Description
UCLA HEALTH
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Description
You bring more than skill,
knowledge, and expertise to your role as an allied health professional. You
bring a deep passion for improving the lives of everyone around you. At UCLA
Health, we’re committed to fostering a working environment where you are
supported and empowered to be your best. You’ll love it here!
Under direct supervision of a
registered pharmacist, when assigned to an inpatient practice area, performs
those repetitive and manipulative activities which primarily consist of drug
distribution duties, pre-packaging, maintaining the inventory in the Pyxis
medstations (filling the medstation daily, checking for outdates), IV and
chemotherapy sterile compounding, record keeping (refrigerator temperature logs
and hood cleaning), billing, housekeeping and security functions.
UCLA Health is a world-renowned
health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care
practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and other ancillary locations
throughout metro Los Angeles as well as the David Geffen School of Medicine.
Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become Los Angeles’
trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care. If you’re looking
to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, UCan at UCLA
Health.
Schedule: Varied hours,
depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays.
Hourly Salary Rate: $36.96
(Pharmacy Technician I Per Diem) or $43.96 (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
Qualifications
We’re seeking a dedicated clinical professional with:
- CA Pharmacy Technician
license – Required. - 2 years of inpatient
pharmacy experience – Highly preferred. - Ability to accurately
perform pharmaceutical calculations. - Knowledge of
pharmaceutical generic and trade names and their dosage forms, and the
ability to cross-reference the most common drugs from memory. - Knowledge of medical
terminology and pharmaceutical abbreviations. - Skill in preparing
intravenous solutions using aseptic technique. - Ability to work
independently and follow-through on assignments with minimal supervision. - Skill in computer order
entry of medication orders as well as other related computer entry tasks
and computer report generation. - Telephone and verbal
skills required to communicate clearly and effectively with pharmacists,
nurses, physicians and other allied health professionals. - Ability to compound
chemotherapy solution utilizing departmental guidelines for the
preparation/distribution of cytotoxic agents. - Ability to lift 25 lbs
and push 50 lbs