Pharmacy Technician; CPhT

Ava Med Workforce is a Healthcare Staffing Agency that staffs all of California State Correctional Facilities. At the moment we are in
URGENT
need of a
Pharmacy Technician
to take on a Full-Time assignment at the correctional facility located in
Tehachapi,CA.

• 40 Hours per week
• Location:
  
  Tehachapi, CA
• Schedule:
  
  Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm
• (2 week Orientation)
• Rate: $20/hr ($800/week) as Local $22/hr ($880/week) as Traveler

• Must have a Pharmacy Technician license issued by the California State Board of Pharmacy.
• Must have 1-Full year of experience as a Licensed Pharmacy Technician.

Under the direction of the Pharmacist-in-Charge, Pharmacist, or designee, Temporary/Relief Pharmacy Technician shall provide services as permitted within the scope of practice for a Pharmacy Technician, in accordance with Federal and State laws and regulations and Institution’s policies and procedures. Minimum requirements and services to be provided by the Temporary/Relief Pharmacist Technician under this Agreement include, but are not limited to, the following:

• a. Receive prescription/medical orders;
• b. Obtain information on new patient/youth to establish patient medical profile, such as diagnosis or desired therapeutic outcome, allergies, adverse reaction(s), and medical history;
• c. Assess prescription/medication order for completeness, correctness, authenticity, and legality;
• d. Enter prescription information onto patient/youth profile;
• e. Calibrate equipment needed to prepare or compound the prescription/medication order;
• f. Compound medications for dispensing according to prescription formula or instructions;
• g. Measure or count finished dosage forms for dispensing;
• h. Record preparation of medication in various dosage forms;
• i. Record preparation of controlled substances for dispensing;
• j. Package the preparation;
• k. Prepare and affix label(s) and auxiliary label(s) to container(s);
• l. Perform intermediate checks of the prescription/medication order during processing;