Pharmacy Technician

As the first point of contact for our patients and their caregivers, you’ll have the opportunity to shape their customer experience and make each interaction outstanding. You’ll be empowered to do this through a suite of tools and resources that help you and your team maintain operational excellence and provide custom services that save your patients time and money. As a member of the team, you'll accomplish your goals and contribute to something bigger –impacting patient lives.

Routine Job Functions

• Lives our purpose of helping people on their path to better health by engaging customers to learn about their health and medications.
• Creates genuine human connections by focusing on service, and keeping patients and caregivers top of mind at all times.
• Demonstrates compassion and care by proactively identifying and resolving potential problems.
• Communicates among a number of individuals, including patients, co-workers, insurance companies, and prescribers
• Works on a team to fulfill prescription orders from start to finish with an in-depth understanding of each workstation
• Understands and follows applicable Federal and State laws (e.g., HIPAA), regulations (e.g., OSHA), professional standards, and ethical principles.
• Complies with CVS policies and procedures to ensure patient safety, and protect patient privacy and security.
• Actively seeks opportunities to expand clinical, technical and insurance knowledge.
• Balances quality and efficiency in all tasks, contributing to both patient outcomes and broader team goals.
• As allowable in applicable states, certified and trained Pharmacy Technicians can expand on their clinical and managerial responsibilities, including administering vaccinations.

Physical Demands

• Standing / walking for an extended period of time.
• Near vision; ability to see details at close range to perform activities such as: transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts
• Wrist / finger speed; ability to make fast, simple, repetitive movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
• Ability to push and pull objects, including drawers and other items of similar weight, as well as reaching overhead.
• Ability to handle and work with small instruments and objects.
• Bending/squatting/leaning to a considerable degree and requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Is able to load and unload trays/cases/totes (30 pound maximum to a height of 4 feet).
• Auditory attention; ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
• Effective verbal communication; expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word, especially when detailed or important instructions must be conveyed accurately.
• Ability to move quickly from one task to another according to the needs of the pharmacy.
• The ability to concentrate on a task for significant periods of time.