Pharmacy Technician, CVS Health

CVS Health

Location:

United States, National City

Category:

Pharmacy

Contract Type:

Employment contract

Salary:

18.15 USD / Hour

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Job Description:

Pharmacy Technician role at CVS Health, responsible for supporting pharmacy operations, ensuring prescription accuracy, and delivering compassionate patient care. The role involves assisting with inventory management, contributing to team performance, and complying with industry and company regulations.

Job Responsibility:

Supporting the pharmacy team in delivering operational and service excellence
Assisting patients and customers to deliver an exceptional experience
Ensuring that pharmacy operations run smoothly
Accurately filling prescriptions promptly and safely
Following pharmacy workflow procedures for safe and accurate prescription fulfillment
Demonstrating genuine care and providing compassionate service by solving or escalating patient problems
Completing basic inventory activities such as putting away medication deliveries and completing cycle counts
Embracing feedback and actively seeking opportunities to expand clinical and technical knowledge
Remaining flexible for scheduling and business needs
Traveling to stores in the market to work shifts as needed
Ensuring compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and CVS policies to protect patient safety and privacy
Delivering additional healthcare services such as immunizations and point-of-care testing where permissible
Supporting immunizations by completing licensure and training requirements and administering vaccines.

Requirements:

Must comply with any state board of pharmacy requirements or laws governing the practice of pharmacy, which includes but is not limited to, age, education, and licensure/certification
If the state board of pharmacy does not address or mandate a minimum age requirement, must be at least 16 years of age
If the state board of pharmacy does not address or mandate a minimum educational requirement, must have a high school diploma or equivalent, or be actively enrolled in high school or high school equivalency program
State-level licensure and national certification requirements vary by state
Regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends
Ability to complete required training within designated timeframe
Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time
Ability to pivot quickly from one task to another to meet patient and business needs
Ability to confirm prescription information and label accuracy, ensuring patient safety
Actively look for ways to help people, and do so in a friendly manner
Notice and understand patients’ reactions, and respond appropriately
Use and understand verbal and written communication to interact with patients and colleagues
Utilize active 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
Ability to use math to solve a problem, such as determining the total number of tablets to dispense, day’s supply, and/or number of full bottles and additional bottles needed to fill a prescription
Identifying challenging patient or colleague interactions and choosing the best course of action when faced with multiple options
Be mobile and remain upright for extended periods of time
Lift, scan, and bag items
Reach overhead
stretch or reach out with the body, arms, and/or legs to grasp items
Move fingers repetitively
picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm
Extend hand(s) and arm(s) multiple directions to place, move, or lift items
Control precision
quickly adjust machines to exact positions
Stoop to a considerable degree, requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles to move items between low and high positions, including bending spine at the waist
Close visual acuity to perform activities such as: transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts
Occasionally lift up to 20 lbs and/or exert up to 20 lbs of force
Frequently lift up to 10 lbs and/or exert up to 10 lbs of force
Consistently lift and/or exert a negligible amount of force to move objects
Express or exchange ideas by means of spoken word where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately
Have the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication.

Nice to have:

1-3 years previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician
Previous experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting
Ability to work in the home store, and across the market in other locations, to meet business needs.

What we offer:

Medical, dental, and vision benefits
Enrollment in the 401(k) retirement savings plan
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Fully-paid term life insurance plan
Short-term and long-term disability benefits
Well-being programs
Education assistance
Free development courses
CVS store discount
Discount programs with participating partners
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid holidays.

Additional Information:

Job Posted:

March 22, 2025

Expiration:

May 07, 2025

Employment Type:

Parttime

Work Type:

On-site work

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