Full-Time Central Fill Technician (Mid Shift)

Safeway; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Safeway in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support accurate prescription filling, maintain counting devices, and uphold safety and confidentiality standards. You will work with pharmacy systems to ensure proper counting, packaging, and shipping of prescriptions, while aiding inventory control and audits.

The role requires Arizona licensure, strong math and computer skills, and the ability to work a flexible schedule in a closed-door environment.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy Technician License in Arizona.
• Ability to preserve confidentiality of patient information.

Responsibilities

• Follow safety and security procedures.
• Fill prescriptions using scanning and counting technologies.
• Maintain and replenish medication counting devices.
• Support pharmacy systems for counting, packaging, and shipping of prescriptions.
• Monitor inventory at stations and troubleshoot routine issues.
• Maintain uptime of automated counting and packaging devices.
• Prepare packages and manifests for prescription orders.
• Assist Inventory Technicians and participate in audits.

Skills

Safety culture

Productivity & efficiency

Self-motivated

Detail-oriented

Organized & adaptable

Education

Arizona Pharmacy Technician License

Confidentiality handling

Tools

Pharmacy software

Math skills

Job description

• Follow and promote proper Pharmacy, general safety, and security procedures and processes of the company.
• Use scanning and counting technologies to identify and select appropriate pharmaceutical products and quantities for filling prescription orders.
• Ensuring medication counting devices are continuously replenished.
• Assist with maintaining the pharmacy system and technologies that facilitate proper counting, conveyance, packaging, and shipping of prescriptions.
• Monitoring inventory and supply levels at the responsible stations, calibrating machines, general troubleshooting (jams, blockages) within conveyance, counting, and packaging machines, escalating technical issues, and working as a team to reach team goals.
• Monitoring and maintaining uptime of automated counting, collating, packaging, and sorting devices, ensuring continuous operation through basic troubleshooting of routine errors.
• Create and maintain documentation as requested.
• Manually fill prescriptions as needed.
• Verify attributes of the product such as: size, strength, quantity, etc. before processing orders. Enter or scan expiration date and lot numbers.
• Ensure labels on prescriptions are correct.
• Prepare packages, sort, and manifest prescription orders if needed.
• Stock and rotate merchandise and supplies to limit shrinkage if needed.
• Assist Inventory Technicians as requested. Participate in Inventory Audits as needed.
• Other duties as assigned concurrent with all applicable laws and regulations.

Main Responsibilities

• Follow and promote proper Pharmacy, general safety, and security procedures and processes of the company.
• Use scanning and counting technologies to identify and select appropriate pharmaceutical products and quantities for filling prescription orders.
• Ensuring medication counting devices are continuously replenished.
• Assist with maintaining the pharmacy system and technologies that facilitate proper counting, conveyance, packaging, and shipping of prescriptions.
• Monitoring inventory and supply levels at the responsible stations, calibrating machines, general troubleshooting (jams, blockages) within conveyance, counting, and packaging machines, escalating technical issues, and working as a team to reach team goals.
• Monitoring and maintaining uptime of automated counting, collating, packaging, and sorting devices, ensuring continuous operation through basic troubleshooting of routine errors.
• Create and maintain documentation as requested.
• Manually fill prescriptions as needed.
• Verify attributes of the product such as: size, strength, quantity, etc. before processing orders. Enter or scan expiration date and lot numbers.
• Ensure labels on prescriptions are correct.
• Prepare packages, sort, and manifest prescription orders if needed.
• Stock and rotate merchandise and supplies to limit shrinkage if needed.
• Assist Inventory Technicians as requested. Participate in Inventory Audits as needed.
• Other duties as assigned concurrent with all applicable laws and regulations.

What We Are Searching For

• Must be committed to contributing to a culture of safety, looking out for yourself and others.
• Must be committed to achieving optimal productivity and efficiency and be self-motivated, energetic, and detail oriented.
• Acts as a highly organized, flexible, adaptable subject matter expert who can prioritize.
• Works well with others and can motivate people you work with. Able to be a role model and lead by example.
• Good communication skills both written and verbal.
• Professional image with proper grooming.
• Must have a willingness to work a flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours as needed.

We believe the successful candidate has these qualifications and experience

• Required:
  • Pharmacy Technician License in Arizona
  • Ability to preserve confidentiality of patient information.

• Preferred:
  • A national Pharmacy Technician Certification.

• Technical Experience:
  • Central Fulfillment Pharmacy Technician experience.
  • Prefers to work in a closed-door environment (no adjudication, customer interaction, phone work.)
  • Good computer skills.
  • Good math skills.

• Willing and able to stand/walk at least 8 hours with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Willing and able to perform tasks which include pushing, pulling, grasping, bending, stooping, rotating, reaching, and lifting/carrying up to 40 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Visual focus such as counting, observing, etc. is required consistently.
• Performing repetitive tasks up to 100% of the time.