Position Title: Pharmacy Technician

Work Location:  West Sacramento, CA, 95605

Assignment Duration: 4+ months (Potential Temp to Hire)

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday 1:30-10PM Schedule.
Mandatory OT - Candidate to be prepared for schedule change after 4 weeks depending on business needs and OSW would shift to our Sunday-Thursday shift. Sunday are 8:30AM-5PM and the rest of the week remains at 1:30-10PM unless told otherwise by Management.

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Position Summary:

• The ideal candidate will be able to fill prescription requests accurately and efficiently in a high-volume automated refill setting. Under the supervision of a Pharmacist, the Pharmacy Technician prepares, packages, and distributes medications in a fast-paced production environment.

• Maintains continuous, consistent workflow to meet daily production goals; and has the ability to work productively either independently or as a team with acute attention to detail while performing repetitive tasks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manually fill prescription vials with prescribed tablets and capsules. Must-read computer-generated screens to find indicated merchandise on labeled shelves, verify size and strength. Perform basic mathematical reasoning to either count or calculate appropriate number of units needed to fill prescriptions.

• Replenish medication in automated dispensing cells to full capacity, opening large quantities of bottles and cases of product. Use of handheld scanner unit to scan barcodes of product, entering expiration and lot information into computer application. Maintains high level of focus to avoid cross contamination and performs quality assurance check for expired and/or damaged product.

• Completes weekly cycle counts as assigned by Inventory department. Requires audits of cell inventory, counting product at primary and secondary bin locations. Assists with research and identification of root cause of discrepancies as needed.

• Prepare cold chain and specialty prescriptions following special requirements for handling and packing.

• Assists with packing and shipping of prescriptions. Understands and abides by federal and state HIPAA laws as well as pharmacy standard procedures to ensure patient safety and privacy.

• Demonstrate problem resolution skills: ability to recognize, address and escalate issues to management.

Qualification & Experience:

• High School Degree or equivalent experience

• CA Pharmacy Technician license required

• PTCB National certification preferred

• One year pharmacy, retail or customer service setting

• Knowledge of federal and state HIPAA laws

• Follow oral instruction

• Perform continuous and repetitive work

• Perform under stress (i.e. time pressures)

• Make judgments and/or decisions

• Switch between various tasks without loss of efficiency or composure

• Interact appropriately with people in a team environment

• Basic mathematic skills

• Operate a pallet jack

• Operate a hand truck/dolly

• Operate scanning units

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 26.00/hr.