Pharmacy Technician

986 PHARMACY; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Vacation Time

Paid Sick Time

Paid Holidays

401(k) Retirement Plan with company match up to 4%

Health Insurance Coverage, including Medical, Dental, and Vision

Job summary

986 PHARMACY is hiring in Pasadena, CA for a Pharmacy Technician role focused on preparing medications and processing prescriptions. Candidates need to have a valid California driver's license and a high school diploma or equivalent. Responsibilities include verifying prescriptions, maintaining patient profiles, and ensuring compliance with health regulations. Benefits include paid vacation, sick leave, and health insurance coverage. This position is crucial for maintaining medication accuracy and patient care.

Qualifications

• Valid California driver's license required.
• Ability to follow direction and establish patient profiles.

Responsibilities

• Prepare medications as directed by a pharmacist.
• Process prescriptions and verify patient information.
• Maintain patient profiles and medical records.

Skills

Attention to detail

Medication preparation

Aseptic techniques

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

986 Degrees Corporation is recruiting on behalf of several 986 Pharmacies and affiliate locations. These 986 locations are the hiring entities, not 986 Degrees Corporation.

Hiring Locations and Language Requirements

• Van Nuys, CA (Retail Pharmacy)
  • Language Requirement: Spanish, Tagalog, or Farsi

Job Summary

Prepares medications under the direction of a pharmacist. May measure, mix, count, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications according to prescription orders.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Processing Prescriptions

• Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate; requests missing information as appropriate and retrieves the patient’s pharmacy record(s) for verification by pharmacist. Process prescription refills to include refill confirmation when appropriate, review pending refills with the supervising pharmacist, generate refill documentation, and process third party claims adjudication.
• Enter prescription information into computer databases; accesses, processes, and retrieves data from the pharmacy system, including speed codes and drug interaction data, as state and federal laws permit.
• Establish and maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients, and notations for pharmacists’ review.
• Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques.
• Price and file prescriptions that have been filled.
• Mix pharmaceutical preparations, according to written prescriptions.
• Supply and monitor robotic machines that dispense medicine into containers and label the containers.
• Clean and help maintain equipment or work areas and sterilize glassware and maintain all required temperature logs, according to prescribed methods.
• Prepack bulk medicines, fill bottles with prescribed medications, and type and affix labels.
• Prepare prescriptions for home delivery; account for delivery receipts from driver for all delivered prescriptions; delivers medications to patients’ homes or medical facilities, as needed.

Qualifications

• Valid California driver's license
• High School Diploma or Equivalent

Benefits We Offer

• Paid Vacation Time
• Paid Sick Time
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match up to 4%
• Health Insurance Coverage, including Medical, Dental, and Vision

For questions regarding this position, please contact us at [phone].