Pharmacy Technician - Ambulatory

Scripps Health Administrative Services supports our five hospitals and 19 outpatient facilities, which treat half a million patients annually through 2,600 affiliated physicians.

At Scripps Health, you will experience the pride, support, respect that has been repeatedly recognized as one of the nation’s Top 100 Places to Work.

You’ll be surrounded by people committed to making a difference in the lives of their patients and their teammates. So if you’re open to change, go ahead and unlock your potential.

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 four 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 be joining the tight-knit group at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego.

The Ambulatory Pharmacy Technician is responsible for performing pharmacy technician duties under the supervision of registered pharmacists. Provides 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. Duties may include but not limited to processing refill authorizations, processing and obtaining prior authorizations, obtaining patient medication history, processing and billing prescriptions, contacting insurance for patient coverage and prior authorizations. Pharmacy Tech may pull, fill, mix and label medications, receive, stock and manage medication inventory and completed sales transaction for prescriptions and over the counter medications. The Ambulatory Pharmacy Technician also assists in our Meds-to-Beds service, delivering prescriptions to the bedside in the hospital.

This is a full time position with 8-hour shifts anytime between 7:30am-7pm, Monday through Friday. Flexibility to float to other locations as needed.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Current California Board of Pharmacy Technician License

Preferred Qualifications:

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

Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

Position Pay Range: $24.37-$36.56/hour