Senior Pharmacy Technician

Senior Pharmacy Technician at Providence St Vincent Medical Center in Portland, OR.

Full-Time/Day Shift

The Acute Care Pharmacy Technician III is well versed in multiple areas of inpatient pharmacy technician areas.  Work responsibilities include collecting medication histories for emergency department or newly admitted patients, and direct patient interaction.  Technicians work closely with pharmacists and providers to validate and verify medications patients are taking prior to admission and document the medication list in the medical record.  Other pharmacy technician duties include all other areas of an inpatient pharmacy such as filling and transporting medication to nursing units in a prompt and accurate manner, as well as mixing sterile and non-sterile preparations.  

Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Providence St Vincent Medical Center and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we Providence know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

Required qualifications:

• H.S. Diploma or GED.
• upon hire: Oregon Certified Oregon Pharmacy Technician. Or
• upon hire: Oregon Pharmacy Technician License.
• 1 year Retail pharmacy experience or medication history technician experience

Preferred qualifications:

• Coursework/Training: Graduate of a Pharmacy Technician program.
• PTCB
• PTCB certificate in Medication History.
• 1 year Inpatient hospital experience
• 1 year Experience with pharmacy information systems (i.e., Epic, ADM applications)

 

Why Join Providence? 

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits, including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons.

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

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