Automated Central Fill Pharmacy Tech

Actalent; Plainfield (IN); On-site; USD 26,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) retirement plan

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

HSA

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Paid time off

Job summary

Actalent is seeking a Pharmacy Technician for a highly automated central fill pharmacy in Plainfield, IN. The role involves manually filling prescriptions, replenishing automated dispensing stations, packaging medications, stocking completed packages, and maintaining accurate, compliant records in a fast-paced production setting.

Responsibilities include inventory management, data entry, and collaboration with pharmacists and shipping staff to meet daily production and quality targets.

Qualifications

• Meets state requirements to work as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Active registration as a Pharmacy Technician in Indiana or Minnesota.
• Experience working as a pharmacy technician in a pharmacy or fulfillment environment.
• Ability to use and maintain pharmacy inventory systems and automated medication counting machines.
• Proficiency with computers and scanners for inventory management, prescription processing, and data entry.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy when counting, pouring, weighing, labeling, and packaging medications.

Responsibilities

• Maintain pharmacy systems and technology, including inventory systems and automated medication counting machines.
• Monitor inventory levels and expiration dates for pharmaceuticals, calibrate machines, and apply correct settings to pill and capsule specifications.
• Ensure medications are replenished using computers and scanners, and troubleshoot pill cell issues such as jamming.
• Maintain and track medication inventory by sorting, placing, and storing freight, restocking and replenishing medications, and reporting low stock levels.
• Rotate stock on a first-in, first-out basis, assist with physical inventory counts, and create reports using inventory systems.
• Monitor prescription inventory for expired pharmaceuticals and take appropriate action.
• Enter and modify pharmaceutical data in systems and forms, process and submit paperwork, and maintain documentation.
• Prepare reports of pharmacy activities and inventory, including state board mandated testing of counting devices.
• Inform leadership about inefficient processes and help implement improvements.
• Ensure accurate fulfillment of prescriptions in an automated central fill environment to meet production goals.
• Use scanners to identify correct product and quantity for orders, and verify details before processing.
• Enter expiration dates and lot numbers, label prescriptions, weigh medications, and count/pour medications.
• Prepare packages and distribute medications, replenishing automated counting machines to sustain workflow.
• Maintain inventory integrity using automated scanners and systems.
• Audit and test pill cell performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Identify and discard hazardous waste and manage recalls or expired stock.
• Collaborate with pharmacists, technicians, shipping staff to support production goals.

Skills

Indiana registration

Pharmacy tech experience

Inventory systems

Computers & scanners

Attention to detail

Procedures compliance

Stand for long periods

Job description

Actalent is seeking a Pharmacy Technician for a highly automated central fill pharmacy in Plainfield, IN. The role involves manually filling prescriptions, replenishing automated dispensing stations, packaging medications, stocking completed packages, and maintaining accurate, compliant records in a fast-paced production setting.

Responsibilities include inventory management, data entry, and collaboration with pharmacists and shipping staff to meet daily production and quality targets.