Pharmacy Technician 1 at Oregon Health & Science University – Portland, Oregon

Pharmacy Technician 1

US-OR-Portland

Requisition ID: 2026-37981
Position Category: Pharmacy
Job Type: AFSCME union represented
Position Type: Relief/Flex/Resource
Posting Department: Family Medicine at East Portland
Posting Salary Range: $25.33 - $34.26 per hour with offer based on experience, education and internal equity
Posting FTE: 0.00
Posting Schedule: Monday - Friday
Posting Hours: 8:00am - 6:00pm
HR Mission: Healthcare
Drug Testable: Yes

Department Overview

The purpose of this position is to provide technical support services to licensed pharmacists at the OHSU East Portland and Richmond Clinic Pharmacies, who are responsible for the safe and proper distribution of medications to a diverse patient population. The pharmacy technician will also assist in inventory management, third party plan processing, and providing excellent customer service. This is a relief position and will be assigned a variety of hours at East Portland and at Richmond Clinic pharmacies as needed.

Function/Duties of Position

• Prepares outpatient prescriptions enters prescription and billing information into pharmacy system, retrieves and receives refill authorizations for prescriptions, prepares prescriptions for final review by a pharmacist, processes refill requests via EHR.
• Assists pharmacist in technical support activities such as answering telephone calls, medication profile maintenance, paperwork, and recordkeeping as assigned.
• Participates in and advances patient centered pharmacy programs to include the appointment-based program and adherence packaging.
• Actively engages in inventory control, checks stock for outdates, and orders supplies for pharmacy and clinic from appropriate sources.
• Interacts with other healthcare team members.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma,
• Active State of Oregon Pharmacy Technician License, including the completion and maintenance of job-specific competencies and certifications.
• Must possess computer keyboarding skills.

Job Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Competencies):

• Excellent interpersonal communication
• Knowledge base of insurance reimbursement.
• Knowledge of managed care environment.
• Successfully completes initial and continued competencies as required for maintenance of standard of practice, legal regulatory compliance, and OHSU policies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Formal pharmacy technician training program
• Inpatient and outpatient hospital pharmacy experience.
• Medical and scientific nomenclature.
• Oregon Board of Pharmacy Certified Technician license

Additional Details

The Pharmacy Technician will experience competing demands on their time from patients and/or clinic staff and will need to effectively multitask. This pharmacy serves a largely indigent patient population, so a non-judgmental and compassionate demeanor is preferable. Must be able to deliver a consistently high level of customer service. Possible exposure to hazardous chemicals and noise. Flexibility in scheduling of shift times. Working Hours: Monday-Friday 7:00 am to 7:30 pm, Saturdays from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm, all technicians participate in fair share Saturday rotation.