Certified Pharmacy Technician, Central Fill, Health and Wellness Central Operations - Health and Wellness

Walmart•Frederick, MD

11d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for maintaining pharmacy systems and technology, including inventory systems and automated medication counting machines. The role involves preparing records and reports to ensure data accuracy and system compliance, monitoring inventory levels and expiration dates, and troubleshooting machine issues. The technician will also maintain and track medication inventory, ensuring proper storage, restocking, and rotation. Additionally, the role supports the facility with reporting and paperwork, ensuring productivity and pharmaceutical integrity by entering and modifying data, processing paperwork, and creating documentation. The technician will also fulfill pharmacy prescriptions in an automated central fill pharmacy environment, ensuring a continuous workflow to meet production and quality goals. This includes using scanners to select products, verifying product details, entering expiration dates and lot numbers, labeling prescriptions, and preparing packages for distribution. The role also focuses on maintaining the quality, accuracy, and integrity of inventory through automated tracking systems, adhering to inventory control procedures, auditing and testing machine performance, managing databases, and processing recalled or expired pharmaceuticals. The position requires compliance with company policies, procedures, and ethical standards, and involves completing work assignments by using policies, data, and resources, collaborating with others, identifying priorities, and adapting to change. The role also emphasizes respecting individuals by embracing differences, creating an inclusive workplace, strengthening the team through development and mentorship, and recognizing contributions. It also involves acting with integrity by maintaining high ethical standards, holding oneself and others accountable, and supporting Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company. Serving customers and members by delivering results with a customer-first approach and making decisions based on reliable information are key aspects. Striving for excellence involves displaying curiosity, a desire to learn, taking calculated risks, and supporting others through change.

Requirements

Meets state requirements to work as a Pharmacy Technician, such as minimum age, qualification, registration, certification, and/or licensure when required by the State Board of Pharmacy.
Holds an active/valid national certification certificate issued by PTCB (PTCE) or NHA (ExCPT).

Nice To Haves

Pharmacy Technician Career Diploma through Live Better U and Penn Foster

Responsibilities

Maintains pharmacy systems and technology for example inventory systems automated medication counting machines by preparing informational and related records and reports to ensure accurate data and system compliance with policies and regulations
Monitors inventory levels and expiration dates for pharmaceuticals
Calibrates machines applying settings to pill or capsule specifications to minimize breakage ensuring medications are continuously replenished by utilizing the computer andor scanner screen and troubleshooting pill cell issues for example jamming throughout production
Maintains and tracks medication inventory by sorting placing and storing freight in appropriate locations restocking and replenishing medication in appropriate location reporting low stock levels ensuring stock rotation on a firstin firstout basis to assist in shrinkage control performing inventory cycle counts assisting with physical counts for inventories creating reports using inventory information systems and monitoring prescription inventory for expired pharmaceuticals
Supports facility with reporting and paperwork to ensure productivity and pharmaceutical integrity by entering and modifying pharmaceutical data on system and forms processing and submitting paperwork creating and maintaining documentation for example files manuals forms records supplies and communications for example memos correspondence identifying and resolving discrepancies in record or files preparing reports of pharmacy activities and inventory for example state board mandated testing of counting devices and informing management about incorrect or inefficient processes and improper service procedures
Promotes and maintains the pharmacys professional reputation and delivers patients with pharmacy products and services in accordance with local state and federal laws and corporate policies and procedures by assisting the pharmacist in the prescription fulfillment process stocking and rotating merchandise and supplies from distribution centers and suppliers handling claims and returns completing maintaining and securing paperwork forms and other required documentation and maintaining a safe and clean work environment
Ensures fulfillment of pharmacy prescriptions in an automated central fill pharmacy in order to maintain a continuous and consistent workflow to meet daily production and quality goals by using the scanner to identify and select pharmaceutical product and quantity for prescription orders verifying the size and strength of the product before processing order verifying display for pack and quantity entering expiration date and lot numbers labeling prescriptions weighing medication for accuracy of quantity counting or pouring medication for prescription orders preparing packages and distributing medications in a fastpaced production environment and replenishing automated counting machines
Maintains quality accuracy and integrity of inventory for example pharmaceuticals supplies by utilizing automated inventory control scanner and system to track and ensure the timely and appropriate delivery and stocking of pharmaceuticals and supplies ensuring adherence to and documentation of inventory control procedures for example product strategies product description discrepancies auditing and testing pill cell performance per prescribed schedule and procedures managing pill cell information database troubleshooting issues with pill cell performance identifying and properly discarding hazardous waste processing recalled and expired pharmaceuticals and disposing or processing return of outdated stock for credit
Complies with company policies procedures and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans using the Open Door Policy: and applying these in executing business processes and practices
Completes work assignments and priorities by using policies data and resources collaborating with managers coworkers customers and other business partners identifying priorities deadlines and expectations carrying out tasks communicating progress and information determining and recommending ways to address improvement opportunities and adapting to and learning from change difficulties and feedback
Embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences creates a workplace where associates feel seen supported and connected through a culture of belonging creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform helps to attract the best talent
Works as a team builds strong and trusting relationships communicates with impact energy and positivity to motivate and influence
Strengthens the team by helping developing and mentoring others recognizes others contributions and accomplishments
Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity ethics and compliance models the Walmart values to support and foster our culture holds oneself and others accountable supports Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates customers members and the world around us
Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble selfaware honest fair and transparent
Delivers results while putting the customer first
Makes decisions based reliable information balances short and longterm priorities and considers how own work impacts the teams ability to deliver on our purpose for all stakeholders
Displays curiosity and a desire to learn takes calculated risks and demonstrates courage and resilience
Drives continuous improvements is open to and uses new technologies and skills and supports others through change

Benefits

medical
vision
dental coverage
401(k)
stock purchase
company-paid life insurance
PTO (including sick leave)
parental leave
family care leave
bereavement
jury duty
voting
short-term and long-term disability
company discounts
Military Leave Pay
adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.