Certified Pharmacy Technician, Central Fill, Health and Wellness Central Operations - Health and Wellness

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Frederick, MD

The Certified Pharmacy Technician role at Walmart's Central Fill facility focuses on maintaining pharmacy systems and technology, managing medication inventory, ensuring prescription fulfillment accuracy, and complying with all relevant regulations. This involves operating automated machines, tracking inventory levels, processing prescriptions, and maintaining documentation to ensure the quality and integrity of pharmaceutical products and services.

What you'd actually do

  1. Maintains pharmacy systems and technology for example inventory systems automated medication counting machines by preparing informational and related records and reports to ensure accurate data and system compliance with policies and regulations monitoring inventory levels and expiration dates for pharmaceuticals calibrating machines applying settings to pill or capsule specifications to minimize breakage ensuring medications are continuously replenished by utilizing the computer andor scanner screen and troubleshooting pill cell issues for example jamming throughout production
  2. Maintains and tracks medication inventory by sorting placing and storing freight in appropriate locations restocking and replenishing medication in appropriate location reporting low stock levels ensuring stock rotation on a firstin firstout basis to assist in shrinkage control performing inventory cycle counts assisting with physical counts for inventories creating reports using inventory information systems and monitoring prescription inventory for expired pharmaceuticals
  3. Supports facility with reporting and paperwork to ensure productivity and pharmaceutical integrity by entering and modifying pharmaceutical data on system and forms processing and submitting paperwork creating and maintaining documentation for example files manuals forms records supplies and communications for example memos correspondence identifying and resolving discrepancies in record or files preparing reports of pharmacy activities and inventory for example state board mandated testing of counting devices and informing management about incorrect or inefficient processes and improper service procedures
  4. Ensures fulfillment of pharmacy prescriptions in an automated central fill pharmacy in order to maintain a continuous and consistent workflow to meet daily production and quality goals by using the scanner to identify and select pharmaceutical product and quantity for prescription orders verifying the size and strength of the product before processing order verifying display for pack and quantity entering expiration date and lot numbers labeling prescriptions weighing medication for accuracy of quantity counting or pouring medication for prescription orders preparing packages and distributing medications in a fastpaced production environment and replenishing automated counting machines
  5. Maintains quality accuracy and integrity of inventory for example pharmaceuticals supplies by utilizing automated inventory control scanner and system to track and ensure the timely and appropriate delivery and stocking of pharmaceuticals and supplies ensuring adherence to and documentation of inventory control procedures for example product strategies product description discrepancies auditing and testing pill cell performance per prescribed schedule and procedures managing pill cell information database troubleshooting issues with pill cell performance identifying and properly discarding hazardous waste processing recalled and expired pharmaceuticals and disposing or processing return of outdated stock for credit

Skills

Required

  • pharmacy systems
  • inventory management
  • automated medication counting machines
  • data entry
  • regulatory compliance
  • prescription fulfillment
  • pharmaceutical inventory
  • troubleshooting
  • documentation
  • teamwork
  • communication

Nice to have

  • Walmart values
  • continuous improvement
  • adaptability