Duane Reade Pharmacy Technician

Walgreens; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Duane Reade is seeking a dynamic Pharmacy Technician to join the Pharmacy department. The role focuses on verification of prescription information, preparing labels, and assisting with medication preparation and inventory.

The position includes customer service, scanning merchandise, stocking shelves, and ensuring pharmacist review before dispensing. This role is hourly and benefits from a team-oriented environment.

Qualifications

• Verifies that the prescription information is complete and accurate.
• Prepares the prescription labels, selects the container and affixes labels.
• Prices and files the prescription and ensures pharmacist review before dispensing.

Responsibilities

• Verifies that the prescription information is complete and accurate.
• Retrieves, counts, pours, weighs, measures and sometimes mixes medication.
• Prepares the prescription labels, selects the type of container and affixes the prescription and other labels to the container.
• Prices and files the prescription and ensures it is checked by a Pharmacist before dispensing to the patient.
• May establish and maintain patient profiles, prepare insurance claim forms and stock and inventory prescriptions.
• Refers questions regarding prescriptions or health matters to a Pharmacist.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Pharmacist.
• Scan merchandise on the register and stock shelves.

Job description

Duane Reade is seeking a dynamic, flexible and motivated team player to join the Pharmacy department as a Pharmacy Technician. This position will be responsible for verification of prescription information within Duane Reade Pharmacies.

Essential Duties and Primary Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Verifies that the prescription information is complete and accurate.
• Retrieves, counts, pours, weighs, measures and sometimes mixes medication.
• Prepares the prescription labels, selects the type of container and affixes the prescription and other labels to the container.
• Prices and files the prescription and insures that it is checked by a Pharmacist before it is given to the patient.
• May establish and maintain patient profiles, prepare insurance claim forms and stocks and takes inventory of prescription medications.
• Refers any questions regarding prescriptions, drug information or health matters to a Pharmacist.
• Performs any other duties as assigned by the Pharmacist.
• Scan merchandise on the register.
• Stock merchandise on the shelves.

$17 - $20.5 / Hourly