Retail Pharmacy Technician I

Job Overview

Job Description

• Minimum Qualifications
• Preferred Qualifications

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists in the preparation and dispensing of medications and mixtures
• Picks medications for automated dispensing cabinet replenishment
• Aseptically prepares sterile products
• Maintains storeroom areas
• Fills floor stock remote orders
• Restocks medications into automated dispensing cabinets
• Manages emergency medication inventory
• Empties return bins in automated dispensing cabinets
• Utilizes the unit-dose machine to package bulk medications
• Performs cycle counts of the carousel
• Cleans medication rooms
• Greets and assists customers
• Engages in customer services activities
• Triage calls

Physical Requirements

• Ability to walk and stand 90% of the day
• Occasionally lift up to 30 lbs
• Frequent reaching and grasping
• Pushing and/or pushing non-motorized equipment
• Manual dexterity
• See medications, computer screen, and reports
• Read automated dispensing reports regularly
• Some discomfort due to dust, dirt, and temperature changes
• Exposed to broken glass and hazardous chemicals

Skills & Abilities

• Organizational and systematic ability
• Effective communication
• Timely and efficient work
• Excellent telephone etiquette
• Knowledge of hazardous substance handling
• Complex sterile compounding techniques
• Mathematical calculations
• Extensive knowledge of medications

Job Profile Summary

• Delivers pharmaceuticals
• Supports daily business activities
• Entry-level role
• Routine or follows standard procedures
• Closely supervised work
• Communicates information requiring little explanation or interpretation

Pay Range

$21.53 - $26.91