Pharmacy Tech I - Full Time, DAYS
About The Position
The Pharmacy Tech I assists and supports pharmacists by performing routine duties that do not require professional judgment. The technician orders, stocks, transports, packages, labels, and helps prepare medications under pharmacist supervision, and participates in coordinating medication distribution. The role uses medication packaging and dispensing machines, other equipment, and computer-based applications. It also includes maintaining records and patient profiles, handling requisitions and inventory, delivering medications, maintaining the pharmacy environment and equipment, responding to pharmacy calls, completing documentation, and training and orienting staff. This role may require access to sensitive information, including HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members must limit access, use, and disclosure to what is necessary to perform assigned duties and take reasonable measures to protect information from unauthorized access or modification.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Functional mathematics skills.
- Good communication skills.
- Good customer service skills.
- Good work practices.
- Ability to work efficiently and accurately in a dynamic and complex environment.
- Self-initiating.
Responsibilities
- Assist pharmacists with routine duties that do not require professional judgment.
- Maintain patient profiles and other records.
- Handle intra- and inter-departmental requisitions.
- Handle receipt, storage, and control of stock.
- Package and label medications.
- Assist in preparing medications under pharmacist supervision.
- Deliver medications.
- Clean and maintain the pharmacy environment and equipment.
- Operate drug dispensing, packaging, and preparation machinery and equipment.
- Answer and appropriately handle telephone calls to the pharmacy.
- Complete appropriate documentation.
- Work with computer-based applications.
- Train and orient staff.
- Order and stock medications, transport medications, and participate in coordinating medication distribution.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
