Pharmacy Tech Cert
About The Position
The Certified Pharmacy Tech (CPhT) helps ensure patients receive safe, effective medications and supports doctors and nurses by providing accurate, timely medication services. Under a pharmacist’s guidance, the technician verifies prescriptions, prepares medications accurately, and dispenses them appropriately, with patient safety as the top priority. The role follows safety and infection-prevention protocols, maintains a clean work area, and helps keep pharmacy operations running smoothly. Responsibilities include preparing complex intravenous admixtures, chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, and other parenteral medications using aseptic techniques in ISO-classified cleanrooms and biological safety cabinets. The technician reviews physician medication orders under pharmacist supervision, performs pharmaceutical calculations, and labels finished products with patient and drug information. The role also involves cleanroom and hazardous-drug-room maintenance, inventory management, documentation, regulatory compliance, and communication with clinical pharmacists, infusion nurses, and other healthcare providers. This position is housed in San Luis Obispo, California, at Dignity Health – Marian Regional Medical Center, a nonprofit acute-care hospital in Santa Maria that serves more than 250,000 patients annually and offers a broad range of services.
Requirements
- Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPhT).
- Registered Pharmacy Technician in California.
- Ability to read and communicate accurately and legibly.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to follow oral and written directions.
- Ability to precisely fill medication orders and maintain records.
- Ability to work tactfully and effectively with team members, patients, families, and the public.
- Computer literacy.
Nice To Haves
- One to two years of experience as a pharmacy technician.
- Prior hospital, home infusion, or oncology/sterile compounding experience is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Prepare complex intravenous admixtures, chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, and other parenteral medications using aseptic techniques in ISO-classified cleanrooms and biological safety cabinets.
- Review physician medication orders under pharmacist supervision, perform pharmaceutical calculations, and accurately label finished products with patient and drug data.
- Follow personal protective equipment donning and doffing procedures and complete routine cleaning and environmental monitoring of cleanrooms and hazardous-drug rooms.
- Monitor stock levels, track expiration dates, rotate pharmaceuticals, and stock automated dispensing cabinets or cold-storage units.
- Maintain accurate manufacturing records, batch logs, waste-disposal logs, and quality-assurance logs in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations.
- Communicate professionally with clinical pharmacists, infusion nurses, and healthcare providers regarding drug availability, dosages, or delivery timelines.
- Ensure prescriptions are authentic, prepared accurately, and dispensed appropriately under pharmacist guidance.
- Follow safety and infection-prevention protocols and maintain a clean work area.
- Help as needed to keep pharmacy operations running smoothly and get medications to patients.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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