Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)

AvaMed, Inc; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

AvaMed Workforce in Sacramento, CA seeks a licensed Pharmacy Technician for a full-time temporary assignment at a correctional facility. Responsibilities include processing prescriptions, maintaining patient profiles, and compounding medications under pharmacist supervision.

Requirements: California Pharmacy Technician license and at least 1 year of experience. Schedule is Monday–Friday with potential orientation days; local traveler options offer different hourly rates.

Qualifications

• Must have a Pharmacy Technician license issued by the California State Board of Pharmacy.
• Must have 1 full year of experience as a Licensed Pharmacy Technician.

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of the Pharmacist-in-Charge and Pharmacist, provide services within the scope of practice for a Pharmacy Technician, in accordance with Federal and State laws and institution policies.
• Receive prescription/medical orders; obtain information to establish patient medical profiles; assess orders for completeness, correctness, authenticity, and legality.
• Enter prescription information onto patient profiles; calibrate equipment; compound medications as directed; measure and dispense finished dosage forms.
• Record preparation of medications, including controlled substances, and label containers; perform intermediate checks during processing.

Education

Pharmacy Technician License (California State Board of Pharmacy)

Job description

AvaMed Workforce is a Healthcare Staffing Agency that staffs all of California State Correctional Facilities. At the moment we are inURGENTneed of aPharmacy Technicianto take on a Full-Time assignment at the correctional facility located inSacramento,CA.

Position Details:

• 40 Hours per week
• Location: Sacramento, CA
• Schedule: Monday-Friday, 6700am-3:00pm
• (3 days Orientation)
• Rate: $20/hr ($800/week) as Local$22/hr ($880/week) as Traveler

Requirements:

• Must have a Pharmacy Technician license issued by the California State Board of Pharmacy.
• Must have 1-Full year of experience as a Licensed Pharmacy Technician.

Job Description:

• Under the direction of the Pharmacist-in-Charge, Pharmacist, or designee, Temporary/Relief Pharmacy Technician shall provide services as permitted within the scope of practice for a Pharmacy Technician, in accordance with Federal and State laws and regulations and Institution’s policies and procedures.
• Receive prescription/medical orders;
• Obtain information on new patient/youth to establish patient medical profile, such as diagnosis or desired therapeutic outcome, allergies, adverse reaction(s), and medical history;
• Assess prescription/medication order for completeness, correctness, authenticity, and legality;
• Enter prescription information onto patient/youth profile;
• Calibrate equipment needed to prepare or compound the prescription/medication order;
• Compound medications for dispensing according to prescription formula or instructions;
• Measure or count finished dosage forms for dispensing;
• Record preparation of medication in various dosage forms;
• Record preparation of controlled substances for dispensing;
• Package the preparation;
• Prepare and affix label(s) and auxiliary label(s) to container(s);
• Perform intermediate checks of the prescription/medication order during processing;