Pharmacy Technician

CVS Health • Highland Park, IL

20d • Onsite

About The Position

CVS Health Pharmacy Technicians support pharmacy teams in delivering safe, accurate, and timely prescription services and a caring patient experience. They work across pharmacy stations—including production, pick-up, drive-thru, and drop-off—following standard operating procedures and communicating effectively with patients and colleagues. Technicians complete required company training and meet state-specific registration, licensing, and certification requirements; duties may be restricted until those requirements are satisfied. Depending on state law and additional training, technicians may also support immunizations and other services such as point-of-care testing or offsite clinics.

This part-time role requires regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends, and flexibility to work at other stores in the market when needed. The work involves sustained standing and mobility, handling and scanning items, frequent hand and finger movements, reaching, bending, close visual work, and occasional lifting of up to 20 pounds. The anticipated schedule is 29 hours per week. The stated pay range is $17.00 per hour. Benefits may include dental and vision coverage, wellness resources, employee discounts, and access to certain voluntary benefits, depending on hours worked and eligibility.

Requirements

• Comply with applicable state Board of Pharmacy requirements and laws, including age, education, and licensure or certification requirements.
• If state requirements do not specify a minimum age, be at least 16 years old.
• If state requirements do not specify a minimum education level, have a high school diploma or equivalent, or be actively enrolled in high school or a high school equivalency program.
• Meet state-level licensure and national certification requirements, which vary by state.
• Complete required training within the designated timeframe.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends.
• Demonstrate sustained attention, ability to switch between tasks, and attention to prescription and label accuracy.
• Demonstrate friendly customer service, team orientation, active listening, and clear verbal and written communication.
• Use mathematical reasoning for prescription quantities, days’ supply, and bottle counts.
• Resolve challenging patient or colleague interactions by selecting an appropriate course of action.
• Meet the physical demands of the position, including extended periods of standing and mobility, reaching, repetitive finger movements, bending, close visual work, and lifting or exerting force as described in the posting.
• Be flexible to work in the home store and across the market at other locations when business needs require.

Nice To Haves

• One to three years of previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Previous experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting.
• Ability to work across market locations to meet business needs.

Responsibilities

• Follow company standard operating procedures and pharmacy workflow procedures to support safe and accurate prescription fulfillment.
• Assist pharmacists in managing and improving patient health and contribute to smooth pharmacy operations.
• Provide empathetic, personalized service to patients at pick-up, drive-thru, and over the phone; offer immunizations and other services where permitted; and resolve or escalate patient concerns.
• Perform basic inventory activities as permitted by law and directed by pharmacy leadership, including putting away medication deliveries, cycle counts, returns-to-stock, and waiting-bin inventories.
• Contribute to a high-performing, safe, inclusive team; accept feedback and seek opportunities to expand clinical and technical knowledge.
• Remain flexible for scheduling and business needs, including voluntarily traveling to other stores in the market for shifts when needed.
• Comply with applicable laws, regulations, professional standards, ethical principles, and CVS policies, including requirements for controlled-substance dispensing and recordkeeping and patient privacy and security.
• Deliver additional health care services, such as immunizations and point-of-care testing, or staff offsite clinics when permitted and supported by required training and certification.
• Where permitted, complete additional licensure and training to obtain Technician Immunizer status; help prepare and administer vaccines, educate patients and refer vaccination questions to the pharmacist, monitor and respond to adverse reactions, report events as required, collect and document patient information, and manage vaccine supplies.
• Attend regularly and predictably, including nights and weekends, and complete required training within the designated timeframe.
• Confirm prescription information and label accuracy; use math to determine quantities and days’ supply; communicate effectively; and identify and resolve challenging patient or colleague interactions.
• Perform physical tasks including standing and moving for extended periods, lifting, scanning and bagging items, reaching, repetitive hand and finger work, bending, and close visual tasks.

Benefits

• Dental benefits, depending on hours worked and eligibility.
• Vision benefits, depending on hours worked and eligibility.
• Wellness resources.
• Employee discounts.
• Access to certain voluntary benefits, depending on hours worked and eligibility.
• Other benefit and well-being programs, subject to eligibility.

What This Job Offers

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