Lead Pharmacy Technician
Location: Long Beach, CA
Status: fulltime
Job Number: 781704
Company Name: Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
2 years of experience
About Us
Advocate the proper use of medicine, advice medication therapies and monitor medication regimens while working among the top Southern California health care professional at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Miller Children’s Hospital located in Los Angeles County . Counsel patients and health care professionals regarding prescription side effects and reactions, and provide recommendations for over-the-counter medications. Share your expertise with the local community on the latest directions and treatments for tobacco cessation, asthma, diabetes management and additional topics in group forums. Discover rewarding opportunities as a Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician in a variety of outpatient pharmacy, inpatient pharmacy and administration settings at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center .
About the Opportunity
The Pharmacy Technician Lead provides technical and customer service support to the pharmacist. Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, the Pharmacy Technician Lead processes new orders to maintain patient active medication profiles, issues drug doses to nurses, fills unit dose cassettes and automated dispensing machines, packages and compounds patient doses and maintains drug inventories. The Pharmacy Technician Lead is able to function in most areas of the department and can deal with complex physician orders and troubleshoot system problems that may arise. The Pharmacy Technician Lead is responsible for technician scheduling and training of new staff. Must possess a valid Pharmacy Technician certificate issued by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Must have 2 years of hospital pharmacy inpatient experience and have successfully completed a recognized pharmacy technician training program. Knowledge of medical and pharmacy terminology, weights and measures and pharmacy math is also required. * Must have the a bility to stand up for up to 8 hours a day, type at least 30 WPM with accuracy, effectively communicate with coworkers and health care workers, lift up to 25 pounds, bend, stoop and reach above and below shoulder level, and push/pull carts.
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