Pharmacy Technician II

Overview

Department Information

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.

About Fort Logan: The Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan (CMHHIFL) is one of two state psychiatric hospitals serving Colorado residents with acute mental illnesses and/or court-ordered inpatient restoration treatment. Our vision is to provide exemplary inpatient psychiatric care to residents in Colorado with acute, serious and persistent mental health needs. CMHHIFL supports hope, health, and recovery through innovative, evidence-based, and individualized patient care.

CMHHIFL provides inpatient treatment to adult patients, generally between the ages of 18-59. The hospital currently has 94 civil adult inpatient beds and 44 forensic beds. Medical, rehabilitation services (physical, occupational, and speech therapy) and clinical programming are available to clients based on their treatment needs.

Through our core values listed below, CMHHIFL staff is committed to:

Individual dignity and respect

Person-centered, evidence-based care

Trauma-informed recovery

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Diversity and inclusion

Strong family and community partnerships

About This Work Unit: This position works in the 24-hour State psychiatric hospital with individuals voluntarily and involuntarily committed to treatment. Patients receiving treatment at CMHHIFL have severe and persistent mental illness and may have traumatic brain injury, trauma disorders, and other complex dynamics. Each treatment team is multidisciplinary, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, addiction specialists, occupational therapists, recreation therapists, creative arts therapists, nurses, physicians, and mental health clinicians.

In addition, the hospital offers dietary, peer, and chaplain services.

Deliver medications to treatment teams and pick up medications to be returned to the pharmacy. The treatment units are in different buildings and delivery requires going outside.

Filling prescriptions accurately (including floor stock items, controlled substance, discharge medications, and inpatient unit dose cassettes). Issues credits back to clients. Process Medicare Part D claims. Completes associated paperwork and computer data entry.

Process controlled drugs requisitions such as packaging, filling, and delivering pharmaceuticals to treatment units and use pharmacy logs and nursing control substance sign-out logs to account accurately for such medications. Check controlled drugs on-hand in the computer to match with the physical on-hands and document. Need to assign lot numbers to every controlled drug dispensed as floor stock. Obtain signatures from nurses for the floor stocks and pharmacist for pharmacy.

Pre-package and label medications for unit dose dispensing. Properly return medication to pharmacy inventory and credit back to patients. Completed associated paperwork and computer data entry.

Orders pharmaceuticals and supplies for day-to-day operations of pharmacy. Receive the items and put them away. Completes associated paperwork and computer data entry.

On Site;
Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m.

- 6:00 p.m. Closed on Holidays

Please note:

These working arrangements are subject to change.

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

Two (2) years of experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position

No Substitutions

• Two (2) years of recent experience filling, labeling, and storing drugs in a pharmacy setting
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with pharmacy and healthcare professionals
• Exceptional organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to maintain adequate inventory/supplies
• Basic computer literacy and skills
• Mathematical computation skills
• Customer service and problem solving
• Ability to work as a team member
• Ability to meet work schedules
• Previous State employee

The successful candidate in this position must be willing and available to submit to the…