Pharmacy Technician Per Diem

MemorialCare; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

MemorialCare Health System in Long Beach, CA, is seeking a Pharmacy Technician per diem to support the Pharmacy - Todd Cancer Center. Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, the technician processes new orders, accesses the EHR, issues drug doses to nurses, fills unit dose cassettes and ADCs, and maintains drug inventories.

The role requires 1+ year of hospital pharmacy inpatient experience or completion of a recognized program, knowledge of medical/pharmacy terminology, and California

Qualifications

• 1+ year of experience as a hospital pharmacy inpatient technician or completion of a recognized pharmacy-technician training program.
• Knowledge of medical and pharmacy terminology, weights and measures, and pharmacy calculations.
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally with coworkers and health care workers.
• Current licensure as a pharmacy technician in the State of California.

Responsibilities

• Triages medication requests and fills new medication orders accurately and efficiently.
• Understands laws governing drug control (Schedules II-V).
• Uses computer and automation resources to provide medications accurately and timely; ensures correct billing.
• Fills patient medication cassettes, ADCs, or drug delivery bins; restocks ADC medications as needed.
• Delivers/exchanges cassettes or restock ADC medications as relevant to practice area.
• Orders and restocks inventory to maximize turnover and prevent stock-outs.
• Maintains correct storage conditions and documents temperature logs; checks for expired drugs.
• Extemporaneously prepares unit dose packages and uncomplicated IV admixtures following USP 797 standards.

Skills

Pharmacy terminology

Communication skills

Weights and measures

Tools

EHR system

Unit dose automation (ADC)

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.