# Pharmacy Technician

**Company**: CVS Health
**Location**: West Hempstead, NY
**Job type**: part-time
**Salary**: $19.00 - $29.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

CVS Health is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join their team in West Hempstead, NY. As a Pharmacy Technician, you will support the pharmacy team in delivering operational and service excellence within the store.

The ideal candidate will be able to:

- Assist the pharmacy team to ensure that pharmacy operations run smoothly, prescriptions are filled promptly, safely, and accurately, and patients receive caring service that exceeds their expectations

- Operate as part of the pharmacy team through consistent application of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), best practices, and effective communication

- Demonstrate genuine care and contribute to a safe and inclusive culture where all people feel valued and empowered

- Complete basic inventory activities, such as accurately putting away medication deliveries and completing cycle counts

- Contribute to positive patient experiences by showing empathy and genuine care

- Remain flexible for both scheduling and business needs, while contributing to a safe, inclusive, and engaging team dynamic

- Understand and comply with all relevant federal, state, and local laws, regulations, professional standards, and ethical principles

The Pharmacy Technician may also support immunizations, which includes:

- Completing additional licensure and training requirements to obtain Technician Immunizer status

- Educating patients about the importance of vaccines and referring patients to the Pharmacist-on-duty for vaccination questions

- Monitoring for, and responding to, adverse reactions

- Reviewing and collecting patient information

- Monitoring and managing vaccine supplies

Requirements:

- Must comply with any state board of pharmacy requirements or laws governing the practice of pharmacy

- State-level licensure and national certification requirements vary by state

- Regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends

- Ability to complete required training within designated timeframe

- Attention and focus, with the ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time and pivot quickly from one task to another

- Customer service and team orientation, with the ability to actively look for ways to help people and notice and understand patients' reactions

- Communication skills, with the ability to use and understand verbal and written communication to interact with patients and colleagues

- Mathematical reasoning, with the ability to use math to solve a problem

- Problem resolution, with the ability to identify challenging patient or colleague interactions and choose the best course of action

- Physical demands, including the ability to lift, scan, and bag items, and stoop to a considerable degree

Preferred qualifications:

- 1-3 years previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician

- Previous experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting

- Ability to work in the home store, and across the market in other locations, to meet business needs

Benefits:

- Comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits

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

## Skills

### Required
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- patient care
- inventory management
- communication skills
- mathematical reasoning
- problem resolution

### Nice to have
- previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician
- pharmacy experience
- retail experience
- customer service experience

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