Duane Reade Pharmacy Technician

Walgreens; Journal Square (NJ); On-site; USD 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Duane Reade seeks a dynamic Pharmacy Technician to verify prescription information in our pharmacy team. You will retrieve, pour, weigh, measure and sometimes mix medications, prepare labels, and ensure accuracy before pharmacist review.

You must be fluent in English and flexible, able to work evenings and weekends. This role includes stocking, register scanning, and assisting the pharmacist with patient questions.

Qualifications

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

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 labels.
• Prices and files the prescription and ensures pharmacist review before dispensing.
• May establish patient profiles, prepare insurance claims and stock medications.
• Refer questions to a Pharmacist and assist with duties as assigned.
• Scan merchandise on the register and stock shelves.

Skills

Prescription verification

Attention to detail

Pharmacy operations

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.

Salary

$17 - $20.5 / Hourly

Requirements

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