Central Processing Pharmacy Technician

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, Carrs, 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

We are seeking people who are passionate about customer satisfaction to work as Pharmacy Technician in our Central Processing Pharmacy. In this role you will have the opportunity to make a difference by positively supporting our pharmacy stores teams. Our company has opportunities that can fuel your future, spark your passion, and ignite your potential. When you join our team as a Pharmacy Technician in our Central Processing Pharmacy, you unlock the potential for growth. Whether you're looking for your first part-time job, returning to work after some time off, or want a full-time career, our company has amazing job opportunities waiting for you. Albertsons will train you to become a Pharmacy Technician offering classes from our pharmacy learning and development team, pharmacy computer system and hands-on training with our teams. If you take pride in the quality of your work, and enjoy data entry, we'd love to hear from you!

Main responsibilities

• Ability to set priorities, plan, and coordinate work activities and manage time and resources so that work objectives are accomplished on time.
• Interpersonal skills, including building relationships and conflict resolutions. This involves the ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with direct reports, peers, management, and other company departments.
• Customer/patient relations skills, including meeting customer/patient needs and establishing a service environment. This involves the ability to identify requirements of internal and external customers/patients, focus on achieving optimal results, and develop solutions that positively affect patient care. This also involves emphasizing the importance of demonstrating good patient care and customer service and put in place practices that help promote a service-orientated culture.
• Written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in writing, write in a clear and concise manner to peers, vendors, managers, or customers/patients. This also includes the ability to target material to the appropriate audience and use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Oral communication skills, including the ability to speak in a clear and concise manner to peers, vendors, managers, or customers one-on-one
• Must possess a positive, enthusiastic, compassionate attitude.

What we are searching for 

• Problem solving abilities and attention to details
• Good computer skills including Microsoft Office
• Pharmacy Prescription Reading and Sig Codes knowledge preferred
• Preferred experience with PDX, EPS and Enterprise
• Customer service or patient care experience
• Previous retail pharmacy experience preferred
• Knowledge of community pharmacy practice
• Problem solving skills, including problem analysis, decision making, creativity, and innovation.
• Good computer skills including previous experience with data entry, typing in prescriptions into computer system
• Basic math skills and the ability to calculate days' supply for prescriptions 

We believe the successful candidate has these qualifications and experience:

• High school diploma or GED
• Ability to input data accurately
• Problem solving abilities
• Excellent attention to detail
• Capable of working independently within a team atmosphere
• Positive, collaborative attitude
• An Illinois Board of Pharmacy Registered Technician

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.  We endeavor to make this site accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us at 1-888-255-2269(option #4).