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Pharmacy Technician
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A Pharmacy Technician works under the direction of a pharmacist to dispense prescription medications. Serves customers and helps to fill prescriptions. Works in a retail pharmacy or healthcare facility.
$39,955 / year median in Missouri
+9% projected growth
Job Description
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$29.00
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Position range in St. Joseph, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area $17.24 - $21.99 Per hour Pharmacy Technician
Optum
Occupation:
Pharmacy TechniciansLocation:
Saint Joseph, MO - 64501Job Type:
Full Time (30 Hours or More)Posted:
08/25/2026 Positions available: 1Source:
UnitedHealth GroupWeb Site:
www.unitedhealthgroup.com Job #: 2383961 Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Opens a new window. Work Onsite Full Time Schedule Full Time Job Description Help for Job Description. Opens a new window. "A Day in the Life" video Opportunities with Genoa Healthcare. A career with Genoa Healthcare means you're part of a collaborative effort to serve behavioral health and addiction treatment communities. We do more than just provide medicine: we change lives for the better. People with serious mental or chronic illness - and those who care for them - have moving stories, and at Genoa we become their voice, their partner. Working as part of a coordinated care team, we partner with community-based providers and others to ensure that people with complex health conditions get the right medications and are able to follow their treatment plans. Our personalized services - in-clinic pharmacies, medication management and more - are leading the way to a new level of care. Genoa is a pharmacy care services company that is part of Optum and UnitedHealth Group's family of businesses. We are part of a leading information and technology-enabled health services business dedicated to making the health system work better for everyone. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. We seek a Pharmacy Technician to support all functions of the Genoa mental health pharmacy, primarily through dispensing medical prescriptions and performing necessary clerical duties while under the direct supervision of a registered pharmacist.Hours:
Monday through Friday with 8-hour shifts between the hours of 8:00am-5:00pm with lunch from 12:00pm to 1:00pmLocation:
724 N 22nd St., St. Joseph, MO 64506Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide exceptional customer service to all consumers and clinic
- Fills prescription orders and makes them available for verification under direct supervision of the registered pharmacist
- Orders, receives, and stores incoming pharmacy supplies
- Receives and processes wholesaler medication orders
- Verifies medication stock and enters data in computer to maintain inventory records
- Works with the Pharmacist to assist in the pharmacy functions and keeping the pharmacy in compliance with all federal and state requirements
- Performs various clerical duties relating to the department
- Communicates with strong professional verbal and written communication skills
- Other duties as assigned What are the reasons to consider working for UnitedHealth Group?
Some of our offerings include:
- Paid Time Off which you start to accrue with your first pay period plus 8 Paid Holidays
- Medical Plan options along with participation in a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving account
- Dental, Vision, Life& AD&D Insurance along with Short-term disability and Long-Term Disability coverage
- 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Education Reimbursement
- Employee Discounts
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.
Required Qualifications:
- Active and unrestricted Pharmacy Technician license in the state of Missouri
- Access to reliable transportation
Preferred Qualifications:
- National Pharmacy Technician Certification
- Pharmacy and prescription data entry experience Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc.