Pharmacy Tech Trainee

St. Joseph Hospital & Medical Center • Phoenix, AZ

4d • $18 - $22 • Onsite

About The Position

As our Pharmacy Technician Trainee, you will embark on an essential learning journey, gaining hands-on experience and foundational knowledge necessary to support our pharmacy operations and contribute to patient care. You will be instrumental in developing the skills needed for a successful career in pharmacy. Every day you will assist licensed pharmacists and certified technicians with various tasks, including receiving and stocking medications, preparing prescriptions under direct supervision, managing inventory, and handling administrative duties. You will be expected to learn pharmacy laws and regulations, master dispensing procedures, provide excellent customer service, and diligently work towards obtaining your pharmacy technician certification. To be successful in this role, you must possess strong attention to detail, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a genuine desire to learn, and a commitment to accuracy and patient safety.
Permissible activities of a pharmacy technician trainee. Acting in compliance with all applicable statutes and rules and under the supervision of a pharmacist, a pharmacy technician trainee may assist a graduate intern, pharmacy intern, or pharmacist with the following when applicable to the pharmacy practice site:
Record on the original prescription order the prescription serial number and date dispensed;
Initiate or accept verbal or electronic refill authorization from a medical practitioner or medical practitioner’s agent and record, on the original prescription order or by an alternative method approved by the Board or its designee, the medical practitioner’s name, patient name, name and quantity of prescription medication, specific refill information, and name of medical practitioner’s agent, if any;
Record information in the refill record or patient profile;
Type and affix a label for a prescription medication or enter information for a new or refill prescription medication into a computer, if a pharmacist verifies the accuracy and initials in handwriting or by another method approved by the Board or its designee the finished label prepared by the technician before the prescription medication is dispensed to the patient;
Reconstitute a prescription medication, if a pharmacist checks the ingredients and procedure before reconstitution and verifies the final product after reconstitution;

Requirements

• High School Graduate, or High School GED
• Pharmacy Tech Trainee AZ license

Nice To Haves

• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A genuine desire to learn
• A commitment to accuracy and patient safety

Responsibilities

• Assist licensed pharmacists and certified technicians with various tasks
• Receive and stock medications
• Prepare prescriptions under direct supervision
• Manage inventory
• Handle administrative duties
• Learn pharmacy laws and regulations
• Master dispensing procedures
• Provide excellent customer service
• Work towards obtaining pharmacy technician certification
• Record on the original prescription order the prescription serial number and date dispensed
• Initiate or accept verbal or electronic refill authorization from a medical practitioner or medical practitioner’s agent and record the medical practitioner’s name, patient name, name and quantity of prescription medication, specific refill information, and name of medical practitioner’s agent, if any
• Record information in the refill record or patient profile
• Type and affix a label for a prescription medication or enter information for a new or refill prescription medication into a computer, if a pharmacist verifies the accuracy and initials the finished label prepared by the technician before the prescription medication is dispensed to the patient
• Reconstitute a prescription medication, if a pharmacist checks the ingredients and procedure before reconstitution and verifies the final product after reconstitution

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED