Pharmacy Tech Cert
About The Position
The Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) helps provide patients with safe and effective medications and supports doctors and nurses by ensuring medications are accurate and timely. Under pharmacist guidance, the technician verifies prescriptions are authentic, prepared with the correct medication and dosage, and dispensed appropriately. The role follows safety and infection-prevention protocols and maintains a clean work area. Responsibilities include preparing complex intravenous admixtures, chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, and other parenteral medications using aseptic techniques in ISO-classified cleanrooms and biological safety cabinets; reviewing physician medication orders under pharmacist supervision, performing pharmaceutical calculations, and labeling finished products accurately; maintaining cleanroom and hazardous-drug-room safety and environmental monitoring; managing inventory; maintaining required manufacturing, batch, waste-disposal, and quality-assurance records; and communicating with pharmacists, infusion nurses, and other healthcare providers. The position is housed in San Luis Obispo.
Requirements
- Pharmacy technician certification (CPhT).
- Registration as a 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 accurately 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 strict 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; perform 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 manufacturing records, batch logs, waste-disposal logs, and quality-assurance logs in accordance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
- Communicate professionally with clinical pharmacists, infusion nurses, and healthcare providers about drug availability, dosages, and delivery timelines.
- Follow safety and infection-prevention protocols and maintain a clean work area.
- Ensure prescriptions are authentic, medications and dosages are correct, and medications are dispensed appropriately under pharmacist guidance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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