Pharmacy Technician

WellPower provides you with the support you need to help you develop a career in helping others succeed. We innovate, adapt, and leverage the diverse perspectives of the people on our team and the people we serve in everything we do.

WellPower values and is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to ending bias and discrimination in our community and ensuring equity within all aspects of our organization. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. 

WellPower is a large, well-established, innovative, and vibrant community mental health center that provides outpatient mental health services to individuals recovering from serious and persistent mental illness. WellPower has two retail pharmacies embedded in our clinic sites.  The pharmacies are designed to provide medications to persons in services at WellPower, and the community at large.  Pharmacy staff support persons served, nursing staff, and medical staff.   Primary duties for this position include order entry and dispensing duties, resolution of insurance issues, and communicating effectively with residential staff at assisted living facilities. The current pharmacy staff have been with WellPower anywhere from 9 months to 20 years, with an average of 8 years length of service.   

Some of the reasons pharmacy staff give for working and staying with WellPower are: 

• “Pharmacy department is “designed” differently to do more than typical retail pharmacy – this is what I thought I was going to do when I went to pharmacy school”
• “(The workplace) Wellness culture – respecting everyone and getting along”
• “(I) have time to spend with all individuals – customer focused service”
• “(I) feel like I am making a difference”
• “(We have an) Integrated approach to care”
• “(We) service a unique population, and are set up to serve this population – work for outcomes”
• “(I get) free training on mental health population, trauma informed care, and DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness)”

STARTING SALARY:

• $25.00/hour
• $2.50/hour Spanish differential after passing a language proficiency exam

HOURS: Monday through Friday, day shift, 40 hours per week

WellPower is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification/licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges.  We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range.

All full-time, benefits eligible employees will be eligible for WellPower’s benefits plan. For a full description of benefit offerings, please visit: https://WellPower.org/workplace-of-choice/.

POSITION SUMMARY:  Assist with all phases of pharmacy services while under the supervision of a pharmacist and collaborate as a team with all pharmacy staff.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accurately count, label and fill bottles with prescribed tablets, capsules, and liquid medications.
• Enter prescription information into pharmacy computer system.
• Operate automated dispensing machine, as applicable.
• Adjudicate prescriptions and be able to appropriately solve adjudication errors.
• Effectively manage pharmacy inventory including ordering and receiving medications and supplies. Assist in maintaining inventory records.
• Maintains daily pharmacy records, as required.
• Answer phone calls, and departmental emails promptly and appropriately.
• Manage Point of Sale system while providing excellent customer service.
• Transfer prescriptions in and out of pharmacy.
• Coordinate vaccine intake and billing.
• Maintain a trauma informed environment of wellbeing.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• High School Diploma. Pharmacy Technician Certification and State Board licensure required.
• 1 year experience in Pharmacy Technician
• Bilingual English & Spanish proficiency is a plus

Why else might you want to consider working at WellPower?

• Named Top Workplace - we have been named a Top Workplace by the Denver Post for 11 consecutive years
• Champion Social Justice Causes - we are committed to ending anti-Black racism in our community
• 9 Paid Holidays – including Juneteenth, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and more
•  Robust Benefits Package – our benefits start at 30 hours per week and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, and a retirement match
• Employee Resource Groups – our ERG’s offer a chance to connect, address workplace challenges and get support from individuals who share similar characteristics or life experiences
• Gainsharing – we offer a bonus to employees if the organization meets certain requirements for the year
• Free Licensure Supervision – for LCSWs/LPCs/LMFTs
• Sports Leagues – we offer a variety of activities for our employees, including bowling, dragon boat racing, volleyball leagues, and more

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