Pharmacy Technician Per Diem

MemorialCare; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

MemorialCare Health System in Long Beach, CA seeks a Per Diem Pharmacy Technician to support the Pharmacy - Todd Cancer Center. Working days (8hr) with a pay rate of $26.00/hr, the role involves under pharmacist supervision processing new orders, accessing EHR data, and delivering medications to nurses while maintaining inventories.

The position requires 1+ year hospital inpatient technician experience, California licensure as a pharmacy technician, and knowledge of pharmacy terminology.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of medical and pharmacy terminology.
• Strong communication skills with coworkers and health care workers.
• Ability to manage inventory and prep medications accurately.

Responsibilities

• Triage medication requests and fill new orders accurately for pharmacist review.
• Use computer systems and automation to dispense medications and support accurate billing.
• Fill patient cassettes, ADCs, or delivery bins in a timely manner; restock as needed.
• Order and restock inventory to maximize turnover and minimize shortages.
• Ensure proper storage conditions; document temperature logs and remove expired products.

Skills

Pharmacy terminology

Verbal communication

Inventory management

Education

California Pharmacy Technician license

Job description

Title: Pharmacy Technician

Location: Long Beach, CA

Department: Pharmacy - Todd Cancer Center

Status: Per Diem

Shift: Days (8hr)

Pay Rate*: $26.00/hr

At MemorialCare Health System, we believe in providing extraordinary healthcare to our communities and an exceptional working environment for our employees. Memorial Care stands for excellence in Healthcare. Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation and teamwork.

Position Summary

The Pharmacy Technician Per Diem works cooperatively with pharmacy staff to provide safe, accurate and timely delivery of medications to patients. Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, the Pharmacy Technician Resource processes new orders, accesses appropriate patient information in the electronic health record (EHR), issues drug doses to nurses, fills unit dose cassettes and automated dispensing cabinets (ADC), packages and compounds patient doses and maintains drug inventories.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job

• Has the ability to triage medication requests and fill new medication orders accurately and efficiently, organizing his/her work to allow the pharmacist to efficiently check the medications prepared.
• Understands the laws governing the maintenance of appropriate drug control for all drugs, including Schedules II-V.
• Able to effectively use computer and automation resources relevant to their practice area to accurately provide medications in a timely manner and ensure accurate billing.
• Able to accurately fill patient medication cassettes, automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) or drug delivery bins and/or restock ADC medications in a timely manner as relevant to their practice.
• Able to deliver/exchange cassettes/drug delivery bins and/or restock ADC medications in a timely manner as relevant to their practice area.
• Able to order and restock inventory to maximize inventory turnover, prevent stock-outs, and minimize expired drugs.
• Ensures correct storage conditions for medications, documents temperature logs, checks for expired drug products and other defects and removes them from inventory.
• Able to extemporaneously prepare unit dose packages, compound oral solutions and prepare uncomplicated IV admixtures or patient-specific unit dose injections using proper aseptic technique and following USP 797 standards as relevant to their practice area.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications/Work Experience:

• 1+ year of experience as a hospital pharmacy inpatient technician or successful completion of a recognized pharmacy-technician training program.
• Has knowledge of medical and pharmacy terminology, weights and measures, and pharmacy calculations.
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally with coworkers and health care workers.

Education/Licensure/Certification:

• Current licensure as a pharmacy technician in the State of California.