
Outpatient Pharmacy Technician Trainee
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Job overview
The Outpatient Pharmacy Technician Trainee works under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist and may perform packaging and other non-discretionary pharmacy tasks, including counting, pouring, or mixing pharmaceuticals. The role also involves placing products in containers, affixing labels, and packaging or repackaging items. Candidates need a high school diploma or GED, a California Pharmacy Technician License, and successful completion of Kaiser’s Outpatient Pharmacy Technician Program.
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Job Summary:
Under direct supervision of a licensed Pharmacist, may perform packaging, manipulative, repetitive, & other non discretionary tasks, including removing drugs from stock, counting, pouring, or mixing pharmaceutical.
Essential Responsibilities:
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Under direct supervision of a licensed Pharmacist, may perform packaging, manipulative, repetitive, & other non discretionary tasks, including removing drugs from stock, counting, pouring, or mixing pharmaceutical
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Placing product into a container
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Affixing label(s) onto container
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Packaging & repackaging
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Performs other duties as required
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- N/A
Education
- High School diploma or GED equivalent
License, Certification, Registration
- Pharmacy Technician License (California)
Additional Requirements:
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Successful completion of the Kaiser Outpatient Pharmacy Technician Program required
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Working knowledge of current drug forms, dosage strengths, generic & trade name equivalents
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Knowledge of Federal & State laws / regulations regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services
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Ability to learn & operate the pharmacy computer system & other equipment
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Ability to stand for long periods of time w/ frequent bending, stooping, lifting & reaching
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Ability to read, understand & transcribe pharmaceutical information
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Lift or transport items of 1 - 50 lbs
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Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members & to customers, contracted providers, & vendors
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Excellent verbal & written communication skills
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Must pass entrance exam and background check
Preferred Qualifications:
- N/A
COMPANY: KAISER
TITLE: Outpatient Pharmacy Technician Trainee
LOCATION: San Diego, California
REQNUMBER: 1452215
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.
How this job compares
Set against the 13,457 open Pharmacy Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$47–72K/yr203 salary ranges
- California median$20–29/hr757 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 831 open Pharmacy Technician jobs in California and 13,457 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- CVS Health244 open
- Walgreens237 open
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- Experience
- Pharmacy Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (2,652 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 4,573 of the 13,457 open Pharmacy Technician jobs (34%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Pay, requirements and demand for Pharmacy Technician jobs
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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