Certified Pharmacy Technician

About the job

Walgreens in Lewiston, ID is hiring a full-time certified pharmacy technician. The technician assists the pharmacist with filling prescriptions, serves customers and patients, and helps with pharmacy operations and inventory.

What you'll do

• Assist the pharmacist under direct supervision, following state and federal rules and company policy, including the Walgreen Co. Pharmacy Code of Conduct
• Use pharmacy systems to enter patient and drug information accurately and process prescriptions
• Fill prescriptions by retrieving, counting and pouring medications, confirming the medicine is correct and checking for possible interactions
• Greet customers and patients, offer help with products and services, resolve their issues and build relationships with them
• Tell the pharmacist on duty right away about any prescription error and follow the Quality Improvement Program and Good Faith Dispensing policy
• Ring up sales on the assigned register, handle cash, take phone calls that don't need the pharmacist (including calls to physicians) and walk customers to the OTC aisle
• Correct and resubmit manual third party claims and handle other clerical work for the Pharmacy Manager
• Help with inventory by ordering, unpacking, checking and storing drug shipments, and file claims for overages, shortages, order errors or damaged Rx drugs
• Help the pharmacist with clinical services such as collecting and labeling blood or urine samples, and help with outreach to local physicians, nurses, nursing homes and retirement homes
• Keep the pharmacy stocked, clean and orderly; if PTCB certified, coach other technicians on pharmacy systems and cashiers on the pharmacy registers

What you need

• Fluent reading, writing and speaking in English (except in Puerto Rico)
• Willing to work a flexible schedule that includes evenings and weekends
• Earn and keep PTCB certification through the company's PTCB training program and/or the state's required certification or registration; otherwise PTCB certification is required for promotion to senior technician
• Attend training and complete learning the manager requests, and earn continuing education credits

Preferred

• Six months of retail experience
• Previous work experience at Walgreens
• Good math skills for filling prescriptions accurately, including counting, measuring and weighing medications
• Good computer skills
• Knowledge of store inventory control
• PTCB certification

Schedule

• Full-time; shift varies
• A flexible schedule that includes evening and weekend hours