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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Varied shifts, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays
Posted Date
05/06/2026
Salary Range: $30.32 - 40.04 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Unlimited
Job #
29565

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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 Outpatient Pharmacy, you can do all this and more. 

 

Under the direction of the Staff Pharmacists and the Pharmacy Supervisor, the Pharmacy Technician assists in all technical aspects of prescription management, fulfillment and patient outreach which also includes prior authorization, financial assistance and prescription coordination.

 

Schedule: Varied shifts, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays

Hourly Salary Range: $30.32 - $40.04 (Union represented, step based salary depending on years of experience)

Bargaining Unit: EX - AFSCME

Job Qualifications

We’re seeking a strong pharmacy technician with:

  • CA Pharmacy Technician license
  • PTCB Certification
  • Experience in submitting prior authorization and financial assistance
  • 2-3 years of Pharmacy Technician experience
  • Ability to accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations
  • Knowledge of pharmaceutical generic and trade names and their dosage forms, and the ability to cross-reference the most common drugs from memory
  • Knowledge of medical terminology and pharmaceutical abbreviations
  • Ability to work independently and follow-through on assignments with minimal supervision
  • Skill in computer order entry of medication orders as well as other related computer entry tasks and computer report generation
  • Telephone and verbal skills required to communicate clearly and effectively with pharmacists, nurses, physicians and other allied health professionals
  • Ability to lift 25 lbs and push 50 lbs

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.