(USA) Pharmacy Tech Sam's
About The Position
The Pharmacy Tech supports pharmacy operations at Sam's Club by assisting pharmacists with prescription fulfillment, processing prescriptions and third-party insurance claims, helping patients and members, and maintaining merchandise presentation and the pharmacy area. The role includes entering prescription information into pharmacy software, filling prescriptions, resolving issues in the fulfillment process, and assisting with prescription pickup in accordance with company procedures and applicable laws. The Pharmacy Tech also operates cash registers, stocks and organizes merchandise and supplies, handles claims and returns, maintains required records, and helps provide a safe shopping environment. The position is expected to uphold company policies, ethics, and values; serve customers and members; work collaboratively; and adapt to changing priorities and feedback.
Requirements
- Meet all state requirements to work as a Pharmacy Technician, including applicable minimum age, qualification, registration, certification, and/or licensure requirements.
- Obtain National Pharmacy Technician Certification issued by PTCB (PTCE) or NHA (ExCPT) within 9 months of job entry.
Responsibilities
- Process member purchases using cash registers and related hardware, following procedures for different payment types and items.
- Maintain pharmacy merchandise presentation by stocking and rotating goods, removing damaged or expired items, organizing and cleaning displays, signing and pricing merchandise, and securing fragile or high-shrink items.
- Maintain the Pharmacy area in accordance with company policies, including handling claims and returns, performing merchandising functions, identifying shrink and damage, maintaining a safe environment, and completing required documentation.
- Monitor and resolve prescription fulfillment issues by processing third-party insurance claims, rescanning illegible images, notifying patients of out-of-stock items or partial fills, communicating the need for refill authorizations, and identifying situations requiring pharmacist action.
- Assist the pharmacist with prescription fulfillment, process insurance claims or rejections, assist patients and members with prescription orders and purchases, and complete and secure required paperwork.
- Provide service to patients and members by identifying needs, initiating prescription fulfillment, creating prescription orders, promoting products and services, resolving concerns, assisting with purchase decisions, locating over-the-counter merchandise, and maintaining a safe shopping environment.
- Enter prescription data into pharmacy software, including medication and prescriber information, and create or modify patient and member records.
- Fill prescriptions by retrieving orders, counting, pouring, measuring, weighing, mixing or reconstituting medications as needed, selecting and labeling containers, and operating scanning equipment or automated dispensing systems.
- Assist members during prescription pickup by verifying and entering patient information, retrieving prescription bags, scanning security tags, obtaining required electronic signatures, and logging sales of restricted pharmaceutical items in TaSCO.
- Complete work assignments and priorities using policies, data, and resources; collaborate with managers, coworkers, customers, and business partners; communicate progress; and recommend improvements.
- Follow company policies, procedures, and ethics standards, including the Open Door Policy, and demonstrate the company's values in daily work.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and performance-based bonus awards.
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, and voting leave; PTO and/or PPTO may also be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Company discounts.
- Military Leave Pay.
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
- Live Better U company-paid education benefit, covering tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs from high school completion through bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
