Inpatient Pharmacy Technician - Santa Monica Medical Center

Description 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.
Schedule:
Varied hours, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays
Hourly
Salary Range: $26.55 - 32.36 (Union represented, step based salary depending on
years of experience)
Bargaining
Unit: EX - AFSCME
Qualifications 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