Ambulatory Pharmacy Technician - Prescription Management
UCLA Health Systems
Posted Thursday, April 10, 2025
Posting ID: 23599
Los Angeles, CA
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Play a key role in the delivery of world-class patient care. Continuously elevate quality of care within an award winning health system. Leverage your expertise to make a life changing difference. At UCLA Health Outpatient Pharmacy, you can do all this and more!
Under the direction of the Staff Pharmacists and the Pharmacy Supervisor, the Pharmacy Technician assists in all technical aspects of prescription management, fulfillment and patient outreach which also includes prior authorization, financial assistance and prescription coordination.
At UCLA Health, our passion for leveraging state-of-the-art technology to support world-class patient care has enabled us to become an internationally renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and more than 270 community clinics throughout Southern California. We're also home to the world-class medical research and clinical education capabilities of the David Geffen School of Medicine. If you're looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, come to UCLA Health.
Schedule: Varied shifts, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays
Salary Range: $28.88 - $38.13 (Union represented, step-based salary depending on years of experience)
Bargaining Unit: EX - AFSCME
Job Qualifications
Qualifications
We are seeking an exceptionally skilled pharmacy technician with the following qualifications:
Play a key role in the delivery of world-class patient care. Continuously elevate quality of care within an award winning health system. Leverage your expertise to make a life changing difference. At UCLA Health Outpatient Pharmacy, you can do all this and more!
Under the direction of the Staff Pharmacists and the Pharmacy Supervisor, the Pharmacy Technician assists in all technical aspects of prescription management, fulfillment and patient outreach which also includes prior authorization, financial assistance and prescription coordination.
At UCLA Health, our passion for leveraging state-of-the-art technology to support world-class patient care has enabled us to become an internationally renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and more than 270 community clinics throughout Southern California. We're also home to the world-class medical research and clinical education capabilities of the David Geffen School of Medicine. If you're looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, come to UCLA Health.
Schedule: Varied shifts, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays
Salary Range: $28.88 - $38.13 (Union represented, step-based salary depending on years of experience)
Bargaining Unit: EX - AFSCME
Job Qualifications
Qualifications
We are seeking an exceptionally skilled pharmacy technician with the following qualifications:
- CA Pharmacy Technician license
- PTCB Certification - Preferred
- Experience in submitting prior authorization and financial assistance
- 2-3 years of Pharmacy Technician experience
- Ability to accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical generic and trade names and their dosage forms, and the ability to cross-reference the most common drugs from memory
- Knowledge of medical terminology and pharmaceutical abbreviations
- 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 allied health professionals
- Ability to lift 25 lbs and push 50 lbs
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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