Pharmacy Technician - Southwest

Legacy Community Health•Houston, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Legacy Community Health is hiring a Pharmacy Technician for its Southwest location in Houston, Texas. Working alongside the pharmacist and pharmacy team, the technician helps prepare, fill, and deliver medications and supports safe, accurate, and timely pharmacy operations. The role includes providing daily leadership by helping the team meet operational priorities, complete quality checklists, and minimize interruptions in service. The technician contributes to medication adherence, inventory integrity, regulatory compliance, and continuity of pharmacy services while providing welcoming, courteous, and confidential service to patients and community partners. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The position also involves supporting pharmacy education and training, organizational initiatives and events, and new employee development. Legacy Community Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center serving Greater Houston and the Gulf Coast, with more than 50 clinics and nearly 40 years of providing affordable, high-quality care.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Current Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) certificate.
Registration with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
Ability to pass a math test pertinent to retail pharmacy activities.
Maintain BLS/CPR and required certifications.
Two years of healthcare experience.
Ability to communicate effectively with staff, the community, and the general public.
Ability to perform duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation.
Project management skills and understanding of 340B regulations, inventory management, and cash register operations.
Ability to remain calm under stressful conditions.
Ability to manage multiple deadlines and prioritize.
Computer experience with Windows, Excel, and accounting software.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred.
One or more years of community pharmacy experience preferred.
One or more years of pharmacy logistics experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist the pharmacist in assessing medication dose appropriateness by obtaining and entering patient information as needed.
Use appropriate dispensing procedures to help ensure patients receive the correct medication.
Maintain medication and supply stock, follow safety precautions when stocking, and use proper medication-filling techniques.
Re-establish priorities as workload changes.
Process insurance adjudications and pre-authorizations in a timely manner.
Complete and document daily and monthly activity checklists, including expired-drug checks, cleaning, area inspections, and assigned ordering.
Offer appropriate counseling time to patients and document when counseling is refused.
Communicate with referring physicians’ offices and insurance companies as procedures support or pharmacists request.
Perform and document weekly controlled-substance cycle counts.
Participate in educating new employees and training pharmacy employees for organizational needs and initiatives.
Provide positive customer service at the cash register in accordance with the Legacy Community Health Employee Handbook.
Communicate respectfully and courteously with customers and coworkers.
Participate in handoff communication at the beginning and end of shifts.
Maintain patient confidentiality.
Notify the pharmacist or Pharmacy Manager of unresolved problems and follow up with appropriate urgency.
Share timely information about drug shortages, availability, and pricing with pharmacists and peers.
Track and provide information about non-stock requests and recommendations for par adjustments.
Participate in interim and annual physical inventories.
Use reporting tools to support tracking and medication adherence.
Support the Manager, Pharmacy Operations with implementation and changes related to 340B program inventory integrity.
Maintain prescription files according to policy and procedure and complete filing daily.
Collect cash as appropriate and complete daily money-collection procedures.
Reconcile prescription fills against billing.
Perform other duties as assigned.