Float Inpatient Pharmacy Technician (Per Diem) - UCLA West Valley Medical Center

UCLA Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 53,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health in West Hills, CA seeks a Pharmacy Technician Per Diem to support inpatient and outpatient medication distribution, sterile compounding, and inventory control. The role requires flexibility to float across pharmacy areas and to work varied shifts including days, evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities include dispensing, pre-packaging, IV preparation, refrigeration/ hood maintenance, billing and compliance, with strong emphasis on accuracy and teamwork in a

Qualifications

• Accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations.
• Know drug names, dosages and cross-reference common drugs.
• Understand medical terminology and abbreviations.
• Prepare intravenous solutions using aseptic techniques.
• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Enter medication orders and generate related reports.
• Communicate clearly with pharmacists, nurses and physicians.
• Compound chemotherapy per departmental guidelines.
• Lift up to 25 lbs and push up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Under supervision of a registered pharmacist, perform drug distribution and pre-packaging in inpatient areas.
• Maintain Pyxis medstations inventory and check for outdates.
• Handle IV and chemotherapy sterile compounding.
• Record refrigerator temperatures and hood cleaning; assist with billing, housekeeping and security tasks.
• Float between medication reconciliation and inpatient pharmacy to ensure efficient medication management.

Skills

Pharma calculations

Drug names & dosages

Medical terminology

Aseptic IV prep

Independent work

Computer order entry

Communication skills

Chemotherapy compounding

Lifting capability

Tools

Pyxis medstations

Job description

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Work Location: West Hills, CA, USA

Work Schedule

Varied shifts, depending on department needs, including days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. You will be required to float to multiple areas within the Pharmacy department.

Posted Date

11/04/2026

Salary Range: $46.62 - 46.62 Hourly

Employment Type

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

33871

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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You bring more than skill, knowledge, and expertise to your role as an allied health professional. You bring a deep passion for improving the lives of everyone around you. At UCLA Health, we’re committed to fostering a working environment where you are supported and empowered to be your best. You’ll love it here!

Under direct supervision of a registered pharmacist, when assigned to an inpatient practice area, performs those repetitive and manipulative activities which primarily consist of drug distribution duties, pre-packaging, maintaining the inventory in the Pyxis medstations (filling the medstation daily, checking for outdates), IV and chemotherapy sterile compounding, record keeping (refrigerator temperature logs and hood cleaning), billing, housekeeping and security functions. You willfloat between medication reconciliation and inpatient pharmacy departments to ensure seamless and efficient medication management.

UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles as well as the David Geffen School of Medicine. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become Los Angeles’ trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care. If you’re looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, you can at UCLA Health.

Schedule: Varied shifts, depending on department needs, including days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. You will be required to float to multiple areas within the Pharmacy department.

Hourly Salary Rate: $39.20 (Pharmacy Technician I Per Diem) or $46.62 (Pharmacy Technician II Per Diem)

• Pharmacy Technician I Per Diem (9279): Less than 2 years of experience
• Pharmacy Technician II Per Diem (9278): Equal to or more than 2 years of experience

Bargaining Unit: EX - AFSCME

Job Qualifications

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We’re seeking a dedicated clinical professional with:

• Ability to accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical generic and trade names and their dosage forms, and the ability to cross-reference the most common drugs from memory.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and pharmaceutical abbreviations.
• Skill in preparing intravenous solutions using aseptic techniques.
• Ability to work independently and follow-through on assignments with minimal supervision.
• Skill in computer order entry of medication orders as well as other related computer entry tasks and computer report generation.
• Telephone and verbal skills required to communicate clearly and effectively with pharmacists, nurses, physicians and other allied health professionals.
• Ability to compound chemotherapy solution utilizing departmental guidelines for the preparation/distribution of cytotoxic agents.
• Ability to lift 25 lbs and push 50 lbs.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer. Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.