Pharmacy Technician Jobs in San Jose, AZ

About The Position

Requirements

• Fluency in reading, writing, and speaking English, except in Puerto Rico.
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends.

Nice To Haves

• Six months of experience in a retail environment.
• Prior work experience with Walgreens.
• Good math skills for accurately counting, measuring, and weighing medications.
• Good computer skills.
• Knowledge of store inventory control.
• PTCB certification.

Responsibilities

• Assist the pharmacist under direct supervision and in accordance with applicable regulations and company policies.
• Use pharmacy systems to obtain patient and drug information and process prescriptions accurately.
• If PTCB certified, assist with and coach pharmacy technicians in pharmacy system operations and cashiers in pharmacy cash register operations.
• Greet customers and patients, offer assistance, resolve issues, answer questions, and model customer service best practices.
• Build strong relationships with valuable customers and maintain respectful relationships with coworkers.
• Enter patient and drug information, retrieve, count and pour medications, verify medicines, check for possible interactions, and assist with pharmacy workflow.
• Report prescription errors immediately to the pharmacist on duty and follow company error-reporting and Quality Improvement Program procedures.
• Follow Good Faith Dispensing policies during applicable prescription dispensing activities.
• Register sales on the assigned cash register, handle cash as required, and assist customers in locating over-the-counter products.
• Handle telephone calls that do not require the pharmacist's personal attention, including calls to physicians.
• Correct and resubmit manual third-party prescription claims promptly and perform assigned clerical duties.
• Support inventory management by ordering, unpacking, checking, and storing pharmaceutical shipments; identify and file claims for shipment overages, shortages, order errors, or damaged prescription drugs.
• Assist the pharmacist with clinical services, including collection and proper labeling of blood or urine samples when required, and help coordinate services with Walgreens healthcare clinics and external providers.
• Help maintain relationships with local medical professionals and organizations through provider outreach and detailing.
• Keep the Pharmacy Department adequately supplied, clean, neat, and orderly.
• Complete assigned special tasks and other duties.
• Earn and maintain PTCB certification through the designated training program and/or state-required certification or registration; otherwise earn PTCB certification as a condition of promotion to senior technician.
• Attend requested training, earn continuing education credits, and maintain current healthcare and pharmacy knowledge and skills.