Pharmacy Tech III

Dignity Health; Red Bluff (CA); On-site; USD 48,519 - 56,784; Full time

Job summary

A nonprofit healthcare provider in California is seeking a Pharmacy Technician who will ensure accurate medication delivery and patient safety. In this role, you will fill prescriptions, manage medication orders, and assist with IV preparation, adhering to all safety protocols. The ideal candidate has completed a Pharmacy Technician program, holds the necessary certifications, and is committed to providing excellent patient care. This position offers a competitive hourly wage between $35.22 and $41.22.

Qualifications

• Completed Pharmacy Technician program upon hire.
• Licensed as a Pharmacy Technician in California.
• PTCB certification is required upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Deliver medications accurately and efficiently.
• Fill and process patient medication cassettes rapidly.
• Prepare IV medications using sterile techniques.

Skills

Attention to detail

Patient care

Communication skills

Education

Completed Pharmacy Technician program

Pharmacy Technician certification (CA)

Certified Pharmacy Tech PTCB

Job description

Job Summary And Responsibilities

As our Pharmacy Tech, you'll help our patients feel better by providing safe and effective medications to them. You'll help our doctors and nurses feel better knowing that you are providing accurate and timely medication to patients.

Every day, you'll build trust by being extremely thorough and accurate at all times. Patient safety is your top priority, so you do everything you can to ensure all prescriptions are authentic, prepared correctly both in medication type and dosing, and are dispensed appropriately, under the Pharmacist's guidance.

To be successful in this role, you follow all safety protocols, including those intended to prevent infection, and you keep a clean work area at all times. You are eager to learn or help out in any way needed to keep the pharmacy running smoothly and get our patients their medications.

• Delivers medications to designated areas accurately and efficiently, including consolidating trips and recognizing priorities
• Fills and bills patient cassettes accurately and efficiently, processes patient charges and credits accurately and rapidly into the computer and delivers and exchanges cassettes efficiently
• Fills stock, Unit dose medications, medication orders accurately, efficiently and in a timely manner taking into account specific patient needs
• Completes outpatient pharmacy functions according to departmental processes which includes but is not limited to: calling in prescription refills to the physician offices and processing take home prescriptions
• Stocks take home area, shelves and medication bins and all areas of the pharmacy
• Conducts IV preparation functions according to departmental processes using sterile technique

Job Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Completed Pharmacy Technician program, upon hire
• Pharmacy Technician: CA, upon hire
• Certified Pharmacy Tech PTCB, upon hire

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 years of Hospital Pharmacy and Sterile compounding experience

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1906, Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital is a 76-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Red Bluff, California. Serving over 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level III Trauma Center, heart care, cancer care, and a family birth center. Additionally, St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center. It has been named a Top Rural Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for two consecutive years, one of only 16 rural hospitals in the US to achieve this award.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Pay Range

$35.22 - $41.22 /hour