PHARMACY/CERTIFIED TECH

Kroger - Athens, GA

Part-time - Entry Level

Athens, GA

1,001-5,000 employees

Food and Beverage Retailers

About the position

As a member of our team, you will play a crucial role in providing exceptional customer service that helps individuals lead healthier lives. Your responsibilities will include treating our customers and employees fairly and ethically, ensuring a safe, clean, and inclusive environment, and being a responsible member of the community. You will be tasked with delivering the right products, services, and care at the right time, all while maintaining fair and accurate pricing. Your direct patient interventions will involve providing health and wellness services and experiences that are relevant to the patient, in accordance with state and federal laws. You will embody the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. Our company has a rich history, starting from a small grocery store in Cincinnati over a century ago to becoming the nation's largest grocer, with nearly 2,800 stores across 35 states operating under 28 different names. As America's grocer, we take pride in our diverse teams who share a passion for food and people, united by our common purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit. We are committed to creating amazing experiences for our customers, communities, and each other, with food at the heart of everything we do. Here, people matter, and we strive to provide the necessary ingredients for you to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. Whether you are looking for a part-time position or a new career path, we offer fresh opportunities for growth and development. If you are caring, purpose-driven, and eager to learn, your potential with us is unlimited. Join our Kroger family today!

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional customer service to help customers live healthier lives.
• Treat customers and employees in a fair and ethical manner.
• Ensure a safe, clean, and inclusive environment.
• Provide the right products, services, and care at the right time with fair and accurate pricing.
• Deliver direct patient intervention by providing health and wellness services as allowable by state and federal laws.
• Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.
• Assist the pharmacist in all responsibilities except those requiring professional judgment.
• Provide a stellar customer experience while completing all steps of reception, data entry, adjudication, and product dispensing.
• Support the continued coaching and training of clerks and/or technicians.
• Compound medications according to state and other regulations.
• Perform post-fill audits to verify prescription information matches computer records.
• Support non-dispensing services through various platforms, resources, and applications.
• Complete all aspects of CLIA-waived screenings consistent with state and federal law as well as company policies.
• Comply with and reinforce all sanitation and safety regulations according to company, local, state, and federal health code regulations.
• Report all illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.

Requirements

• Minimum - High School Diploma or GED
• Must be 18 years of age
• Ability to handle highly confidential information
• Completion of national registration, certification, or licensure

Nice-to-haves

• Any previous comparable experience
• Any equivalent experience of a pharmacy technician
• Support company health and wellness initiatives
• Understand and adhere to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations and the company's policies regarding the same
• Maintain a current national and/or state registration, certification, or license depending on state requirements

Benefits

• Opportunities for career growth and development
• Support for health and wellness initiatives
• Inclusive work environment
• Employee discounts on products and services