Jobs · South Dakota

Pharmacy Technician / Pharm Tech Apprenticeship

Walgreens · Sioux Falls, SD · 1 mo ago
$17–$20.5/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Let's extract sections: - About the role: The first paragraph: "Our pharmacy technician positions have undergone an exciting transformation, moving from a transaction-based environment to a much more patient-centric one. As a Walgreens Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Technician Apprentice, you'll be front and center – interacting with our customers and developing strong patient relationships. Pharmacy is the core of our business, and our pharmacy technicians enjoy all the tools and support – including the latest technology – to grow their careers and reach their goals. Walgreens is proud to invest & champion an “earn while you learn” Pharmacy Technician Training Program recognized by ASHP & Department of Labor. This apprenticeship program gives you an entry point to a career in health care by guiding you in taking steps towards becoming a Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) Certified Pharmacy Technician and helping you maintain the high level of skill required in the pharmacy care industry. Arming you with a nationally recognized, portable credential that will help you advance your career. Whether you are new to working in pharmacies or are an experienced Pharmacy Technician Apply Now! Walgreens will train you to use your skills and talents to serve and care for our patients and customers. The courses, learning activities, and resources provided to you in our pharmacy technician training program are designed to give you foundational and advanced knowledge, skills, and on-the-job experiences you need to prepare to become a certified pharmacy technician." We can keep that as About the role. - Responsibilities: The long list after "In accordance with state and federal regulations, assists the pharmacist..." etc. Many bullet-like sentences. We'll need to convert to
  • . Should we break into multiple items? Probably each sentence is a responsibility. We'll list them. - Requirements: Might be "Basic Qualifications" and "Preferred Qualifications". Basic Qualifications: Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English. (Except in Puerto Rico) Requires willingness to work flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours. Preferred Qualifications: Prefer six months of experience in a retail environment. Prefer to have prior work experience with Walgreens. Prefer good math skills so they can fill prescriptions accurately, including counting, measuring and weighing medications. Prefer good computer skills. Prefer the knowledge of store inventory control. Prefer PTCB certification. We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We could combine Basic Qualifications as Requirements, Preferred Qualifications as Skills? Or we could have Requirements (basic) and Skills (preferred). The instruction says use sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where. Typically: Requirements = basic qualifications. Qualifications = maybe education/experience? But we have both basic and preferred. Could treat Requirements as basic qualifications, Qualifications as preferred? Or Skills as preferred qualifications (math, computer, etc). Let's map: - Requirements: Basic Qualifications (fluent English, willingness to work flexible schedule). - Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications (six months retail experience, prior Walgreens experience, good math skills, good computer skills, store inventory control knowledge, PTCB certification, consider applicants with arrest/conviction records). Might also include "Earns and maintains PTCB certification through the designated PTCB training program and/or state required certification/registration. Otherwise, earns PTCB certification as condition of promotion to senior technician." That's more about training & personal development. - Skills: Could be the specific skills like math, computer, inventory control, etc. But we already have those in Qualifications. Might be redundant. Perhaps better: Requirements = basic qualifications; Qualifications = preferred qualifications; Skills = maybe the specific skillset like math, computer, inventory control? But we can also put those under Qualifications. Given instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we might combine some. We have also Training & Personal Development section: "Earns and maintains PTCB certification through the designated PTCB training program and/or state required certification/registration. Otherwise, earns PTCB certification as condition of promotion to senior technician.Attends training requested by Manager and acquires continuing education credits. Maintains knowledge and skill in healthcare and pharmacy, including latest news and developments." That could go under Qualifications or maybe a separate section like Training. But we don't have a Training section in list; we could put under Qualifications or Skills. Benefits: The posting mentions "To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits." That's a link but not actual benefits description. It says "To review benefits, please click here". No actual benefit details given. According to rules: never create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It only gives a link, not details. So we should NOT include Benefits section. Pay: The posting includes "Salary Range: $17 - $20.5 / Hourly". That's specific pay info. So we should include Pay section. Schedule: The posting mentions "Requires willingness to work flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours." That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (basic qualifications), Qualifications (preferred qualifications + training & personal development?), Skills (maybe we can omit if thin), Pay, Schedule. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must not repeat job title. Not include Job ID. We must not include application instructions like "Apply Now!" or "To review benefits, please click here". Remove those. We must not include EEO boilerplate: "An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans." Remove. We must not include navigation/legal etc. We must preserve all substantive info. Let's extract substantive sentences. About the role: We'll keep the descriptive paragraphs but remove "Apply Now!" and maybe the exclamation. Also remove "Whether you are new to working in pharmacies or are an experienced Pharmacy Technician Apply Now!" That's weird. We'll keep the sentence before that: "Whether you are new to working in pharmacies or are an experienced Pharmacy Technician". Then we can continue: "Walgreens will train you to use your skills and talents to serve and care for our patients and customers. The courses, learning activities, and resources provided to you in our pharmacy technician training program are designed to give you foundational and advanced knowledge, skills, and on-the-job experiences you need to prepare to become a certified pharmacy technician." We'll combine. Responsibilities: Let's list each distinct responsibility as
  • . We'll need to parse the long block. Block after "In accordance with state and federal regulations, assists the pharmacist, under direct supervision, in the practice of pharmacy." We'll break: - Assists the pharmacist, under direct supervision, in the practice of pharmacy. - Assists the pharmacist in the performance of other Pharmacy Department duties in accordance with Company policies and procedures. - Responsible for using pharmacy systems to obtain patient and drug information and process prescriptions. - If PTCB certified, assists with and coaches pharmacy technicians in the operation of pharmacy systems and cashiers in the operation of the pharmacy cash registers. - Models and delivers a distinctive and delightful customer experience. - Customer Experience Engages customers and patients by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services. - Resolves customer issues and answers questions to ensure a positive customer experience. - Models and shares customer service best practices with all team members to deliver a distinctive and delightful customer experience, including interpersonal habits (e.g., greeting, eye contact, courtesy, etc.) and Walgreens service traits (e.g., offering help proactively, identifying needs, servicing until satisfied, etc.). - Develops strong relationships with most valuable customers. - Operations Under the supervision by the pharmacist, assist in the practice of pharmacy, in accordance with state, federal, and company policy. - Reviews and complies with the Walgreen Co. Pharmacy Code of Conduct. - Performs duties as assigned by Pharmacy Manager, Staff Pharmacist and Store Manager including utilizing pharmacy systems to enter patient and drug information, ensuring information is entered correctly, filling prescriptions by retrieving, counting and pouring pharmaceutical drugs, verifying medicine is correct, and checking for possible interactions. - Assists pharmacists in scheduling and maintaining work flow. - Reports, immediately, prescription errors to pharmacist on duty and adheres to Company policies and procedures in relation to pharmacy errors and the Quality Improvement Program. - Strictly adheres to the Walgreen Co. policy regarding Good Faith Dispensing during all applicable prescription dispensing activities. - Responsible and accountable for registering all related sales on assigned cash register, collects and handles cash as required. - Takes customer to OTC aisle when possible to assist in locating products. - Handles telephone calls that do not require personal attention of the pharmacist, including those to physicians. - Processes (corrects and resubmits) manual claims for third party program prescription services in a timely and efficient manner, and performs other clerical duties, as assigned by the Pharmacy Manager. - Assists and supports Pharmacy Department on inventory management activities, such as, ordering, unpacking, checking and storing shipment of pharmaceuticals. - Maintains knowledge of Company asset protection techniques, and files claims for warehouse overages (merchandise received, but not billed), shortages (merchandise billed, but not received), order errors or damaged goods involving Rx drugs. - May assist pharmacist in administering clinical services including the collection and proper labeling of blood/urine samples from patients and other clinical services as required; assists pharmacy staff in coordination of clinical services, Walgreens healthcare clinics and external providers. - Assists Pharmacy Manager and Staff Pharmacist in developing and maintaining good relationships with the local medical community, including physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, by medical provider detailing and outreach to health groups, retirement homes, nursing homes, and other forums for enhancing growth opportunities. - Assists with exterior and interior maintenance by ensuring the Pharmacy Department is stocked with adequate supplies, clean, neat and orderly in condition and appearance. - Complies with all company policies and procedures; maintains respectful relationships with coworkers. - Completes special assignments and other tasks as assigned. We need to ensure no duplication. Some sentences start with "Customer Experience" etc. We'll keep as separate items. Now Requirements (basic qualifications): - Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English. (Except in Puerto Rico) - Requires willingness to work flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours. Qualifications (preferred qualifications + training & personal development): Preferred qualifications list: - Prefer six months of experience in a retail environment. - Prefer to have prior work experience with Walgreens. - Prefer good math skills so they can fill prescriptions accurately, including counting, measuring and weighing medications. - Prefer good computer skills. - Prefer the knowledge of store inventory control. - Prefer PTCB certification. - We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Training & Personal Development: - Earns and maintains PTCB certification through the designated PTCB training program and/or state required certification/registration. Otherwise, earns PTCB certification as condition of promotion to senior technician. - Attends training requested by Manager and acquires continuing education credits. - Maintains knowledge and skill in healthcare and pharmacy, including latest news and developments. We could combine these under Qualifications. Skills: Could be the specific skills like math, computer, inventory control, etc. But we already have them in Qualifications. To avoid thin sections, maybe we omit Skills section. Pay: Salary Range: $17 - $20.5 / Hourly. Schedule: Already covered in Requirements (flexible schedule). But we could also have a Schedule section: "Requires willingness to work flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours." However that duplicates Requirements. We could move schedule to Schedule section and keep Requirements just English fluency. But the

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