**Join the team at Avera!** **Award Winning Health Care:** Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME. **Culture:** Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter. **You Belong at Avera:** Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonus, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth. **Join Avera as a Pharmacy Technician and support** **the improvement of patient outcomes** ***This position may be eligible for a $4,000 sign on bonus*** **_Position Highlights:_** + **May be eligible for** **$4,000** **sign-on bonus paid out over 24 months!** + **Paid Time Off (PTO) available on Day 1!** + **Options for Free Health Insurance!** + **Career Growth** **opportunities!** + **Work directly with patients to provide services in a compassionate manner.** + **Work collaboratively with other members of the team.** **Job Summary** Essential duties, responsibilities and expectations: + The technician orders compounding supplies when necessary including apparel, general supplies and ingredients. + The technician maintains and cleans the area. + The technician assists in any and all duties assigned by pharmacists, in addition to specifically designated duties. Approved Tasks + Placing, packing, pouring, or putting in a container for dispensing,. + Placing in or affixing upon any container a label required to be placed upon drugs + Selecting, taking from, and replacing upon shelves drugs used in dispensing + Enter information into the pharmacy software computer system. + Prepackaging and labeling of multi-dose and unit-dose packages of medication. + Recording patient and medication information. The recording of patient or medication information in a manual or an electronic system for later validation by the pharmacist may be performed by pharmacy technicians. Compounding non-sterile preparations (capsules, creams, lotions, emulsions, inserts, lozenges, troches, ointments, gels, solutions, suspensions and vaginal creams) 1. Bulk reconstitution of prefabricated non-injectable medication, which may include the addition of multiple additives. 2. Compounding. 1. All compounding procedures will be followed as outlined in specific compounding SOPs. 2. The technician will weigh out the listed ingredients from the log sheet based on the established formula and have documentation of each weight for pharmacist verification. 3. The quality control checks after each batch will include data documentation to be completed by the technician prior to the pharmacist's final check of the batch. This must be done before a compound is ready to be released into stock for patient use. **Education and/or Experience** + High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience required. + Completion of Pharmacy Technician Technical Program preferred. **Certification/Licensure/Registrations** + Certified Pharmacy Technician by the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), National Healthcareer Association (EXCPT) or other approved pharmacy certification program required. + Registration with the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy required within 30 days of employment required. **Work Schedule** + **Monday-Friday, Day Shift; 80hrs/2wks** **Pay** The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.  + $18.50 – $25.75 per hour What Makes Avera Special? (http://www.avera.org/careers/what-makes-avera-special/) The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444. Additional Notices: For TTY, dial 711 Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.