
- Ensures adequate supplies are available for continuous patient care
- Triages and escalates any questions or issues outside the pharmacy technician's scope of practice as needed
- Uses appropriate systems for processing patient information
- Ensures quality assurance is maintained according to departmental and legal requirements
- Operates pharmacy equipment appropriately
- Training in an advanced Specialist Pharmacy Technician job functions
- In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.
- A pharmacy technician license is required in the state of practice.
Education
- High School Diploma or Equivalent (Required)
Certification/Licensure
- Virginia Pharmacy Tech License (Required)
- CPhT License (Received through the NHA or PTCB) (Preferred)
Experience
- 1 Year Pharmacy Experience (Preferred)
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Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Resources Plan
- Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.