Certified Pharmacy Technician Lead

Walgreens; Catonsville (MD); On-site; USD 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens is seeking an associate to assist the pharmacist under direct supervision in the practice of pharmacy, using pharmacy systems to obtain patient and drug information and process prescriptions. You will coach technicians, handle cash, and help with store opening/closing, inventory, pricing and customer service to deliver a delightful experience.

This role requires fluent English, flexibility to work evenings and weekends, and prior retail experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English.
• Requires willingness to work flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours.

Responsibilities

• Customer Experience: Engage customers and patients, greet them, offer assistance, resolve issues to ensure a positive experience.
• Models and shares customer service best practices to deliver a distinctive Walgreens experience.
• Develops strong relationships with valuable customers.
• Under pharmacist supervision, assist in pharmacy practice per policy and Code of Conduct.
• Open/close store when needed, manage cash handling and ensure floor and stockroom readiness.
• Assist with inventory accuracy and price changes, signage and local compliance.
• Process cash, refunds, and basic bookkeeping tasks as requested.
• Support Pharmacy Department on inventory management and Rx processing; enter patient and drug information, fill prescriptions, verify accuracy and interactions.
• Assist with scheduling workflow and report prescription errors to pharmacist.

Skills

Customer service

Cash handling

Pharmacy systems

Teamwork

Tools

Pharmacy software

Job description

Job Summary

In accordance with state and federal regulations, assists the pharmacist, under direct supervision, in the practice of pharmacy. Assists the pharmacist in the performance of other Pharmacy Department duties in accordance with Company policies and procedures. Responsible for using pharmacy systems to obtain patient and drug information and process prescriptions. If PTCB or Except certified, assists with and coaches pharmacy technicians in the operation of pharmacy systems and cashiers in the operation of the pharmacy cash registers. Models and delivers a distinctive and delightful customer experience. Opens and closes the store in the absence of store management, including all required systems start-ups, required cash handling, and ensuring the floor and stock room are ready for the business day. Responsible for opening back door of store for deliveries. Completes product returns, order voids, customer refunds, cash drops to the safe, and provides change as requested to cash registers.

Job Responsibilities

• Customer Experience
• Engages customers and patients by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services. Resolves customer issues and answers questions to ensure a positive customer experience.
• Models and shares customer service best practices with all team members to deliver a distinctive and delightful customer experience, including interpersonal habits (example greeting, eye contact, courtesy, etc) and Walgreens service traits (for example, offering help proactively, identifying needs, servicing until satisfied, etc)
• Develops strong relationships with most valuable customers.
• Operations
• Under the supervision by the pharmacist, assist in the practice of pharmacy, in accordance with state, federal, and company policy. Reviews and complies with the Walgreen Co Pharmacy Code of Conduct.
• Responsible for holding store keys to open and close without management as necessary.
• Maintains accurate inventory counts; maintains the accuracy of on hand quantities including, but not limited to, basic departments, stockroom, and overstock locations. Completes resets and revisions.
• Responsible for basic department pricing and making daily price changes, ensures proper signage is displayed at the store to support accurate pricing of products. Ensures any additional pricing tasks related to local regulations and or regulatory compliance programs are completed accurately and within the required timeframe.
• Assist with bookkeeping activities, including cash report, cash counts, ledgers, and bill payment as necessary or as requested.
• Supports execution of Pickup program.
• Assists with exterior and interior maintenance by ensuring clean, neat, orderly store condition and appearance, including requesting store or system repairs as required in manager absence, or as requested by manager.
• Reports disciplinary issues and customer complaints to management.
• Performs duties as assigned by Pharmacy Manager, Staff Pharmacist and Store Manager including utilizing pharmacy systems to enter patient and drug information, ensuring information is entered correctly, filling prescriptions by retrieving, counting and pouring pharmaceutical drugs, verifying medicine is correct, and checking for possible interactions.
• Assists pharmacists in scheduling and maintaining workflow.
• Reports, immediately, prescription errors to pharmacist on duty and adheres to Company policies and procedures in relation to pharmacy errors and the Quality Improvement Program.
• Strictly adheres to the Walgreen Co policy regarding Good Faith Dispensing during all applicable prescription dispensing activities.
• Responsible and accountable for registering all related sales on assigned cash register, collects and handles cash as required. Takes customer to OTC aisle when possible to assist in locating products.
• Handles telephone calls that do not require personal attention of the pharmacist, including those to physicians.
• Processes (corrects and resubmits) manual claims for third party program prescription services in a timely and efficient manner, and performs other clerical duties, as assigned by the Pharmacy Manager.
• Assists and supports Pharmacy Department on inventory management activities, such as, ordering, unpacking, checking and storing shipment of pharmaceuticals. Maintains knowledge of Company asset protection techniques, and files claims for warehouse overages (merchandise received, but not billed), shortages (merchandise billed, but not received), order errors or damaged good involving Rx drugs.

Basic Qualifications

• Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English. (Except in Puerto Rico)
• Requires willingness to work flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefer six months of experience in a retail environment.
• Prefer to have prior work experience with Walgreens.
• Prefer good math skills so they can fill prescriptions accurately, including counting, measuring and weighing medications.
• Prefer good computer skills.
• Prefer the knowledge of store inventory control.
• Prefer PTCB or ExCPT certification

Salary Range: $19.25 - $26 / Hourly