Job Description
Join our award-winning healthcare team at Long Beach Medical Center as a Certified Pharmacy Technician! We're seeking a detail-oriented professional to support our fast-paced pharmacy operations while delivering exceptional patient care. Enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career growth in a state-of-the-art facility. If you're passionate about medication safety and community health, we want to meet you!
Responsibilities
- Accurately dispense and verify medications under pharmacist supervision
- Manage inventory control and ordering of pharmaceutical supplies
- Process insurance claims and maintain patient prescription records
- Provide medication counseling and answer patient inquiries
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA, FDA, and state pharmacy regulations
- Collaborate with healthcare team to optimize medication therapy
- Operate automated dispensing systems and pharmacy software
Qualifications
- Active California Pharmacy Technician license
- Prior hospital or retail pharmacy experience preferred
- Proficiency in pharmacy management systems (e.g., Omnicell, QS/1)
- Strong knowledge of drug interactions and pharmaceutical calculations
- Excellent communication and customer service skills
- Ability to work efficiently in a high-pressure environment
- Basic computer literacy and data entry skills
- CPR certification (or willingness to obtain)