Hospital Pharmacy Tech: IV Admixtures & Patient Safety

Dignity Health; California; On-site; USD 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health's Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, CA seeks a Pharmacy Technician to provide safe and effective medications under a Pharmacist's guidance. You will ensure prescriptions are authentic, prepared correctly, and dispensed appropriately, while maintaining a clean, compliant work area and supporting a smooth, patient-focused pharmacy operation.

Key duties include IV admixture preparation, unit dose filling, Narctics procedures, and accurate daily QA logging, with focus on

Qualifications

• Certified Pharmacy Technician per Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.
• Registration with the California State Board of Pharmacy as a registered technician.
• One year of acute care hospital pharmacy practice experience or a six week externship at a Dignity Health Sacramento Division Hospital.
• Five years of recent Retail Pharmacy experience processing TARs and PAs (within last 3 years).
• One year of recent experience in Pharmacy Managed Care (within last 3 years).
• Pharmacy Technician: CA.

Responsibilities

• Prepares IV admixtures accurately using aseptic technique and properly labels, logs and initials final product.
• Measurement procedure: accuracy documented on daily IV shift Quality Assurance log.
• Fills unit dose orders timely and accurately, including extemporaneous compounding.
• Omnicell/floor stock medications are filled accurately and in a timely manner.
• Follows department narcotic sign-out and restocking procedure including investigation and documentation of discrepancies.
• Measured by compliance per year.

Education

Pharmacy Technician Certification Board

ASHP accredited Pharmacy Technician program

Tools

Omnicell

Job description

Dignity Health's Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, CA seeks a Pharmacy Technician to provide safe and effective medications under a Pharmacist's guidance. You will ensure prescriptions are authentic, prepared correctly, and dispensed appropriately, while maintaining a clean, compliant work area and supporting a smooth, patient-focused pharmacy operation.

Key duties include IV admixture preparation, unit dose filling, Narctics procedures, and accurate daily QA logging, with focus on