Regulatory Pharmacy Technician

You
bring more than skill, knowledge, and expertise to your role as an allied
health professional. You bring a deep passion for improving the lives of
everyone around you. At UCLA Health, we're committed to fostering a working
environment where you are supported and empowered to be your best. You'll love
it here!

You will
perform medication management functions in support of departmental and
organizational quality, safety, regulatory, and education priorities across the
health-system. These include but are not limited to: coordinating staff
training and competency validations, performing assessments to ensure
regulatory compliance, and preparing reports of identified opportunities for
improvement and associated recommendations.

You will
also be responsible for the preparation, distribution, and control of sterile
injectable medications, , record keeping (refrigerator temperature logs and
hood cleaning) drug distribution and ordering/maintaining inventory. All
duties are performed independently by the technician under the supervision of a
Pharmacist.

Schedule:
Varied hours, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays.
You are required to have the ability to travel to multiple work sites within
UCLA Health.

Hourly
Salary Range: $32.77 - $43.22 (Union represented, step based salary depending
on years of experience)

Bargaining
Unit: EX - AFSCME

• CA
  Pharmacy Technician license - required
• Ability
  to compound chemotherapy utilizing departmental guidelines for the
  preparation/distribution of cytotoxic agents- required
• At least
  1 year of IV sterile compounding pharmacy experience- required
• Ability
  to travel to different UCLA Health locations - required
• Skill in
  ability to do glove fingertip and media fill testing on other
  technicians. Preference for at least 1 year past experience doing these
  specific tasks.
• Skill in
  preparing intravenous solutions using aseptic technique.
• Ability
  to read, interpret, and synthesize policies, regulations, and other documents
  related to area of practice.
• Ability
  to accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations.
• Ability
  to work independently and follow-through on assignments with minimal
  supervision.
• Skill in
  computer order entry of medication orders as well as other related computer
  entry tasks and computer report generation.
• Telephone
  and verbal skills required to communicate clearly and effectively with
  pharmacists, nurses, physicians and other health professionals.
• Frequent
  standing, walking, bending, reaching.
• Ability
  to lift 25 lbs and push 50 lbs
• Responsiveness
  to auditory alarms and communication devices