Pharmacy Technician
About the Role
Pharmacy Technicians at CVS Health are at the forefront of delivering compassionate care to millions of patients daily. This role provides an opportunity to work in a leading retail pharmacy company, positively impacting lives and health. You will work in an environment that maintains the highest professional and ethical standards, ensuring full compliance with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
Success in this role involves managing assigned pharmacy workstations and tasks to support the team in promptly, safely, and accurately filling patient prescriptions while providing exceptional customer service. If you thrive in fast-paced environments and demonstrate genuine care for patients and customers, this role is for you.
Responsibilities
- Ensure all medication needs and regulatory compliance standards are met for patients.
- Demonstrate ethical conduct and maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
- Manage pharmacy workstations and tasks to support the team’s ability to fill prescriptions accurately and efficiently.
- Provide caring service that exceeds customer expectations.
- Complete an extensive CVS Pharmacy Technician Training Program and satisfy all state-specific registration, licensing, and certification requirements.
- Expand duties as you meet requirements and build clinical, technical, and insurance knowledge through available tools and training.
Requirements
- Must comply with any state board of pharmacy requirements or laws governing the practice of pharmacy, including age, education, and licensure/certification.
- If the state board of pharmacy does not mandate a minimum age requirement, must be at least 16 years of age.
- If the state board of pharmacy does not mandate a minimum educational requirement, must have a high school diploma or equivalent, or be actively enrolled in high school or a high school equivalency program.
Skills
- Attention and Focus: Ability to concentrate on tasks without distraction.
- Customer Service Orientation: Actively look for ways to help people in a friendly manner.
- Communication Skills: Use and understand verbal and written communication; actively listen and respond appropriately.
- Mathematical Reasoning: Use math to solve problems, such as calculating the day’s supply of a prescription.
- Problem Resolution: Identify when something is wrong and choose the best course of action.
Physical Demands
- Remaining upright on your feet for sustained periods.
- Moving about to accomplish tasks, including moving between work areas.
- Using fingers for tasks such as typing, picking, or pinching.
- Extending hands and arms in any direction.
- Bending, stooping, and using lower extremities and back muscles.
- Expressing or exchanging ideas through spoken word with accuracy.
- Perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels and receiving detailed information orally.
- Visual Acuity: Close visual acuity for activities like transcribing, reading, and inspecting small parts.
- Occasional lifting of up to 30 lbs; exerting force occasionally (up to 30 lbs) and frequently (up to 10 lbs).
Qualifications
- 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 preferred but not required.
Pay
The typical pay range for this role is $17.92 - $27.92 per hour. The actual base salary offer will depend on factors such as experience, education, geography, and other relevant considerations.
Schedule
This is a part-time position with an anticipated weekly schedule of 25 hours.
Benefits
This part-time position is eligible for a range of benefits and programs supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being, including:
- Dental and vision benefits.
- Wellness resources.
- Employee discounts.
- Access to certain voluntary benefits and other programs.
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.