Pharmacy Technician II - Fitzsimmons Veterans Community Living Center

Salary : $3,409.00 - $4,773.00 Biweekly
Location : Aurora, CO
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: ILG 00561 03/4/2025
Department: Colorado Department of Human Services
Division: OAADS - Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons
Opening Date: 03/04/2025
Closing Date: 3/16/2025 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA: Determined by Position
Primary Physical Work Address: 1919 Quentin Street Aurora, CO 80045
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt; position is eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information: joel.drahos@state.co.us
Type of Announcement: This is a temporary position. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.
How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

Department Information

This position is open to current Colorado residents only
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. We 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.
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Description of Job
Additionally, as a Pharmacy Technician II you can expect to:

• Under the direction of a Pharmacist, position fills and distributes prescriptions to the different neighborhoods for residents. Once pharmacist approves prescription(s), position bills insurance company
• Orders medication stock to ensure par levels are maintained, and controls inventory costs, packages medications, mixes 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, inputs resident information into computer. Resident data includes such data as resident name, prescribed medication, and cost to maintain pharmacy files, insurance system and inventory
• Answers phone calls and handles those duties that don't require a licensed pharmacist, including problem solving
• Retrieves, corrects, or deletes previously entered data where necessary
• Reconciles insurance payments with resident billings
• 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
• Prepares and organizes medications to be delivered to in-house nursing stations or remote facilities via shipping process. Maintains pharmacy devices including but not limited to fax machines, automated dispensing systems, medication carts, glove box unit aseptic techniques of counter tops and dispensing stations
• Cleans, sterilizes and or disinfects areas and/or equipment
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Special Qualifications:

• Must have Pharmacy Technician certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)

Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:

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

AND

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
• Knowledge of basic pharmacy practices and procedures
• Retail or Long Term Care experience preferred

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• 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, PREA (Division of Youth Services), Trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS (direct contact with adult Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers)
• Current/Valid and unrestricted US Driver's License
• May have to transport medications to other VCLC facilities in state vehicles
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

Supplemental Information
How to Apply
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The Assessment Process

For additional recruiting questions, please contact joel.drahos@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 Planwww.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
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more
• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

*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.
ADA 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 ADA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.

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Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application.In the space below, please provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should NOT disqualify your application from the current position.
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If you are a former or current state employee, please identify what state agency you work(ed) with and how many years of relevant state service you have related to the position you are applying for. (Ensure this is listed on your application under work experience)
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This position requires Pharmacy Technician certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB. Please list your license number below.)
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Describe your professional pharmacy technician experience, to include the number of years working in long-term care facility.
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