Per Diem Inpatient Pharmacy Technician - Santa Monica Medical Center

University of California - Los Angeles Health; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health is looking for a passionate Pharmacy Technician to join their team, focusing on drug distribution and sterile compounding. This per diem role requires a California Pharmacy Technician license and offers varied hours across multiple locations. You will play a vital role in ensuring exceptional patient care by working closely with healthcare professionals to manage pharmaceutical needs effectively.

Qualifications

• 2+ years inpatient pharmacy experience highly preferred.
• Ability to lift 25 lbs and push 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Perform drug distribution duties and inventory management.
• Prepare IV solutions and maintain records.

Skills

Pharmaceutical calculations

Knowledge of pharmaceutical names

Medical terminology

Aseptic technique

Computer order entry

Communication skills

Chemotherapy compounding

Education

CA Pharmacy Technician license

Job description

Description

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.

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, UCan at UCLA Health.

Schedule: Varied hours, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays.

Hourly Salary Rate: $35.20 (Pharmacy Technician I Per Diem) or $41.87 (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

Qualifications

• CA Pharmacy Technician license - Required.
• 2 years of inpatient pharmacy experience - Highly preferred.
• 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 technique.
• 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