Pharmacy Tech I: Day Shift - Patient Care & Med Prep

100 Albany Med Health System; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 44,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent health care coverage

Wellbeing programs

Career opportunities within Albany Med

Job summary

Albany Medical Center is seeking a Pharmacy Technician for the Day shift. The technician assists pharmacists, orders and stocks medications, prepares medications under supervision, and helps coordinate medication distribution using packaging and dispensing machines.

Responsibilities include maintaining patient profiles, handling requisitions, stocking, labeling, delivering meds, and ensuring a clean, compliant pharmacy environment.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Functional mathematics skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Good customer service skills.
• Good work practices.
• Able to work efficiently and accurately in a dynamic environment.
• Self-initiating work attitude.

Responsibilities

• Assist pharmacists with routine duties that do not require professional judgment.
• Maintain patient profiles and records.
• Handle intra- and inter-departmental requisitions.
• Handle stock receipt, storage and control.
• Package and label medications.
• Assist in preparation of medications.
• Deliver medications.
• Maintain clean Pharmacy environment and equipment.
• Operate dispensing, packaging and preparation machinery.
• Answer telephone calls to pharmacy and document appropriately.
• Work with computer-based applications.
• Train and orient staff.

Skills

Functional mathematics

Communication skills

Customer service skills

Self- initiating

Education

High School Diploma/G.E.D.

Job description

Albany Medical Center is seeking a Pharmacy Technician for the Day shift. The technician assists pharmacists, orders and stocks medications, prepares medications under supervision, and helps coordinate medication distribution using packaging and dispensing machines.

Responsibilities include maintaining patient profiles, handling requisitions, stocking, labeling, delivering meds, and ensuring a clean, compliant pharmacy environment.