Pharmacy Technician Storekeeper - Per Diem

UCLA Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 53,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health is seeking a Pharmacy Technician per diem to support the storeroom and procurement functions within our award-winning health system. The role focuses on maintaining par levels, processing orders, and ensuring accuracy in pharmaceutical inventory across designated storage areas.

The position entails varied shifts, including weekends and holidays, with opportunities to work onsite or remotely as needed within UCLA Health’s pharmacy network.

Qualifications

• 1 year storeroom or procurement experience in inpatient or outpatient setting.
• Knowledge of purchasing practices such as inventory control.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and pharmaceutical abbreviations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain par levels and inventory for pharmaceuticals.
• Receive and store incoming drug products and check quantities.
• Process departmental orders and contribute to interdepartmental medication handling.

Skills

Inventory control

Purchasing

Pharmacy terminology

Pharmacy calculations

Care Connect

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

AA degree preferred

Tools

Windows OS

Job description

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Varied shifts, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays

Posted Date

03/16/2026

Salary Range: $46.62 - 46.62 Hourly

Employment Type

Duration

Job #

32996

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Play a key role in the delivery of world-class patient care. Continuously elevate quality of care within an award winning health system. Leverage your expertise to make a life changing difference. At UCLA Health Pharmacy, you can do all this and more.

Under the supervision of Senior Storeroom Personnel, you will work in conjunction with and independently to ensure inventory levels for pharmaceuticals are at par in designated storage areas. Duties may include establishing par levels, cycle counts, ordering product to replenish par levels, procuring non-formularydrugs, interdepartmental medication billing, filling departmental orders to the satellite pharmacies and clinics. You will be required to receive and store incoming drug products and supplies, verify quantities against invoices and check for outdated/expired medications in current inventory.

Schedule: Varied shifts, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays

Hourly Salary Rate: $39.20 (Pharmacy Technician I Per Diem) or $46.62 (Pharmacy Technician II Per Diem)

• Pharmacy Technician I Per Diem (9279): Less than 2 years of experience
• Pharmacy Technician II Per Diem (9278): Equal to or more than 2 years of experience

Bargaining Unit: EX - AFSCME

Job Qualifications

We’re seeking a dedicated professional with:

• 1 year storeroom or procurement experience in inpatient or outpatient setting
• Completion of high school or equivalent
• Preferred 2 year Associate of Arts degree
• Knowledge of purchasing practices such as inventory control.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and pharmaceutical abbreviations.
• Skill in operating a Windows-based computer used to purchase drugs and maintain pharmacy inventory catalog for order entry system.
• Skills in writing grammatically correct routine business correspondence such as departmental memorandum, performance evaluations.
• Ability to speak on a one-to-one basis using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain information, resolve problems, and explain policies and procedures.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with internal and external staff.
• Skill in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing numbers to determine minimum and maximum par levels and order quantities.
• Ability to accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations.
• Skill in performing under the stress of frequent interruptions and/or distraction.
• Skill in working independently and flowing through on assignments with minimal directions.
• Skill in prioritizing assignments to complete work in a timely manner when there are changes in workload and under the pressure of ordering deadlines.
• Ability to walk, reach and bend. Ability to push/pull up to one hundred (50) pounds and left/carry various items weighing up to (25) pounds. Ability to maneuver pallets onto a pallet jack, count product above and below waist level.
• Knowledge of using hand held ordering devices.
• Knowledge of using Care Connect.
• Knowledge of ordering specific products in distributors online access modules.
• Knowledge of knowing pharmacy cost centers and natural expense classifications.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer. Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.