Pharmacy Assistant - Specialty

Position Overview

We are currently seeking a Pharmacy Assistant to join our Specialty Pharmacy team. This part-time role is offered with benefits, 40 hours per pay period, Monday–Friday, day/eve shift. Under the supervision of other Pharmacy staff, the Pharmacy Assistant provides prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service in a fast-paced community pharmacy setting. The role requires the ability to handle multiple tasks—including assisting customers, putting away medications, and performing clerical duties—while supporting technicians and pharmacists in the preparation and distribution of prescription medications.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern, and patience in all patient interactions.
• Handles cash register transactions accurately and efficiently.
• Handles inquiries that do not require a certified pharmacy technician or pharmacist's expertise and judgment.
• Prepares prescriptions to be mailed or couriered to patients.
• Places completed prescription orders in the appropriate location of the will-call bins.
• Files paper prescriptions after they have been dispensed.
• Stocks pharmacy medications and supplies received from distributors/wholesalers and refills vials, paper, and labels in the printers, along with other general clerical duties as assigned.
• Assists with returning unclaimed prescriptions from will-call to pharmacy stock.
• Tubes completed discharge medications to the floors for patients leaving the hospital.
• Assists with checking pharmacy shelves for medication outdates according to pharmacy procedures.
• Maintains cleanliness of the pharmacy and dispensing area.
• Smiles and greets patients in a friendly manner, whether within the designated department or elsewhere.