Pharmacy Production Technician

Socket.dev; Foxborough (MA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is recruiting a Pharmacy Production Technician to perform core medication production activities across filling, pre-pack, tote, and related workflows, ensuring medications are prepared, tracked, packaged, and staged for pharmacist verification and delivery.

You will print labels, fill and hand-pack medications, and submit prepared meds for pharmacist verification and QA, while using pre-pack automation and maintaining accurate staging and documentation.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Registration or authorization as a pharmacy technician as needed by location.
• Ability to handle, label, document and track medications within procedures.
• Experience with pharmacy systems and medication-related math helpful.

Responsibilities

• Print labels and match to prescription orders.
• Fill and hand-pack medications per procedures and safety standards.
• Submit prepared meds for pharmacist verification and QA.
• Operate approved pre-pack automation and monitor accuracy.
• Troubleshoot routine equipment issues within authority and escalate as needed.
• Verify, scan, tote, and stage meds in correct receptacles and sequence.
• Maintain organized workstations and replenish supplies to meet targets.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Prioritization

Fast-paced environment

Education

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent

Tools

Pharmacy systems/technology

Job description

Description

The Pharmacy Production Technician performs core medication production activities across filling, pre-pack, tote, and related workflows to ensure medications are prepared, tracked, packaged, and staged accurately for pharmacist verification and delivery.

Job Responsibilities:

• Print medication labels and match them to prescription orders.
• Fill and hand-pack medications according to procedures and safety standards.
• Submit prepared medications for pharmacist verification and quality assurance.
• Operate approved pre-pack automation and monitor packaging accuracy.
• Troubleshoot routine equipment issues within established authority and escalates as needed.
• Verify, scan, tote, and stage medications in the correct facility receptacles and delivery sequence.
• Maintain organized workstations, replenish supplies, and support production targets.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent capability.
• Pharmacy technician registration, license, or authorization as required by the work location.
• Ability to accurately handle, prepare, label, document, and track medications within established technician scope and procedures.
• Working proficiency with pharmacy systems/technology and basic medication-related math.
• Strong attention to detail, communication, prioritization, and ability to work in a fast-paced pharmacy environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1–3 years of pharmacy technician, medication-production, or comparable regulated-work experience.
• PTCB/CPhT certification where not required.
• Long-term care, closed-door, institutional, or high-volume pharmacy experience.
• Automated packaging, blister-card, tote, or high-volume closed-door pharmacy experience.