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From the employer's careers site First seen 5 Nov 2026

Pharmacy Technician

Salary

$19.00 - $29.00 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.

At CVS Health, you’ll be surrounded by colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold themselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything they do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will play a crucial role in delivering compassionate care to patients every day. You will work in an environment where the highest professional and ethical standards are maintained, ensuring all medication needs and regulatory compliance standards are met for patients. Success in this role includes managing assigned pharmacy workstations and tasks to support the team’s ability to promptly, safely and accurately fill patient prescriptions while providing caring service that exceeds customer expectations.

Responsibilities

  • 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’s ability to promptly, safely and accurately fill patient prescriptions
  • Provide caring service that exceeds customer expectations

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 in a friendly manner
  • Communication skills to interact with customers and colleagues verbally and in writing
  • 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 by bending spine at the waist
  • Stooping to a considerable degree and requiring full use of lower extremities and back muscles
  • 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; exerting up to 30 lbs of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs of force frequently

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

Anticipated Weekly Hours

  • 25 hours per week

Time Type

  • Part-time

Pay Range

  • $19.00 - $29.00 per hour

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

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://cvshealth.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CVS_Health_Careers/job/NY---Port-Jefferson-Station/Pharmacy-Technician_R1091155

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