Pharmacy Technician - Sharp Tri-City Medical Center - Day Shift - Per Diem

150 Sharp Tri-City Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 38,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp Tri-City Medical Center is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to assist pharmacists in ordering, preparing, and distributing medications. Responsibilities include preparing IV additives using aseptic technique, restocking supplies, and maintaining the IV room and pharmacy in an orderly state.

Requirements include a high school diploma, IV admixture experience, and a California Pharmacy Technician License or California Intern Pharmacist license.

Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent is required.
• IV admixture experience is required (OP Infusion Center only).
• California Pharmacy Technician License or California Intern Pharmacist license is REQUIRED.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a safe, clean working environment in the pharmacy.
• Restocks supplies and maintains the IV room.
• Delivers patient medications to nursing stations and ensures accurate restocking.
• Prepares admixtures using aseptic technique and priorities multiple patients.
• Maintains clean room equipment and monitors temperatures and pressures.
• Stores and disposes of IV medications and hazardous items correctly.
• Uses C2 safe and runs daily discrepancy checks.
• Prepares all admixtures utilizing aseptic technique for multiple patients.
• Checks expiration dates and removes outdated medications.

Skills

IV sterile technique

Computer skills

Brand/generic knowledge

Education

HS Diploma or Equivalent

CA Pharmacy Technician License or CA Intern Pharmacist

Job description

Hours: Shift Start Time: Not Specified Shift End Time: Not Specified AWS Hours Requirement: 10/40 - 10 Hour Shift Additional Shift Information: Weekend Requirements: Every Other On-Call Required: No Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $27.370 - $27.370 - $30.110 The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

What You Will Do

Assists Pharmacists and the Department of Pharmacy at Tri-City Medical Center in ordering, preparing, and distributing medications. Prepares IV additives and solutions as required using aseptic technique.Responsible for ordering and restocking supplies, and maintaining the IV room and pharmacy in a neat and orderly manner.

Required Qualifications

H.S. Diploma or Equivalent IV admixture experience, required (OP Infusion Center only) California Pharmacy Technician License (TCH) - CA State Board of Pharmacy; OR California Intern Pharmacist - CA State Board of Pharmacy -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

Six (6) months hospital pharmacy experience Pyxis med station and CII Safe experience. Chemotherapy preparation experience. Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) - Pharmacy Technician Certification Board -PREFERRED

Essential Functions

1. 1. Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit based safety and infection control requirements.
2. 2. Scans medications into and out of carousel and C2 safe at all times. Scans medications being refilled into automated dispensing machine (ADM) at all times ensuring correct medication is being restocked.
3. 3. Delivers patient medications to individual nursing stations. This includes STAT bags, ADM loads, ADM refills & IV medications. Checks nursing floors for items unused to be brought back to the pharmacy for reuse or destruction. Ensure STAT medications are filled and delivered timely. Utilizes scanning device to scan medications delivered to the floors, ensuring item is delivered to the appropriate place.
4. 4. Prepares bulk medications using unit dose system. Prepares any non-sterile special items that need to be compounded. Restock crash carts, miscellaneous kits, floor stock requisitions as needed. Assists with putting the wholesale or other direct orders away.
5. 5. Maintains appropriate garbing, cleaning and maintenance of the Clean Room Suite and all equipment including Laminar Airflow Hood and BSC hood per USP797 and CA State Board of Pharmacy regulations. Monitors refrigerator temperatures, room temperatures and differential pressures in the HD, Ante and Clean Room. Documents all activities online daily.
6. 6. Maintains the pharmacy in a clean and orderly manner. Properly stores, handles and disposes of IV medications and supplies, including hazardous medications and supplies.
7. 7. Uses the C2 safe appropriately and runs compare report daily to catch any discrepancies and notifies Controlled Substance Technician or manager.
8. 8. Prepares all admixtures utilizing aseptic technique. Prioritizes admixture preparation for multiple patients.
9. 9. Routinely checks expiration dates in ADM and in the pharmacy; removing outdated medications and putting in the appropriate area.
10. 10. Other duties as assigned by supervisor or manager.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Computer skills. IV sterile technique competency. Brand/generic name knowledge.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California, with four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan. We provide medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery. Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care. Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care. At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affiliated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families. It’s what we call The Sharp Experience – treating each person with dignity, compassion and respect, and using our clinical excellence and advanced technology to deliver the highest-quality patient care. We are dedicated to transforming the health care experience by making Sharp the best place to work, the best place to practice medicine and the best place to receive care in San Diego.