The Pharmacy Technician plays a key role in delivering compassionate care to patients by supporting the accurate and timely filling of prescriptions while ensuring regulatory compliance and exceptional customer service. This position is central to CVS Health's mission of improving access to care, lowering costs, and enhancing the quality of health care for individuals and communities.
What You'll Do
- Work in an environment that maintains the highest professional and ethical standards and complies with all Federal, State, and Local laws and regulations
- Take important steps to ensure all medication needs and regulatory compliance standards are met for patients
- Demonstrate ethical conduct and maintain patient confidentiality at all times
- Manage all assigned pharmacy workstations and tasks to support the team in promptly, safely, and accurately filling patient prescriptions
- Provide caring service that exceeds customer expectations
- Complete the CVS Pharmacy Technician Training Program
- Satisfy all registration, licensing, and certification requirements according to State Board of Pharmacy guidelines
- Expand duties upon completion of all necessary requirements
- Build clinical, technical, and insurance knowledge and expertise using available tools and training
What We're Looking For
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Licensure requirements vary by state
- Attention and Focus: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted
- Customer Service Orientation: Actively look for ways to help people, and do so in a friendly manner
- Customer Service Orientation: Notice and understand customers’ reactions, and respond appropriately
- Communication Skills: Use and understand verbal and written communication to interact with customers and colleagues
- Communication Skills: Actively listening by giving full attention to what others are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times
- Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to use math to solve a problem, such as calculating day’s supply of a prescription
- Problem Resolution: Is able to judge when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong; recognizing there is a problem
- Problem Resolution: Choosing the best course of action when faced with a complex situation with several available options
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for moving from one work area to another
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Stooping to a considerable degree and requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Occasional lifting of up to 30 lbs; exerting up to 30 lbs of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects
- Based on the role and location, this position may require you to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including any booster shots if required), where allowable under the law, unless you are approved for a reasonable accommodation based on disability, medical condition, pregnancy, or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated
Nice to Have
- Previous experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting
- Previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician
- PTCB National Certification
- High School diploma or equivalent preferred but not required
Benefits & Compensation
- Affordable medical plan options
- A 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
- An employee stock purchase plan
- No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings
- Tobacco cessation programs
- Weight management programs
- Confidential counseling
- Financial coaching
- Paid time off
- Flexible work schedules
- Family leave
- Dependent care resources
- Colleague assistance programs
- Tuition assistance
- Retiree medical access
- Many other benefits depending on eligibility
Compensation: $20.10 - $20.10 per hour. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
