UCLA Health

Ambulatory Pharmacy Technician - Prescription Management

UCLA Health  •  Onsite  •  2 months ago
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Job Description


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
03/25/2026
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.

UCLA Health

About UCLA Health

For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.

Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.

Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1955
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