Per Diem 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 : $35.20

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