Pharmacy Technician

Full Job Description

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Division of State-Operated Specialty Care, Bureau of Woodward Resource Center (WRC) is seeking a full-time Pharmacy Technician to join our team!

What You'll Do

As a Pharmacy Technician, you'll play a vital role in assisting the pharmacist in providing pharmacy services to the individuals being served by WRC and information to other professionals at WRC.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all cassette cycle filling processes. Retrieve medications from stock, affix labels, and fill cassettes to ensure timely readiness of medications. Reconcile returned cassettes and review for potential medication variance reporting.
• Assist in double-checking medications that are to be dispensed to ensure the correct medications and dosages have been filled and the label contains accurate and complete information.
• Provide front end back up: entering orders, answering the telephone, relaying messages, assisting/answering questions for nurses, preparing new orders and refills for pharmacist check, and basic compounding.
• Maintain and organize pharmacy supplies and records, assist in ordering processes and conducting inventories of drugs and supplies.
• Assist the pharmacist in providing pharmacy services to the Individuals being served by WRC and information to other professionals at WRC.

Key Competencies

• Use knowledge of medications, their uses and effects, and medical terminology to comprehend prescription orders.
• Perform packing, ordering, labeling, transcription, patient profile information, drug quality checks, computer database maintenance, and other nationally recognized expectations for pharmacy technicians at a high level of accuracy.
• Transcribe orders for medications and master all areas of pharmacy software program including entering new physician orders.

Applicants will be required to complete a background check to be considered for this position.

WRC prepares and supports individuals to live in the community of their choice.

This facility is a great place to develop or continue your healthcare career if you enjoy rewarding yet challenging work, supporting individuals by working as part of their interdisciplinary team, and helping to develop person-centered Individual Support Plans to meet specific support needs, preferences, and goals.

The facility provides a range of services that include being an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability (ICF/IID), daily supported community living, consultations/training, behavioral health services, physical nutrition management, and community residential-based guidance in learning prosocial behavior and personal accountability.

For more info about WRC: https://hhs.iowa.gov/family-community/specialty-care-facilities/woodward-resource-center

Benefits of Joining WRC

Working for the State of Iowa comes with its perks. In addition to a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being and professional growth.

For additional information on benefits click here.

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Woodward Highlights

Woodward is a city of approximately 1,300 located in central Iowa.

The High Trestle Trail begins here and boasts 25 miles of paved surface running through five towns and four counties in the heart of Iowa.

The trail includes an iconic, 1/2-mile, 13-story high bridge across the Des Moines River valley, one of the largest trail bridges in the world.

The Iowa Arboretum & Gardens is just a quick drive away offering more trails, scenic overlooks and other amazing natural features.

Woodward is about 30 minutes away Ames, home of Iowa State University.

Des Moines, Iowa’s capitol city, is also about the same distance away and home to Casey’s Center (host site of NCAA Basketball and premier concerts) and Lauridsen Skatepark, the nation’s largest skatepark.

Additionally, Des Moines hosts one of the nation’s finest State Fairs and is home to professional sports teams the Iowa Cubs, Iowa Wolves, Iowa Barnstormers and Iowa Wild.

Check out these 10 Reasons to Move to Iowa.

The State of Iowa is an EEO/AA Employer

HHS values those with “lived experience” and encourages adults who were fostered as youth, foster parents, and/or parents who were in the HHS system to apply.

Minorities, women, persons with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply (Hearing and Speech Impaired – Relay Iowa 1-800-735-2942 TDD).

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.

Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States.

The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization.

For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

1) One year of full-time technical work experience assisting a pharmacist with pharmaceutical tasks.

2) A total of one year of education and/or full-time experience (as described in number one), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in a pharmacy technician training program equals one year of full-time experience.

3) Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes two years of full-time work as a Pharmacy Assistant.

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Additional Information

Within a timeframe determined by the appointing authority at the time of hire, registration as a certified pharmacy technician (CPhT) or pharmacy technician trainee by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy must be obtained and subsequently maintained to continue employment.