Pharmacy Technician

Description

Position Close Date: 4/17/2025

The PUYALLUP TRIBAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, located in Tacoma, Washington, is seeking a full time Pharmacy Technician to assist pharmacists with dispensing functions and processes refill requests. Pharmacy Technicians triage patients at pharmacy window and help with prep work to process prescriptions. 

“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

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.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited pharmacy technician program.
• Current WA State Pharmacy Technician Certification required.
• One (1) year experience as a Pharmacy Technician
• Experience working in a retail pharmacy preferred.
• Proficient with 3rd party billing and dosage calculations.
• Ability to work in fast paced pharmacy filling from 800- 1200 prescriptions per day.
• Experience and / or ability to work with electronic health record systems.