Pharmacy Technician

About the role

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Responsibilities

• Deliver compassionate care to our millions of patients every day
• Manage all assigned pharmacy workstations and tasks to support the team’s ability to promptly, safely and accurately fill patient prescriptions
• Provide caring service that exceeds customer expectations
• Complete an extensive CVS Pharmacy Technician Training Program and satisfy all registration, licensing and certification requirements according to your State’s Board of Pharmacy guidelines
• Expand your Pharmacy Technician duties once you satisfy all requirements and build your clinical, technical and insurance knowledge and expertise

Requirements

• Must be at least 16 years of age
• Licensure requirements vary by state

Qualifications

• Attention and Focus
• Attention to detail
• Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted
• Customer Service Orientation
• Actively look for ways to help people, and do so in a friendly manner
• Notice and understand customers’ reactions, and respond appropriately
• Communication Skills
• Use and understand verbal and written communication to interact with customers and colleagues
• Actively listening by giving full attention to what others are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times
• Mental Reasoning
• The ability to use math to solve a problem, such as calculating day’s supply of a prescription
• Problem Resolution
• Is able to judge when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong; recognizing there is a problem
• Physical Demands
• Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for moving from one work area to another
• Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist
• Stooping to a considerable degree and requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately
• Visual Acuity:
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting
• Previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician
• PTCB National Certification
• Education High School Diploma Or Equivalent

Benefits

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families. This part-time position is eligible for a range of benefits and programs that support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues. Depending on hours worked and eligibility, the benefits for this position include dental, vision, wellness resources, employee discounts, access to certain voluntary benefits, and other programs.