Pharmacy Tech Cert
About The Position
As a Certified Pharmacy Tech (CPhT), you help provide patients with safe and effective medications and support doctors and nurses by ensuring medication is accurate and timely. Under a pharmacist’s guidance, you verify prescriptions, prepare medications correctly by type and dose, and dispense them appropriately. Patient safety is a priority, including following safety and infection-prevention protocols and maintaining a clean work area. The role also supports the smooth operation of the pharmacy and timely delivery of medications. Duties include preparing complex intravenous admixtures, chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, and other parenteral medications using strict aseptic techniques in ISO-classified cleanrooms and biological safety cabinets; reviewing physician medication orders under pharmacist supervision; performing pharmaceutical calculations; and accurately labeling finished products. The technician follows PPE procedures, cleans and monitors cleanrooms and hazardous-drug rooms, manages pharmaceutical inventory, and maintains required manufacturing, batch, waste-disposal, and quality-assurance records in accordance with applicable requirements. The role also involves communicating with clinical pharmacists, infusion nurses, and other healthcare providers about drug availability, dosages, and delivery timelines. The position is at Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center, a 191-bed nonprofit acute-care hospital in Santa Maria, California, serving over 250,000 patients annually. The hospital provides services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, cancer care, orthopedics, and stroke care.
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 fill medication orders precisely 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 PPE donning and doffing procedures and complete routine cleaning and environmental monitoring of cleanrooms and hazardous-drug rooms.
- Monitor inventory, 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 laws and regulations.
- Communicate 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.
- Help ensure prescriptions are authentic, prepared accurately, and dispensed appropriately under pharmacist guidance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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