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At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

MultiCare is a nicotine free campus, employment with MultiCare is contingent on successfully passing a criminal background check and passing a drug screen. MultiCare Health System requires all new employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 prior to starting employment.

MultiCare is offering an opportunity to be trained as a Pharmacy Technician. Under the direct supervision of the Pharmacist, the Pharmacy Technician is responsible for the day-to-day operations, from handling medications to maintaining patient records.

MultiCares Pharmacy Technician Training Program will provide the student with experience in retail pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, as well as specialty areas within pharmacy.

The program is broken up into two parts: didactic and experiential. The didactic portion is the educational part of the program that will be taught through computer modules. The experiential portion is the hands-on training the student will receive at various sites within MultiCare. The program is designed to prepare the student for state and national certification.

General Description:

This is an on-the-job training position working with pharmacy technicians under direct supervision of a pharmacist. This position will be conducted concurrently with a didactic pharmacy technician program and supervised experiential work. Upon completion of the didactic and experiential components, the candidate will be qualified to take the national pharmacy technician certification exam. Work situations require organization and attention to detail. External contact/interactions with MultiCare patients are frequent.

This is full time or part time/ and benefit eligible after the appropriate waiting period, paid positions, at the time of your training hire date. The full or part time is dependent on the available positions at a site. You are paid during the experimental portion of this program.

Qualifications:

No experience needed.

High School Diploma or equivalent.

Washington State Board of Pharmacy Pharmacy Assistant License with technician-in-training endorsement (to be acquired prior to start date): Employee/Trainee will pay for this fee (The timing of this is, if offered a position at MultiCare)

Pharmacy Tech Trainee Program Info:

• The Pharmacy Tech Program is paid by MultiCare.
• Program length: 4-6 months: Vacations are not permitted during this time. Attendance is mandatory for successful completion of the program.
• This program is through ASHP https://www.ashp.org/ (A web-based, online program which is approximately 160hrs that is self paced, to be completed outside of work.)
  • Overall, the training can be up to 1000 hours depending on the progression of the training.
  • This is full time or part time/ and benefit eligible, paid positions, at the time of your training hire date. The full or part time is dependent on the available positions at a site. You are paid during the experimental portion of this program.
  • Please note: the trainee will not be paid for their didactic work, but in this position, is required to complete the program. The Didactic duration is hours as required by the State of Washington.
• Internet and computer access is required to complete the didactic portion of the training.
• Days/hours of all the training: To be determined as this can vary per site depending on when trainers are available.
• Shifts: Variable (Days, Eves, weekends), 8hr shifts
• Pay: 18.50 for Spokane area.

• The candidate will sign a two year work agreement, if hired, to stay with MultiCare at least two years, once certified as a Pharmach Tech, due to the investment.
• If offered a position, the Trainee would need to send a copy of the MultiCare offer letter, along with the endorsement (provided by the Program team) and Pharmacy Assistant application, to Dept of Health.
  • Pharmacy Professions Licensing Information | Washington State Department of Health
  • https://doh.wa.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/Documents/Pubs//690133.pdf

• The trainee employee will pay and obtain their Washington State Board of Pharmacy Pharmacy Assistant licensure. Pharmacy Assistant Application fee: currently is $70.00

• Trainee will pay for the National Certification fee, licensure and endorsement fees. The Pharmacy Tech credential fee: currently is $140.00

Upon successful completion of the program/education the testing is not covered by MultiCare. This will be the candidate/trainee responsibility.

Upon successful completion of the program, there is the opportunity to apply/transition to a Pharmacy Tech position at MultiCare.

Final Pharm Tech positions: Available open positions after the completion of the training program will determine the schedule. The training schedule might be different than the permanent role.

FTE:1.0fte, Shift: Day, Schedule: variable

Position Summary

Requirements

• High School graduate or equivalent
• Washington State Board of Pharmacy Pharmacy Assistant license with technician-in-training endorsement (to be acquired prior to start date)

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

• Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers
• Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
• Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
• Employee-centric: Named Forbes Americas Best Employers by State in 2023
• Technology: "Most Wired"health caresystem 15 years in a row
• Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
• Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn

Pay and Benefit Expectations

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.

Position Type: Full time - Regular
Primary Shift: Variable
Work Schedule: Variable

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About MultiCare Health System

MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho. MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network; MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care; Pulse Heart Institute; MultiCare Medical Associates, affiliated physicians; MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region; and MultiCare Connected Care, our Accountable Care Organization. Eleven hospitals complete the organization: Allenmore Hospital, Auburn Medical Center, Capital Medical Center, Covington Medical Center, Deaconess Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital — the Puget Sound region’s only children’s hospital and state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washingt...on — Navos Behavioral Health Hospital, Valley Hospital, Tacoma General Hospital — which is home to the South Puget Sound region’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — and Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital. Our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration and Kindness, serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other. MultiCare is also proud of our commitment to workforce diversity and culturally competent care. This commitment is led by our CEO and supported through employee education and community outreach.

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