About the Role
Pharmacy Alternatives is hiring a full-time Pharmacy Technician in Austin, TX. Join our closed-door pharmacy team, dedicated to meeting the pharmaceutical needs of long-term care and senior living clients. We are looking for individuals passionate about delivering exceptional service and high-quality care.
Responsibilities
- Fill prescription items and package medications for dispensing and delivery.
- Accurately label products, including cautionary and auxiliary labels.
- Prepare medications, including non-sterile compounding (liquids, powders, ointments, etc.).
- Enter patient and prescription data into the computer system to generate labels.
- Participate in pharmacy inventory management, including checking stock and removing expired medications.
- Handle returned medications per protocol (credit or destruction).
- Communicate professionally with internal and external customers.
- Assist with onboarding and training new pharmacy staff.
- Work in the Controlled Drugs (Narcotics) Room.
- Operate automated machines to prepack medications.
- Mix IV medications and sanitize IV room/equipment.
- Service facility-based dispensing machines (e.g., RxNow).
- Perform other pharmacy support tasks as assigned.
Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Pharmacy Technician license as required by state.
- Experience in a pharmacy setting and medical terminology.
- Ability to operate a computer; recognize and identify medications.
- Detail oriented; goal oriented, team player, and effective oral communication.
- Long Term Care pharmacy experience.
Skills
- Non-sterile compounding
- Pharmacy inventory management
- Computer data entry
- Medication labeling
- Customer communication
- Staff training
- Controlled substance handling
- Automated packaging machine operation
- IV medication mixing
- Facility-based dispensing machine servicing
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry Level
- Mid Level
Education Level
- High School diploma or equivalent
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Health Savings Accounts
- Flexible Spending Accounts (up to $5,000 for childcare)
- Tuition discounts
- Tuition reimbursement
- 401(k)
- Company Paid Time Off
- Shift Differential
- DailyPay
- Pet Insurance
- Employee wellness programs
- Employee discount programs
About the Company
- Pharmacy Alternatives is a closed-door pharmacy dedicated to meeting the pharmaceutical needs of long-term care and senior living clients.
- Pharmacy Alternatives, an affiliate of PharMerica, is a specialized pharmacy provider focused on serving individuals with cognitive or intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD).
- Pharmacy Alternatives offers long-term pharmacy solutions specializing in serving special-needs populations who live in intermediate care facilities, waiver homes, group homes, assisted living, supported-living or foster care.
- Our state-of-the-art approach includes packaging technology specially designed for the population we serve and electronic medication management that helps people live their best lives.
