Pharmacy Technician
Job Location:
Carmichael, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Where Youll Work
Founded in 1967 Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 377-bed acute care nonprofit hospital located in Carmichael California. Serving over 100000 patients annually the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center Level III NICU heart care cancer care womens health and neurology. Additionally Mercy San Juan Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Comprehensive Stroke Center the highest level of stroke care certification awarded by The Joint Commission.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Pharmacy Tech youll help our patients feel better by providing safe and effective medications to them. Youll help our doctors and nurses feel better knowing that you are providing accurate and timely medication to patients.
Every day you will build trust by being extremely thorough and accurate at all times. Patient safety is your top priority so you do everything you can to ensure all prescriptions are authentic prepared correctly both in medication type and dosing and are dispensed appropriately under the Pharmacists guidance.
To be successful in this role you follow all safety protocols including those intended to prevent infection and you keep a clean work area at all times. You are eager to learn or help out in any way needed to keep the pharmacy running smoothly and get our patients their medications.
- Prepares IV admixtures accurately using aseptic technique and properly labels logs and initials final product. Measurement procedure: accuracy documented on daily IV shift Quality Assurance log; Exceeds (3) top quartile. Does Not Meet (1) Bottom quartile.
- Fills unit dose orders timely and accurately including extemporaneous compounding. Exceeds (3) top quartile. Does Not Meet (1) Bottom quartile.
- Omnicell/floor stock medications are filled accurately and in a timely manner. Exceeds (3) top quartile. Does Not Meet (1) Bottom quartile.
- Follows department narcotic sign-out and restocking procedure including investigation and documentation of discrepancies. Measured by compliance per year. Exceeds (3) top quartile. Does Not Meet (1) Bottom quartile.
- Fills unit dose cassettes accurately and within allotted time standard set by department. Measurement procedure: Exceeds (3) top quartile. Does Not Meet (1) Bottom quartile.
- Completes all job tasks for assigned shift on a daily basis.
Job Requirements
- Certified PharmacyTechnician from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.
- Registration with the California State Board of Pharmacy as a registered technician.
- One (1) year of acute care hospital pharmacy practice experience or a six (6) week Pharmacy Technician externship at a Dignity Health Sacramento Division Hospital.
- Or five (5) years of recent Retail Pharmacy experience processing TARs and PAs (within the last three (3) years).
- Or one (1) year of recent experience in PharmacyManaged Care (within the last 3 years).
- Pharmacy Technician: CA.
Preferred
- Completion of an ASHP accreditedPharmacy Technician program.
- Experience working in a USP 797 cleanroom.
- Experience in the preparation of intravenous admixtures and antineoplastic/chemotherapeutic/hazardous medications.
Required Experience:
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