Pharmacy Production Technician

Description

The Pharmacy Production Technician performs core medication production activities across filling, pre-pack, tote, and related workflows to ensure medications are prepared, tracked, packaged, and staged accurately for pharmacist verification and delivery. Technicians may be assigned duties associated with standard production, overnight production, DOSIS, control room, emergency kits, IV/compounding, returns/receiving/inventory, and toting/filling.

Job Responsibilities:

• Print medication labels and match them to prescription orders.
• Fill and hand-pack medications according to procedures and safety standards.
• Submit prepared medications for pharmacist verification and quality assurance.
• Operate approved pre-pack automation and monitor packaging accuracy.
• Troubleshoot routine equipment issues within established authority and escalate as needed.
• Verify, scan, tote, and stage medications in the correct facility receptacles and delivery sequence.
• Maintain organized workstations, replenish supplies, and support production targets.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

•  High school diploma, GED, or equivalent capability. 
•  Pharmacy technician registration, license, or authorization as required by the work location. 
•  Ability to accurately handle, prepare, label, document, and track medications within established technician scope and procedures. 
•  Working proficiency with pharmacy systems/technology and basic medication-related math. 
•  Strong attention to detail, communication, prioritization, and ability to work in a fast-paced pharmacy environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

•  1–3 years of pharmacy technician, medication-production, or comparable regulated-work experience. 
•  PTCB/CPhT certification where not required. 
•  Long-term care, closed-door, institutional, or high-volume pharmacy experience. 
•  Automated packaging, blister-card, tote, or high-volume closed-door pharmacy experience. 

Compensation: $18-26 per hour