Pharmacy Technician - Sharp Tri-City Medical Center - Night Shift - Full Time

Night shift: 7:30 PM – 6:00 AM, 10-hour shifts on a 10/40 schedule. Every-other-weekend requirement.

Pay

Hourly pay range: $25.00 – $35.25. The stated scale reflects the range Sharp reasonably expects to pay; actual rate and pay grade depend on experience, skills, education, alignment with internal candidates, marketplace factors, and employer business practices.

Responsibilities

• Assists Pharmacists and the Department of Pharmacy in ordering, preparing, and distributing medications.
• Prepares IV additives and solutions using aseptic technique.
• Orders and restocks supplies; maintains the IV room in a neat and orderly manner.
• Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit-based safety and infection control requirements.
• Scans medications into and out of carousel and C2 safe at all times.
• Scans medications being refilled into automated dispensing machines (ADM), ensuring correct medication is restocked.
• Delivers patient medications to individual nursing stations, including STAT bags, ADM loads, ADM refills, and IV medications.
• Checks nursing floors for unused items to be returned to the pharmacy for reuse or destruction.
• Ensures STAT medications are filled and delivered timely.
• Utilizes scanning device to confirm medications are delivered to the correct location.
• Prepares bulk medications using the unit dose system.
• Prepares non-sterile special items that need compounding.
• Restocks crash carts, miscellaneous kits, and floor stock requisitions as needed.
• Assists with putting away wholesale or other direct orders.
• Maintains appropriate garbing, cleaning, and maintenance of the Clean Room Suite and all equipment, including Laminar Airflow Hood and BSC hood, per USP797 and CA State Board of Pharmacy regulations.
• Monitors refrigerator temperatures, room temperatures, and differential pressures in the HD, Ante, and Clean Room; documents all activities online daily.
• Maintains the pharmacy in a clean and orderly manner.
• Properly stores, handles, and disposes of IV medications and supplies, including hazardous medications.
• Uses the C2 safe appropriately; runs compare report daily to catch discrepancies and notifies Controlled Substance Technician or manager.
• Prepares all admixtures utilizing aseptic technique and prioritizes preparation for multiple patients.
• Routinely checks expiration dates in ADM and in the pharmacy; removes outdated medications and places them in the appropriate area.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor or manager.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• California Pharmacy Technician License (TCH) – CA State Board of Pharmacy (REQUIRED).
• Must be registered with the California State Board of Pharmacy Technicians (REQUIRED).

Qualifications

• Six (6) months hospital pharmacy experience (preferred).
• Pyxis med station experience (preferred).
• Two (2) years of college or equivalent training in a health-related field (preferred).
• IV sterile technique competency (preferred).
• Computer skills.
• Brand/generic name knowledge.