Pharmacy Technician

1215 Pennsylvania CVS Pharmacy, L.L.C.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 23,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is hiring a Pharmacy Technician to support the pharmacy team in delivering safe, accurate prescription fulfillment and compassionate patient service in our Pittsburgh store.

The technician will follow SOPs, assist with immunizations and other services as allowed by state law, maintain inventory, and help patients with pickups, drive-thru, and questions while upholding privacy and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years experience as Pharmacy Technician.
• Experience in pharmacy retail or customer service preferred.
• Willing to travel to other stores to meet business needs.

Responsibilities

• Support pharmacy team to ensure safe, accurate prescription fulfillment.
• Assist with immunizations and patient interactions when allowed by law.
• Maintain inventory and cycle counts, and follow SOPs.

Skills

Pharmacy technician experience

Customer service experience

Retail pharmacy experience

Job description

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Job Purpose and Summary

At CVS Health, we are focused on transforming health care for our customers and making our company a great place to work. We help people navigate the health care system – and their personal health care – by improving access, lowering costs and being a trusted partner for every meaningful moment of health. Within our Retail locations, we bring this promise to life with heart every day and our Pharmacy Technicians (Technicians) play a critical role in supporting our pharmacy teams to consistently deliver on our brand promise.

As a Technician, you will support the pharmacy team in delivering operational and service excellence within your store. Technicians are often the first point of contact to assist our patients and customers to deliver an exceptional experience. Technicians assist the pharmacy team to ensure that pharmacy operations run smoothly, our patients’ prescriptions are filled promptly, safely and accurately, and we are providing caring service that exceeds patient expectations. Technicians operate as part of the pharmacy team through consistent application of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), best practices and effective communication. Throughout their shifts and in all customer and colleague interactions, they demonstrate genuine care and contribute to a safe and inclusive culture where all people feel valued and empowered.

Responsibilities

• Living our purpose by following all company SOPs at each workstation to help our Pharmacists manage and improve patient health
• Following pharmacy workflow procedures at each pharmacy workstation (i.e., production, pick-up, drive-thru and drop-off) for safe and accurate prescription fulfillment
• Contributing to positive patient experiences by showing empathy and genuine care: creating heartfelt and personalized moments while serving patients at pick-up, drive-thru and over the phone; keeping patients healthy by offering immunizations and other services at the register and over the phone; and demonstrating compassionate care by solving or escalating patient problems
• Completing basic inventory activities as permitted by law and as directed by the pharmacy leadership team, such as accurately putting away medication deliveries and completing cycle counts, returns-to-stocks, waiting bin inventories etc.
• Contributing to a high‑performing team, embracing a growth mindset, being receptive to feedback; actively seeking opportunities to expand clinical and technical knowledge needed to better assist patients
• Remaining flexible for both scheduling and business needs while contributing to a safe inclusive and engaging team dynamic; voluntarily traveling to stores in the market to work shifts as needed by the business
• Understanding and complying with all relevant federal state and local laws regulations professional standards and ethical principles.
• Complying with CVS policies and procedures to ensure patient safety compliance with controlled substance dispensing and recordkeeping and to protect patient privacy and security
• Delivering additional patient health care services (e.g. immunizations point-of-care testing and voluntarily staffing offsite clinics), where allowable by law and supported by required training and certification
• Where permissible the Pharmacy Technician may also support immunizations which includes the following responsibilities: Completing additional licensure and training requirements, in compliance with state Board of Pharmacy regulations, to obtain Technician Immunizer status to support preparing and administering vaccines Educating patients about the importance of vaccines and referring patients to the Pharmacist-on-duty for vaccination questions Monitoring for and responding to adverse reactions reporting adverse reaction events per public health requirements Reviewing and collecting patient information tracking and documenting for each applicable patient Monitoring and managing vaccine supplies Required

Required Qualifications

• Must comply with any state board of pharmacy requirements or laws governing the practice of pharmacy which includes but is not limited to age education and licensure/certification
• If the state board of pharmacy does not address or mandate a minimum age requirement must be at least 16 years of age
• If the state board of pharmacy does not address or mandate a minimum educational requirement must have a high school diploma or equivalent or be actively enrolled in high school or high school equivalency program
• State-level licensure and national certification requirements vary by state click here to learn more.

Essential Functions

• Regular and predictable attendance including nights and weekends
• Ability to complete required training within designated timeframe
• Attention and Focus: Ability to concentrate one task over a period of time
• Ability to pivot quickly from one task to another to meet patient and business needs
• Ability to confirm prescription information and label accuracy ensuring patient safety
• Customer Service and Team Orientation: Actively look for ways to help people and do so in a friendly manner
• Notice and understand patients’ reactions and respond appropriately
• Communication Skills: Use and understand verbal and written communication to interact with patients and colleagues
• Utilize active listening by giving full attention to what others are saying taking time to understand the points being made and asking questions as appropriate and not interrupting at inappropriate times
• Mathematical Reasoning: Ability to use math to solve a problem such as determining the total number of tablets to dispense day’s supply and/or number of full bottles and additional bottles needed to fill a prescription
• Problem Resolution: Identifying challenging patient or colleague interactions and choosing the best course of action when faced multiple options
• Physical Demands: Be mobile and remain upright for extended periods of time
• Lift scan and bag items
• Reach overhead stretch or reach out with the body arms and/or legs to grasp items
• Move fingers repetitively picking pinching typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm
• Extend hand(s) and arm(s) multiple directions to place move or lift items
• Control precision quickly adjust machines to exact positions
• Stoop to a considerable degree requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles to move items between low and high positions including bending spine at the waist
• Close visual acuity to perform activities such as transcribing viewing a computer terminal reading visual inspection involving small parts Occasionally lift of up to 20 lbs and/or exert up to 20 lbs of force Frequently lift of up to 10 lbs and/or exert 10 lbs of force Consistently lift and/or exert a negligible amount of force to move objects.
• Express or exchange ideas by means of spoken word where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately
• Have the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication
• Any additional tasks as directed by Supervisor or Manager

Preferred Qualifications

• 1-3 years previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician
• Previous experience in a pharmacy retail medical or customer service setting
• Ability to work in the home store and across the market in other locations to meet business needs

Anticipated Weekly Hours 40

Time Type Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is: $16.50 - $25.00 This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience education geography and other relevant factors.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families. This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical emotional and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical dental and vision coverage paid time off retirement savings options wellness programs and other resources based on eligibility. Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 10/18/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal state and local laws.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about us: our culture our core values our company meetings our commitment to sustainability our recognition programs but most importantly it’s our people.

Our employees are self-disciplined hard working curious trustworthy humble and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.