Pharmacy Technician II - Fitzsimons Veterans Community Living Center - Aurora

Department Information

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.

Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!

Office of Adult, Aging, and Disability Services

Colorado Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons

Colorado Veterans Community Living Center (VCLC) at Fitzsimons is a beautiful 180-bed, skilled nursing facility serving Colorado's veterans. We strive to honor and respect those living in our community through companionship and person-centered care while providing a comfortable and safe place to live. At Fitzsimons, we provide long-term care, and short-term rehab and have a secured memory care neighborhood, and are conveniently located on the medical campus with UC Hospital and the Aurora VA Medical Center. Fitzsimons celebrates a low 18% staff turnover rate and substantial longevity among staff.

Visit us online at: www.colorado.gov/cdhs/veteranshomes/fitzsimons

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Description of Job

Weekday availability 7:30 am-6 pm, Saturday availability 8 am-12 pm.

Performs day-to-day professional pharmaceutical operations of the department which includes drug acquisition, distribution and monitoring, identifying, resolving, and preventing drug-related problems that may affect optimal resident care outcomes, and research and communication to our medical and nursing staff, as well as to all ancillary services. The Pharmacy Technician position will assist the Pharmacists with filling and compounding, delivery and shipping, drug procurement, billing, filing, and auditing activities.

Duties to include but not limited to:

General Operations- Dispensing/Inventory

Under the direction of a Pharmacist, the position fills and distributes prescriptions to the different neighborhoods at the Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons for residents and/or prepares the prescriptions to be sent out to the other facilities that are served by the Veterans Community Living Center Pharmacy. Once a pharmacist approves prescription(s), the position may be asked to bill the insurance company. Position prints delivery manifests and maintains the delivery records. Position orders medication stock to ensure par levels are maintained, and control inventory costs, package medications, mix intravenous solutions, fill, re-fill, price, and label prescriptions, fax refill requests. Process refills into the computer and associated insurance billing. Maintains inventory of drugs, chemicals, or other controlled substances and helps to ensure their security. Prices prescriptions, and inputs resident information into the computer. Resident data includes such data as resident name, prescribed medication, and cost to maintain pharmacy files, insurance system, and inventory. This position answers phone calls and handles those duties that don't require a licensed pharmacist, including problem-solving. Position handles returns and outdated medications as well as the drug waste process.

Data Collection and Billing Reconciliation

Retrieves, corrects, or deletes previously entered data where necessary. Reconciles insurance payments with resident billings.

Patient /Resident Services

Maintain attention to the resident's needs and protect the safety of the resident. Anticipate future needs and or problems of residents and take action to meet these needs

Delivery and Maintenance

Prepares and organizes medications to be delivered to in-house nursing stations or remote facilities via the shipping process. Maintains pharmacy devices including but not limited to fax machines, automated dispensing systems, medication carts, glove box unit aseptic techniques of countertops, and dispensing stations. Cleans, sterilizes, and or disinfects areas and/or equipment.

Other Duties as Assigned

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Minimum Qualifications:

Special Qualifications:

Must have Pharmacy Technician certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or Pharmacy Intern License

• Please upload your certification/license to your application to be considered for this position - failure to provide may disqualify your application*

Experience:

• Two years of experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position.

AND

Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:

• Current, valid certification or provisional certification as a Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Intern from the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy.

• Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:

• Current, valid certification or provisional certification as a Pharmacy Technician from the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy.

Substitutions:

NONE

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in long-term care pharmacy or willingness to learn

• IV admixture experience or willingness to learn.

Conditions of Employment:

• Full Background

• CDHS employees (all Direct contact with vulnerable persons):

CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, CAPS (direct contact with adults

• Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers)

• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned instead of termination must (1) disclose that information on the application (2) provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position, (3) provide the employee number from the applicant's prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation instead of termination, and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

Appeal Rights:

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgment of the department's action.

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.

Supplemental Information

How to Apply

The Assessment Process

For additional recruiting questions, please contact annette.torrez@state.co.us.

About Us:

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans

• Medical and dental health plans

• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account

• Paid life insurance

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave

• BenefitHub state employee discount program

• Employee Wellness program MotivateMe

• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more

• Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more

information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs.

Our Values:

We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.

Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.

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