Pharmacy Technician

CommonSpirit Health; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento seeks a Pharmacy Tech to ensure safe and accurate medication distribution under pharmacist supervision. You will handle IV admixtures, unit-dose dispensing, narcotics control, and floor stock while maintaining strict safety and accuracy protocols.

The role emphasizes patient safety, adherence to infection control, and reliability in a high-volume hospital setting to support doctors, nurses, and patients with timely medications.

Qualifications

• One (1) year of acute care hospital pharmacy practice experience or six (6) week externship at a Dignity Health Sacramento Division Hospital or five (5) years of recent Retail Pharmacy experience processing TARs and PAs (within the last 3 years) or one (1) year of recent Pharmacy Managed Care experience (within the last 3 years) and CA Pharmacy Technician license.

Responsibilities

• Prepares IV admixtures accurately using aseptic technique and properly labels, logs and initials final product.
• Fills unit dose orders timely and accurately, including extemporaneous compounding.
• Omnicell/floor stock medications filled accurately and in a timely manner.
• Follows narcotic sign-out and restocking procedures with documentation of discrepancies.
• Fills unit dose cassettes accurately and within time standards.
• Completes all job tasks for assigned shift daily.

Skills

Attention to detail

Patient safety focus

Team collaboration

Follow safety protocols

Education

CA Pharmacy Technician License

ASHP-accredited program (preferred)

Tools

Omnicell

IV admixtures preparation

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 will 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.

• 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; Exceeds (3) top quartile. Does Not Meet (1) Bottom quartile.
• Fills unit dose orders timely and accurately, including extemporaneous compounding. Exceeds (3) top quartile. Does Not Meet (1) Bottom quartile.
• Omnicell/floor stock medications are filled accurately and in a timely manner. Exceeds (3) top quartile. Does Not Meet (1) Bottom quartile.
• Follows department narcotic sign-out and restocking procedure including investigation and documentation of discrepancies. Measured by compliance per year. Exceeds (3) top quartile. Does Not Meet (1) Bottom quartile.
• Fills unit dose cassettes accurately and within allotted time standard set by department. Measurement procedure: Exceeds (3) top quartile. Does Not Meet (1) Bottom quartile.
• Completes all job tasks for assigned shift on a daily basis.

Job Requirements

Required

• One (1) year of acute care hospital pharmacy practice experience or
• Six (6) week Pharmacy Technician externship at a Dignity Health Sacramento Division Hospital or
• Five (5) years of recent Retail Pharmacy experience processing TARs and PAs (within the last 3 years) or
• One (1) year of recent experience in Pharmacy Managed Care (within the last 3 years) and
• Pharmacy Technician: CA.

Preferred

• Completion of an ASHP accredited Pharmacy Technician program and Experience in the preparation of intravenous admixtures and antineoplastic/chemotherapeutic/hazardous medications.
• Experience working in a USP 797 clean room.
• Certified Pharmacy Tech PTCB.
• Certified Pharmacy Tech NCCT.
• Certified Pharmacy Tech ECPT.

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1925, Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital is a 310-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, cancer care, women's health, and neurology. Additionally, Mercy General Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.

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