Retail Pharmacy Technician

Cardinal Health Innovative Delivery Solutions 

With over 45 years of experience in helping hundreds of hospital and outpatient pharmacies, we provide access to best practice strategies and tactics to control costs, improve workflow and enhance safety.  Cardinal Health Innovative Delivery Solutions is one of the largest employers of acute-care pharmacist in the United States.  Cardinal Health is the employer of choice for pharmacists because we offer a variety of career opportunities in pharmacy leadership, clinical specialties, remote order entry, business management, medication therapy management and more.  

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER – PHARMACY TECHNICIAN

Cardinal Health is looking for a highly motivated technician to work in an entity owned retail pharmacy. Our technicians play an important role in delivering medication and pharmaceutical care in communities that are most in need. This includes developing close relationships with patients in communities we serve and assisting the pharmacists in accurately preparing and delivering prescription medication.

This unique and rewarding opportunity provides the ideal candidate an environment to utilize their pharmacy operations and business skills in addition to patient interaction and care, in a growing community health center system.  This role allows you to make a significant impact and build meaningful relationships with patients and other healthcare professionals as part of the care team.

The Pharmacy Technician will assist in the growth of the Health Center’s first entity owned pharmacy.  The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic and compassionate team member.  Our work culture focuses on exceptional patient care, operational excellence, diversity and inclusion, cultural competency and continuous learning. Our Health Center network is a Patient Centered Medical Home health organization, that is committed to operational and clinical excellence, comprehensive and high quality of care for its patients.

Familiarity with the 340B program is a plus, but we will teach you everything you need to know to be successful. If you have been working in pharmacy and feel like there must be more out there, then this opportunity is for you.

This position is located at:

Spectrum Health Pharmacy

3525 Cottman Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19149

Pharmacy Hours: 

Monday - Thursday: 9AM to 6PM, Friday: 9AM to 5PM

Saturday-Sunday - closed

(subject to change to accommodate clinic growth)

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Applies acquired knowledge and skills to complete standard tasks

• Readily learns and applies new information and methods to work in assigned area

• Maintains appropriate licenses, training and certifications

• Works on routine assignments that require some problem resolution

• Works within clearly defined standard operating procedures and/or scientific methods

• Adheres to all quality guidelines

• Works under moderate degree of supervision

• Work typically involves regular review of output by work lead or supervisor

• Refers complex unusual problems to supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Retrieves and prepares the medication for pharmacist review and verification; organizes medications for pharmacist to dispense; profiles prescriptions; prepares labels and calculates quantities.

• Ensures medication availability. 

• Maintains pharmacy inventory; replenishes and maintains inventory as needed.

• Communicates with patients, prescribers, and other staff to solve problems or answer questions.

• Works with pharmacy team to ensure best practices are utilized for 340B compliance.

• Maintains professional working relationships at all times with  pharmacy team, physicians, nurses, and other care team members.

• Understands that the requirements of working in a pharmacy are varied and may change as demands on the department change.

• Be available to the customer/patients at all times.

• Maintains friendly and helpful attitude at all times when dealing with customers.

• Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.

• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Qualifications:

• High school degree or equivalent required.

• Minimum 1 year retail pharmacy technician experience required.

• PTCB Pharmacy Technician certification preferr