Ambulatory Pharmacy Technician

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule varied hours, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays Posted Date 01/21/2025 Salary Range: $28.88 - 38.13 Hourly Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite Job # 21767

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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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 outpatient pharmacy, you can do all this and more. 

 

Under the direction of the staff pharmacist and pharmacy supervisor, the Pharmacy technician assists in all technical aspects of prescription filling and dispensing activities, within the scope of their license.  Duties include processing, filling and dispensing prescriptions as well as inventory management, medication delivery at bedside, prior authorization, TARs SARs, Mailout process, medication reconciliation and other duties as assigned.

Pharmacy Technician I (9283): Less than 2 years of experience

Pharmacy Technician II (9282): Equal to or more than 2 years of experience

 

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

Hourly Salary Range: $26.55 – $38.13 (Union represented, step based salary depending on years of experience)

Bargaining Unit: EX - AFSCME

 

Job Qualifications

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We’re seeking a dedicated professional with:

• California Pharmacy Technician License
• Ability to work independently and follow-through on assignments with minimal supervision
• Customer service, and problem solving skills
• Knowledge of medical terminology, pharmaceutical abbreviations, pharmaceutical generic/trade names and their dosage forms, and the ability to cross-reference common drugs from memory
• Intense and consistent concentration with attention to detail, and requires speed and accuracy
• Telephone and verbal skills required to communicate clearly and effectively with pharmacists, nurses, physicians and other allied health professionals
• Ability to frequently required to stand, sit, and walk
• Ability to lift 25 lbs and push 50 lbs

 
As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a