Pharmacy Technician, Full-time, Variable Shift
About The Position
Adventist Health Sonora is hiring a Pharmacy Technician to support medication preparation, dispensing, restocking, and delivery in a specialty area. The role fills patient-profile unit dose cassettes daily and delivers them to nursing units. It also serves as a primary training resource for new technicians, assists with evaluating their progress as directed, and helps prepare schedules and set work priorities. The technician accurately fills medicine requests, including cassette fills and floor stock; maintains and restocks medication supplies; prepares IV medication products within applicable laws and regulations; and checks in and processes wholesaler and supplier orders. The position also answers and troubleshoots basic inquiries related to unit dose procedures and performs other job-related duties as assigned. Adventist Health requires associates to receive required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter where applicable; medical and religious exemptions may apply.
Requirements
- State Pharmacy Technician license is required in California.
- Receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter where applicable; medical and religious exemptions may apply.
Nice To Haves
- High school education, GED, or equivalent.
- Associate’s or technical degree, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- One year of pharmacy technical experience.
- Pharmaceutical Technician Board certification, preferred in California and Oregon.
Responsibilities
- Fill medicine requests accurately, including unit dose cassette fills and floor stock, and deliver cassettes to nursing stations.
- Provide basic phone troubleshooting, answer telephone calls, and handle inquiries about some phases of unit dose procedure.
- Maintain nursing-area floor stock and other medications by checking accuracy, restocking in a timely manner, removing expired medications, and rotating stock.
- Price and stock incoming deliveries.
- Notify pharmacists about out-of-stock medications and update the out-of-stock board appropriately.
- Restock medications returned from nursing units and medication areas.
- Prepare IV medication products in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Check in wholesaler and supplier orders, distribute stock appropriately, file paperwork, and process returns and back orders in a timely manner.
- Serve as a primary training resource for new technicians and assist in evaluating their progress as directed.
- Assist in preparing schedules and setting work priorities.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
