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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 bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.

Join Avera as a paid Pharmacy Technician-In-Training while you complete Avera’s accredited Pharmacy Technician Education Program. This program has a national certification pass rate of 100% for the last two years vs. the 70% national average in that same timeframe. This program allows opportunity to experience different Pharmacy departments to best match individuals to long-term role or can be hired directly to a specific department. Please ask your recruiter for more details upon applying.

* See specific department for hours*

$3,000 sign-on bonus!

About the Pharmacy Departments:

Inpatient Pharmacy:

“Becoming a Pharmacy Technician with Avera has given me the opportunity to climb ladders that never existed anywhere else that I have worked in my 21 year career. With Avera, we are more than just “pill-counters”. Our team stretches through several inpatient and outpatient pharmacies, patient advocacy, cancer treatment, behavioral health, and even technology and administration. This is a truly rewarding career, and I look forward to many more years as a Pharmacy Technician with Avera.”

Dustin Mullaney | CPhT-Adv, CSPT, PRS

Pharmacy Technician Supervisor

Highlights:

• May be eligible for a $3,000 sign-on bonus!

• Work in various environments which include: Medication distribution to clinics, and critical access hospitals, repackaging medications into unit dose forms.

• Effectively communicates with nursing staff, providers, patients and co-workers.

• Non-hazardous/ hazardous sterile compounding

• Varied Shifts: 6:00 am-2:30 pm, 2:00 pm- 10:30 pm, 2:30 pm-11:00 pm with occasional overnights, weekends, and holidays

Specialty Pharmacy:

“I think Avera is what was missing in my outside career as a pharmacy technician. I really got the feeling that Avera lives the mission of making healthcare affordable for patients as I was going through the application, and interview process. So, after 5 weeks; thank you for hiring me”

A testimonial from a new hire within the Specialty Pharmacy.

Highlights:

• Monday- Friday Schedule

• Hybrid Work Schedule: ability to work from home on a hybrid basis after completion of training

• Business Casual dress code

• Rotating workflow schedule to cover a variety of duties including; inventory, dispensing, phones (inbound and outbound), shipping, & data entry

• Specialty pharmacy with some retail, and mail order dispensing

Retail Pharmacy:

Highlights:

• Fast-paced, customer-facing retail pharmacy

• Direct Patient Care

• Collaboration with other members of healthcare team (nurses, case management, social work, doctors)

• Shift: 8:00 am-5:30 pm with approximately every 3rd-4th weekend

Long Term Care Pharmacy:

Highlights:

• Closed door pharmacy

• Fast-paced environment

• Strong potential for advancement

• Shift: 9:30 am-6:00 pm with occasional weekends, and holidays​​

Home Infusion Pharmacy:

Highlights:

• Monday- Friday Schedule

• Working with a tight knit smaller team who have years of experience

• Great Parking!

• Mix of sterile compounding, drug packaging/shipping, and inventory management

• Plenty of opportunities for growth

• Shift: 8:00 am- 5: 00 pm

Retail Pharmacy- Compounding:

Highlights:

• Employs Pharmacy staff specifically trained to fill prescriptions that are compounded for precise needs

• Fast-paced environment with high quality work

• Monday-Friday 8:00 AM- 4:30 PM

Join the company helping people and their path to better health!

Job Summary

• Pharmacy Technician-in-Training assists in drug preparation, storage, distribution, and inventory management within a variety of pharmacy environments.

• Avera Health’s Pharmacy Technician Education Program consists of 400 hours of combined didactic, simulation, and experiential learning activities.

• Avera Health requires a two-year employment commitment upon completion of the Pharmacy Technician Education Program.

• This entry-level position participates in and completes Avera Health’s Pharmacy Technician Education in order to become a Certified Pharmacy Technician. Upon completion of the education program and successful Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) examination, the technician-in-training will be promoted into the role of Pharmacy Technician.

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.

Certification/Licensure/Registrations

• Registration with the state Board of Pharmacy required within 30 days of employment.

Pay

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

• $18.00 - $24.50 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.

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Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.