PHARMACY/SR CERTIFIED TECH
Yakima, WAJob$26.5/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Pharmacy/Sr Certified Tech supports pharmacy operations and patient care, including vaccinations, point-of-care testing, product verification, dispensing, and training pharmacy associates. The role assists pharmacists, supports workflow through shift leadership, and helps maintain safety and department standards. Candidates need a high school diploma or GED, specified pharmacy technician experience and training, and applicable registration, certification, or licensure.
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Full job description
Provide and train others to provide exceptional customer service to help people live healthier lives by treating our customers/employees in a fair and ethical manner, providing a safe, clean, inclusive environment, being a responsible member of the community, providing the right products, services, and care at the right time with fair and accurate pricing. Provide direct patient intervention by providing health and wellness services and experiences relevant to the patient as allowable by and consistent with state and federal laws. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety. RESPONSIBILITIES - Support company Health and Wellness initiatives
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Understand and adhere to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations and the company's policies regarding HIPPA
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Maintain a current national and/or state registration, certification, or license depending on state requirements
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Responsible for administering vaccinations, point of care testing, completing Technician Product Verification, and other advanced pharmacy technician duties as allowed by state law
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Assist pharmacist in all responsibilities except those that require a pharmacist's professional judgement
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Provide a stellar customer experience while accurately and efficiently completing all steps of reception, data entry, adjudication, and product dispensing
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Provide day-to-day training support for pharmacy associates and encourage, monitor, and assist new techs through the technician training program (Except California)
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Ensure execution of department standards by leading by example
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Serve as an alternative representative for store-wide meetings/huddles
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Support workflow and pharmacist over-sight through shift leadership, delegating station rotation and best solutions to any issues that may arise
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Act as pharmacy safety subject matter expert by being able to recognize areas of opportunity and coach to correctness as appropriate
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Comply with and reinforce all sanitation and safety regulations/guidelines/procedures and programs according to company, local, state, and federal health code regulations; identify unsafe conditions and notify store management
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Comply with local, state and federal regulations; report all illegal activity, including robbery, theft or fraud
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Must be willing and able to adequately perform all essential job functions and tasks of a Pharmacy Certified Technician
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Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
QUALIFICATIONS Minimum
High School Diploma or GED
1 year of Pharmacy Certified Technician experience within the Kroger enterprise (Except California)
Must be at least 18 years of age
Completion of companyapproved Technician Product Verification program and ongoing maintenance requirements as allowed by state law
Completion of companyapproved Point of Care training program and ongoing maintenance requirements as allowed by state law
Completion of companyapproved practical immunization training program and ongoing maintenance requirements
Active enrollment in American Heart Association Basic Life Support course
Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and protect sensitive information
Excellent oral/written communication skills
Selfmotivated, able to organize, prioritize, plan and meet deadlines
Proven attention to detail and stellar customer service skills
Completion of national and/or state registration, certification or licensure depending upon state requirements
Desired
1 year of previous experience in a management or supervisory role
$26.50 - $26.50 per hour
How this job compares
Set against the 13,567 open Pharmacy Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$26.5/hr
- Washington median$21–29/hr234 hourly ranges
- US median$18–27/hr10,773 hourly ranges
This rate, $26.50/hr, is 5% above the Washington median midpoint ($25/hr) — in the middle half of Pharmacy Technician hourly ranges in Washington.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 252 open Pharmacy Technician jobs in Washington and 13,567 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Washington
- Walgreens73 open
- CVS Health46 open
- Walmart34 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Pharmacy Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (2,594 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 4,794 of the 13,567 open Pharmacy Technician jobs (35%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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