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What is a Scripts Pharmacy?

A Scripts Pharmacy is a healthcare facility that specializes in dispensing prescription medications, providing medication counseling, and supporting patients in managing their health. Pharmacists at Scripts Pharmacy review prescriptions for accuracy, educate patients on proper medication usage, and may offer additional services like immunizations or medication therapy management. These pharmacies play a crucial role in ensuring the safe and effective use of medications and serve as an accessible resource for patients with questions about their prescriptions.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Pharmacy Technician, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Pharmacy Technician, you need knowledge of pharmacy practices, strong attention to detail, and typically a high school diploma or pharmacy technician certification. Familiarity with pharmacy management systems, prescription processing software, and inventory management tools is essential. Strong organizational skills, communication, and customer service abilities help you excel in assisting pharmacists and serving patients. These skills and qualities are important to ensure accurate medication dispensing, regulatory compliance, and excellent patient care.

What are some common challenges Scripts Pharmacy technicians face in balancing attention to detail with efficiency in a fast-paced environment?

Scripts Pharmacy technicians often work in busy settings where they must process prescriptions quickly while maintaining accuracy to ensure patient safety. Balancing these demands can be challenging, as even small errors can have significant consequences. To manage this, technicians rely on strong organizational skills, standardized procedures, and teamwork to verify prescriptions efficiently. Open communication with pharmacists and other healthcare professionals is also essential to promptly resolve any discrepancies and provide excellent customer service.

What is the difference between Scripts Pharmacy vs Pharmacy Technician?

AspectScripts PharmacyPharmacy Technician
Required CredentialsPharmacy license, possibly pharmacist certificationState certification or registration, high school diploma or equivalent
Work EnvironmentPharmacies, hospitals, clinicsPharmacies, hospitals, long-term care facilities
Employer & Industry UsagePharmaceutical retail and healthcare industryHealthcare, retail pharmacy, hospital settings
Common Search & ComparisonYesYes

Scripts Pharmacy typically refers to licensed pharmacists responsible for dispensing medications and providing patient counseling. Pharmacy Technicians assist pharmacists by preparing prescriptions and managing inventory. While pharmacists require advanced credentials, pharmacy technicians support the pharmacy operations under supervision. Both roles are essential in the pharmacy industry and share similar work environments, but their responsibilities and qualifications differ significantly.

What cities in Alabama are hiring for Scripts Pharmacy jobs? Cities in Alabama with the most Scripts Pharmacy job openings:
Infographic showing various Scripts Pharmacy job openings in Alabama as of July 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 71% Full Time, 25% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 97% Physical, and 3% Remote job distribution.
Certified Pharmacy Technician

Certified Pharmacy Technician

Christ Health Center Inc

Birmingham, AL • On-site

$16.75 - $20.50/hr

Other

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Job description

Description


Christ Health Center is looking for a highly-skilled Pharmacy Technician to join our team. As a Pharmacy Technician at our center, you will be responsible for performing advanced health information management duties, such as providing excellent customer service, filling and dispensing medications, managing stock, and operating the cash register. Additionally, we expect you to be proficient in all necessary basic technician skills during the course of business. Join us today and help us bring life to our patients and communities!


Supervisory Responsibilities

  • None

Major Duties & Responsibilities: Job Skills

  • Is calm, collected, professional, friendly, and helpful with all phone and walk-in requests from patients.
  • Answers telephone in a timely manner, following organizational and departmental policy.
  • Assist customers by answering simple non-medical questions, filling prescriptions, checking out previously approved prescriptions or referring them to the pharmacists for medication information.
  • Receive written prescriptions or electronic fill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate. Use the information to enter a prescription for filling.
  • Fill prescription using the premade labels to determine which medication is needed. Fill prescriptions bottles with the correctly counted prescribed medications and affix correct premade labels for the pharmacist to verify.
  • Complete owes from previous day.
  • Operate cash register to accept payment from customers.
  • Inventory management, which includes, but is not limited to: ordering, restocking, entering order, updating inventory counts, maintaining par levels, verifying expiration dates and removing at risk medications. Maintains proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
  • Manufacturer patient assistance programs which includes, but is not limited to: assisting patients with completing applications, complete provider section for provider signature, faxing completed applications through Athena, stock ordered medication in patient specific bag, identifying when patients need reorders, and maintaining and refrigerating medication stock for minimum supply level and expiration dates.
  • Cleaning, which includes, but is not limited to: cleaning bathroom and lobby, removing trash cans at end of day, maintaining shred bins, sweeping & mopping floors, dusting shelves, and wiping downs counters.
  • Operations management which includes but is not limited to: stocking and maintaining labels, vials, caps, bags and cleaning supplies and delegating tasks to students
  • Conduct return to stock weekly by pulling scripts and letting patients know on Wednesday or Thursday and reversing them on Monday.
  • Any clinic related task delegated by pharmacist at Christ Health is considered part of this job description.
  • Each employee of CHC is vital to providing overall quality care to our patients and may be included in the patient care team and daily huddle when deemed necessary by the Core Care Team.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Required Skills/abilities

  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
  • Requires effective interpersonal skills in a multi-cultural setting (Bi-Lingual in Spanish is preferred)
  • Requires analytical skills, attention to detail, effective organization skills, ability to work in a fast paced environment and ability to prioritize work.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Qualification, Education, Experience

  • High School Diploma
  • Alabama Pharmacy Technician license

Attendance Standards

  • Punctual and dependent for assigned/confirmed shifts.

Language Skills

  • Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; ability to write simple correspondence and reports; Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to patients, visitors, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; ability to compute rate, ratio and percent.

Reasoning Ability

  • The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events) and to convey the information to others.

Physical/Mental Demands

  • Work requires the ability to lift objects weighing up to 20-50 pounds.
  • Work requires ability to carry objects weighing up to 20-50 pounds.
  • Work requires ability to stand +/- 90% of the time.
  • Work requires ability to stoop and bend, to reach, and grab with arms and hands; manual dexterity and to communicate with others.
  • Work requires proofreading and checking documents for accuracy.
  • Work requires ability to use a keyboard and visualize a computer monitor to enter words or data.
  • Clinic may be crowded and noisy.
  • Some stress resulting from the diversity and the intensity of patients and their care.
  • OSHA personal exposure risk category I & II.
  • Airborne personal exposure risk category I (Possible exposure of the healthcare worker to patients capable of transmitting M. tuberculosis). Universal precautions will be adhered to at all times.

Environmental/Working Conditions

  • Medical office environment.

Cultural Expectations

  • Understands Christ Health Center Mission Statement and Values.
  • Consistently displays Christ Health Center's Mission on a daily basis.
  • Treats patients, visitors and co-workers with love and respect.