Central Fill - Pharmacy Technician Production Team Lead

Albertsons Companies•Ridgefield, WA

9h•$27 - $31•Onsite

About The Position

This role acts as a working lead for all production activities within the team, guiding, training, and supporting team members under the supervision of the Pharmacist in Charge/Group Supervisor. The lead displays safety-minded leadership, serves as a subject matter expert for production line software/hardware and functional roles, and partners with maintenance and IT specialists to troubleshoot issues. They are responsible for triaging issues, escalating as needed, and working on the production line when necessary. This role also assists in maintaining pharmacy systems and technologies to ensure uptime for counting, conveying, packaging, and shipping prescriptions. Additionally, the lead participates in general facilities maintenance, drives process improvements for team direction and efficiency, and collaborates with other site leaders. They ensure compliance with all regulations and policies and complete special projects as assigned.

Requirements

Must be committed to contributing to a culture of safety, looking out for yourself and others.
Must be committed to achieving optimal productivity and efficiency and be self-motivated, energetic, and detail oriented.
Acts as a highly organized, flexible, adaptable subject matter expert who can prioritize.
Works well with others and can motivate people you work with. Able to be a role model and lead by example.
Good communication skills both written and verbal.
Professional image with proper grooming.
Must have a willingness to work a flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours as needed.
Pharmacy Technician License in the Central Fill home state.
Ability to preserve confidentiality of patient information.
Central Fulfillment Pharmacy Technician experience.
Good computer skills.
Good math skills.

Nice To Haves

A national Pharmacy Technician Certification.
Previous experience as a pharmacy technician lead or manager/supervisor
Previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician/Assistant in mail order/high volume production.
Prefers to work in a closed-door environment (no adjudication, customer interaction, phone work.)

Responsibilities

Acts as a working lead for all production activities of the team members.
Guides, trains, corrects, and supports the team on daily activities under the supervision of the Pharmacist in Charge/Group Supervisor.
Displays safety minded leadership in all aspects of production/fulfillment.
Subject matter expert for production line software/hardware issues, as well as each functional role. Partner with production maintenance technician and IT Specialist to problem-solve and troubleshoot.
Responsible for appropriate triaging of issues and escalations, partnering with both internal personnel and external third-party vendors or contractual workers.
Responsible for working on the production line (within licensure) if needed.
Assist with maintaining the pharmacy system and technologies that facilitate uptime of proper counting, conveyance, packaging, and shipping of prescriptions.
Participates in general facilities maintenance that promotes general upkeep and functioning of the central fill facility.
Continuously develop process improvements for team direction, production line efficiency, and overall workflow.
Work well within a team environment with the General Manager, PIC, Group Supervisor, and other leaders at the site.
Ensures site and team compliance with all federal, state, local, and company regulations, policies & procedures.
Completes special projects as assigned.
Other duties as assigned concurrent with all applicable laws and regulations.