About the Role
Pharmacy Alternatives is hiring a Full-Time Pharmacy Technician in Austin, TX! Join our closed-door pharmacy team where you’ll work in a non-retail environment, dedicated to meeting the pharmaceutical needs of long-term care and senior living clients.
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 sanitizing 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 operation
- Medication identification
- Oral communication
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- Entry Level
Education Level
- High School diploma or equivalent
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
- Health Savings & Flexible Spending Accounts (up to $5,000 for childcare)
- Tuition discounts & reimbursement
- 401(k)
- Company Paid Time Off*
- Shift Differential
- DailyPay
- Pet Insurance
- Employee wellness and discount programs
About the Company
- 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. For more information, please visit www.pharmacyalternatives.com. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.
