Senior Pharmacy Technician: Infusion & Sterile Compounding

University of California - San Francisco; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California - San Francisco seeks a Pharmacy Technician 2 to support pharmaceutical care across UCSF Health locations. Responsibilities include sterile compounding, chemotherapy preparation, and inventory control under pharmacist supervision.

Required: completion of an accredited technician program and 2 years hospital experience. Licensure with the California Board of Pharmacy is mandatory; IV additive experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited Pharmacy Technician Training Program ( externship included ).
• Minimum two years' experience as a Pharmacy Technician in hospitals or health care.

Responsibilities

• Perform chemotherapy, investigational drugs, monoclonal antibodies, vaccines and sterile compounds in PEC environments per USP 797/800.
• Maintain and optimize dispensing and delivery machines to ensure medication availability.
• Maintain pharmacy programs and software used for production and fulfillment.
• Assist staff with computer databases, data entry and software tasks.
• Oversee inventory including cycle counts, recalls, and ordering from wholesalers; manage 340B needs.
• Maintain accurate drug inventory records and reference materials for hazardous drugs and sterile compounding.
• Provide pharmaceutical care under licensure and interact with clinicians, nurses, patients and families.
• Keep competencies current on sterile and hazardous compounding and USP standards.

Skills

Pharmacy technician

Hospital experience

Clinical collaboration

Education

Pharmacy Technician Training Program

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Pyxis machine

PEC

Job description

University of California - San Francisco seeks a Pharmacy Technician 2 to support pharmaceutical care across UCSF Health locations. Responsibilities include sterile compounding, chemotherapy preparation, and inventory control under pharmacist supervision.

Required: completion of an accredited technician program and 2 years hospital experience. Licensure with the California Board of Pharmacy is mandatory; IV additive experience preferred.