Inpatient IV Room Pharmacy Technician (Per Diem) - UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

Inpatient IV Room Pharmacy Technician (Per Diem) - UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center - - 31154 - UCLA Health

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Inpatient IV Room Pharmacy Technician (Per Diem) - UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

General Information

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Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Varied hours, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays

Posted Date

06/18/2026

Salary Range: $43.96 - 43.96 Hourly

Employment Type

6 - Staff: Per Diem

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

31068

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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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!

Under direct supervision of a registered pharmacist, when assigned to an inpatient practice area, performs those repetitive and manipulative activities which primarily consist of drug distribution duties, pre-packaging, maintaining the inventory in the Pyxis medstations (filling the medstation daily, checking for outdates), IV and chemotherapy sterile compounding, record keeping (refrigerator temperature logs and hood cleaning), billing, housekeeping and security functions.

UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles as well as the David Geffen School of Medicine. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become Los Angeles' trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care. If you're looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, UCan at UCLA Health.

Schedule: Varied hours, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays

Hourly Salary Rate: $36.96 (Pharmacy Technician I Per Diem) or $43.96 (Pharmacy Technician II Per Diem)

• Pharmacy Technician I Per Diem (9279): Less than 2 years of experience
• Pharmacy Technician II Per Diem (9278): Equal to or more than 2 years of experience

Bargaining Unit: EX - AFSCME

Job Qualifications

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We are seeking a dedicated clinical professional with:

• CA Pharmacy Technician license
• 2 years of inpatient pharmacy 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
• Skill in preparing intravenous solutions using aseptic technique
• 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 compound chemotherapy solution utilizing departmental guidelines for the preparation/distribution of cytotoxic agents
• Ability to lift 25 lbs and push 50 lbs

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.

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