Pharmacy Service Clerk

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About the role

Assists customers at the counter, retrieves prescriptions, rings up orders, and supports the Pharmacist with processing, pricing, and selling prescriptions. Orders and stocks drugs, supplies, and over-the-counter merchandise, and maintains the pharmacy area of the warehouse.

Responsibilities

• Greets and assists customers at the counter, receives written prescriptions for Pharmacists, and retrieves filled prescriptions.
• Rings up orders, processes payments (cash, checks, credit/debit), and provides prompt, courteous customer service.
• Answers phones and directs customers to product locations while preserving customer confidentiality.
• Counts pills for prescriptions, organizes and stores filled prescriptions, and restocks unneeded items.
• Orders and stocks special over-the-counter items kept behind the counter; marks product numbers on unmarked items.
• Orders, receives, tags, and stocks prescription drugs and supplies (per state law), following product storage procedures.
• Cleans the department (sweeping, mopping, wiping, dusting) and handles waste disposal (trash, cardboard baler, hazardous materials).
• Follows safety and security procedures, including immunization protocols, hazardous waste disposal, and securing the department at close.
• Secures storage and disposes of confidential paperwork.
• Assists with stocking duties as directed by management and operates vehicles, equipment, or machinery as needed.
• Supports other warehouse departments as necessary.

Benefits

• Paid time off.
• Health benefits: medical, dental, vision, hearing aid, pharmacy, behavioral health, and employee assistance.
• Health care reimbursement account and dependent care assistance plan.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, and life insurance.
• 401(k) and stock purchase plan (eligibility applies).

Open availability is required to meet business needs, apart from religious or disability considerations. Proof of authorization to work in the United States is required if hired.