Pharmacy Technician

CommonSpirit Health • Santa Maria, CA

15h • Onsite

About The Position

As a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT), you help provide patients with safe and effective medications and support physicians and nurses by ensuring medications are prepared and delivered accurately and promptly. Under a pharmacist’s guidance, you verify prescriptions, prepare medications correctly, and dispense them appropriately, while following safety and infection-prevention protocols and maintaining a clean work area. You also assist with pharmacy operations as needed.

The role includes preparing complex intravenous admixtures, chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, and other parenteral medications using aseptic techniques in ISO-classified cleanrooms and biological safety cabinets. You process and label medication orders under pharmacist supervision, maintain cleanroom safety and environmental conditions, manage pharmaceutical inventory, document preparation and quality activities, and communicate with pharmacists, nurses, and other providers about medication availability, dosages, and delivery timelines.

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.
• Precision in filling medication orders and maintaining 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 information.
• 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 manufacturing records, batch logs, waste disposal logs, and quality assurance logs in accordance with applicable 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.
• Assist with pharmacy operations as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed