Pharmacy Technician - Ambulatory - Mercy San Diego

This is a Full Time (80 hours every two weeks) benefited position, working day shifts, Monday through Friday, rotating every two weeks between Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego and Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista. The hours at Mercy San Diego will be 10:30am-7pm. The hours at Mercy Chula Vista will be 9am-5:30pm.

Join the Scripps Health team and work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-centered healthcare. Receive endless appreciation while you build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations nationwide.

Why join Scripps Health?

At Scripps, we're interested in people who are interested in new possibilities.

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• We treat one-quarter of the approximately 3.3 million people who live in San Diego County.
• Our cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, and other specialties have been nationally recognized.

Why join this team?

Scripps Pharmacy has four convenient locations on the campuses of Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas and Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego. The pharmacies provide new and refill prescriptions, prescriptions for specialty medications and they can transfer existing prescriptions from our inpatient pharmacies to our three Scripps Pharmacy locations. Our friendly, knowledgeable and highly trained team of pharmacists and support staff are available to provide immunizations, as well as consultations on medication use and over-the counter (OTC) products. This Pharmacy Technician will primarily support the Meds-to-Beds program at both Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego and Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista.

The Ambulatory Pharmacy Technician is responsible for:

• Performing pharmacy technician duties under the supervision of registered pharmacists.
• Providing appropriate support, based on the assigned patient care setting, for the safe management, processing, distribution, authorization, billing, receiving, stocking, and packaging of prescription, prescription medications and over the counter products.
• Processing refill authorizations, processing and obtaining prior authorizations, obtaining patient medication history, processing and billing prescriptions, contacting insurance for patient coverage and prior authorizations.
• May also pull, fill, mix and label medications, receive, stock and manage medication inventory and completed sales transaction for prescriptions and over the counter medications.
• Assisting in our Meds-to-Beds service, delivering prescriptions to the bedside in the hospital.

Required Education/Experience/Specialized Skills:

• High school diploma or equivalent.

Required Certification/Registration:

• Current California Board of Pharmacy Technician License

Preferred Education/Experience/Specialized Skills/Certification:

• National Pharmacy Tech Certification
• At least 2 years of retail pharmacy experience