Pharmacy Technician - Central Fill

About the company 

Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. With a fixation on raising the bar with innovation and building belonging through our culture, our team is rallying our company around a unique purpose: to create joy around each table and inspire a healthier tomorrow for every community.

Albertsons Companies is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States, with over 2,200 stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen, Carr’s, Kings Food Markets, and Balducci's Food Lovers Market. We support our stores with 22 distribution centers and 19 manufacturing plants.

Bring your flavor

Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table.

What you will be doing

The Pharmacy Technician at the Central Fulfillment Center is responsible for working in a closed-door, fast-paced pharmacy facility on a production line. They are responsible for filling prescriptions under the direct supervision of a pharmacist. The Pharmacy Technician will work with prescription filling automation technologies and semi-manual/manual workstations to ensure the accuracy and completeness of orders and maintain a continuous and consistent workflow to help meet team goals.

The position is based in Ridgefiled, WA. The shift arrangement is typically a 40-hour workweek with occasional overtime to be expected. The technicians work on 1^st shift from 6:30 AM to 3:00 PM or on 2^nd shift from 2:30 PM to 11:00 PM. 

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 Washington. 

  • 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. 

Physical Requirements

• 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 

What is it like at Albertsons? 

Our 290,000 associates have a passion for great service and building lasting relationships with our customers. Through a companywide focus on innovation, we are continually enhancing our digital and product offerings, making it easy for customers to get what they need, wherever they are.

Albertsons is an Equal Opportunity Employer 

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Consistent with applicable state and local law, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.  

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Minimum Pay Rate: $24.75