Make a difference in people’s lives every day. When you join UCLA Health, you’ll be working at an institution that provides leading-edge care to the people of L.A. and throughout the world. We provide our team members with the environment and support to do amazing work, because each and every one of them plays a vital role in our commitment to care.
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 Pharmacy, you can do all this and more.
Under the supervision of Senior Storeroom Personnel, you will work in conjunction with and independently to ensure inventory levels for pharmaceuticals are at par in designated storage areas. Duties may include establishing par levels, cycle counts, ordering product to replenish par levels, procuring non-formulary drugs, interdepartmental medication billing, filling departmental orders to the satellite pharmacies and clinics. You will be required to receive and store incoming drug products and supplies, verify quantities against invoices and check for outdated/expired medications in current inventory.
Schedule: Varied hours, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays
Hourly Salary: $35.20
Bargaining Unit: EX – AFSCME
We’re seeking a dedicated professional with:
- California Pharmacy Technician License
- 1 year storeroom or procurement experience in inpatient or outpatient setting
- Completion of high school or equivalent
- Preferred 2 year Associate of Arts degre
- Knowledge of purchasing practices such as inventory control.
- Knowledge of medical terminology and pharmaceutical abbreviations.
- Skill in operating a Windows-based computer used to purchase drugs and maintain pharmacy inventory catalog for order entry system.
- Skills in writing grammatically correct routine business correspondence such as departmental memorandum, performance evaluations.
- Ability to speak on a one-to-one basis using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain information, resolve problems, and explain policies and procedures.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with internal and external staff.
- Skill in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing numbers to determine minimum and maximum par levels and order quantities.
- Ability to accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations.
- Skill in performing under the stress of frequent interruptions and/or distraction.
- Skill in working independently and flowing through on assignments with minimal directions.
- Skill in prioritizing assignments to complete work in a timely manner when there are changes in workload and under the pressure of ordering deadlines.
- Ability to walk, reach and bend. Ability to push/pull up to one hundred (50) pounds and left/carry various items weighing up to (25) pounds. Ability to maneuver pallets onto a pallet jack, count product above and below waist level.
- Knowledge of using hand held ordering devices.
- Knowledge of using Care Connect.
- Knowledge of ordering specific products in distributors online access modules.
- Knowledge of knowing pharmacy cost centers and natural expense classifications.
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