Job Title: Non-Certified Pharmacy Technician
Location: Hines, IL - Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP)
Company: Sanford Federal, Inc.
Job Type: Part-Time
Salary: Competitive (include pay scale range if known)
Job Description/Scope of Work:
Sanford Federal, Inc. is seeking a Non-Certified Pharmacy Technician to provide essential services to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) in Hines, Illinois. The CMOP processes over 15 million prescriptions annually and supports all fifty states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and US Territories. The Pharmacy Technician will be responsible for ensuring the accurate and efficient processing of prescriptions and supporting the overall operations of the pharmacy.
Hours of Operation:
- 1st Shift: 6:30 AM through 3:00 PM
- 2nd Shift: 3:30 PM through 12:00 AM
Responsibilities:
- Prescription Preparation and Dispensing: Prepare and dispense medications and maintain related records for patients.
- Medication Handling: Prepare, package, label, and distribute medication doses as prescribed by a physician.
- Inventory Management: Maintain inventories of drugs and supplies, stock shelves, rotate stock, and check expiration dates of pharmaceuticals.
- Automation Operations: Operate various types of pharmacy automation, including Autofill devices, Baker Cells, Kalish cells, A-frames, repackaging equipment, and electronic scales.
- Order Verification: Read computer screens, use scanning equipment, and select specific drugs/products required to fill an order by name, strength, and National Drug Code (NDC) number.
- Maintenance and Safety: Clean cells and perform first-level preventative maintenance which includes cleaning off lights, vacuuming, and making minor adjustments to equipment. Understand the precautions required when handling hazardous medications, materials, and hazardous waste.
Qualifications:
- Experience: Minimum of 6 months experience in a retail or hospital pharmacy setting, or a graduate of an Academic Technician Training Educational Program.
- Education: High school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate.
- Skills:
- Basic mathematical calculations.
- Basic typing and PC computer skills.
- Effective interpersonal communication skills with coworkers and staff.
- Physical Requirements:
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds when required.
- Ability to push or pull up to 150 pounds on a rolling cart or using a pallet jack.
- Ability to stand or sit for long periods (8-10 hours), stoop, reach upward, and withstand various types of repetitive motion inherent in the tasks performed.
- Language Proficiency: Must read, understand, speak, and write English fluently under the authority of U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d).
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Sanford Federal is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us at hr@sanfordfederal.com or 540-613-8285 (information about job applications status is not available at this contact information).
If successfully offered employment, you must be able to submit proof of eligibility to perform services in the United States, where work is contracted. Our company participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee’s Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment eligibility.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $20.05 - $27.00 per hour
Expected hours: 8 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Physical setting:
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
Experience:
- Pharmacy technician experience: 1 year (Preferred)
Shift availability:
Ability to Commute:
- Hines, IL 60141 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Hines, IL 60141: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person