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From the employer's careers site First seen 2 Nov 2026

Pharmacy Technician

Salary

$18.94 - $28.94 per hour

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Description

We're building a world of health around every individual , shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience.

As a Pharmacy Technician at CVS Health, you'll play a crucial role in delivering compassionate care to patients every day.

Responsibilities

  • Manage assigned pharmacy workstations and tasks to support the team's ability to promptly, safely and accurately fill patient prescriptions
  • Provide caring service that exceeds customer expectations
  • 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

Requirements

  • Must be at least 16 years of age
  • Licensure requirements vary by state
  • Attention and focus to concentrate on tasks without distraction
  • Customer service orientation to actively look for ways to help people
  • Communication skills to interact with customers and colleagues
  • Mathematical reasoning to solve problems, such as calculating day's supply of a prescription
  • Problem resolution to judge when something is wrong and choose the best course of action

Physical Demands

  • Remaining upright on feet for sustained periods
  • Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks
  • Picking, pinching, typing or working primarily with fingers
  • Extending hands and arms in any direction
  • Bending body downward and forward
  • Stooping to a considerable degree
  • Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word
  • Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels
  • Visual acuity to perform activities such as transcribing and viewing a computer terminal
  • Occasional lifting of up to 30 lbs

Preferred Qualifications

  • Previous experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting
  • Previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician
  • PTCB National Certification

Education

  • High school diploma or equivalent preferred but not required

Benefits

  • Eligible for a range of benefits and programs that support physical, emotional, and financial well-being
  • Dental, vision, wellness resources, employee discounts, and access to certain voluntary benefits

Skills

Required

  • attention and focus
  • customer service orientation
  • communication skills
  • mathematical reasoning
  • problem resolution

Nice to have

  • previous experience in a pharmacy
  • previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician
  • PTCB National Certification
Apply on CVS Health