Float Regulatory Pharmacy Technician
- UCLA Health and David Geffen School of Medicine
- Santa Monica, CA, USA
Job Description
You bring more than skill, knowledge, and expertise to your role as an allied health professional. You bring a deep passion for improving the lives of everyone around you. At UCLA Health, we’re committed to fostering a working environment where you are supported and empowered to be your best. You’ll love it here!
As a Float Regulatory Pharmacy Technician, you will support the UCLA Health by performing a broad range of complex, high-level pharmacy technician duties. In this pivotal float role, you will contribute across multiple sites, providing training, mentoring, and technical oversight to pharmacy staff. You will play a key part in onboarding new employees, conducting quality control audits, and participating in interviews and hiring processes. Your ability to evaluate services, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement safe, high-quality practices will directly support departmental growth and patient care excellence.
You will also serve as a resource to nursing and provider teams, hazardous drug handling, controlled substances, medication waste documentation. Your scope will include sterile and hazardous drug preparation, regulatory documentation, and process improvement initiatives. With active involvement in program development and policy design, this role offers an opportunity to lead and innovate as part of a collaborative and mission-driven team.
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm (hours may vary based on departmental needs). You are required to have the ability to travel to multiple work sites within UCLA Health.
Hourly Salary Range: $36.67–$48.39 (Union represented; step-based salary depending on years of experience)
Bargaining Unit: EX - AFSCME
We are seeking a dedicated clinical professional with:
- California Pharmacy Technician License required
- At least 2 years of IV sterile compounding experience, preferably with hazardous drug preparation using aseptic technique
- Ability to travel between multiple UCLA Health sites
- Strong ability to train, mentor, and provide technical oversight of other pharmacy technicians
- Experience with glove fingertip and media fill testing
- Experience in viable air and surface sampling
- Experience in program implementation, quality improvement, and evaluating pharmacy services
- Ability to perform accurate pharmaceutical calculations and review documentation for compliance and waste reduction
- Proficiency with Care Connect (EPIC), Microsoft Office, and other pharmacy-related systems
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate with providers, pharmacists, and clinical teams
- Ability to work independently and manage responsibilities with minimal supervision
- Physical ability to lift 25 lbs and push 50 lbs; frequent standing, walking, bending, and reaching
- Responsiveness to auditory alarms and communication devices
- Reliable transportation and flexibility to float between locations based on staffing needs
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, prioritizing tasks, coordinating stakeholders, and delivering results on time and within scope.
A PASSION FOR IMPROVING LIVES
Advance your career and experience true inspiration as you collaborate with an exceptional team of top clinicians. As an allied health professional at UCLA Health, you’ll enjoy ongoing opportunities for learning and development so you can continually enhance your skills while positively impacting our world-class patient care. Within our inclusive and supportive culture, you’ll take on unique, high-acuity cases for one of the most vibrant and diverse communities in the world. It’s the chance to bring your best to a variety of highly challenging situations.
If you’re ready to live out your passion and advance your clinical career, we invite you to explore opportunities throughout our system of award-winning hospitals and more than 280 community-based clinics throughout Southern California. We have openings in these areas:
● Clinical Lab & Pathology
● Imaging
● Pharmacy
● Phlebotomy
● Rehab
● Respiratory Therapy
● Social Work
No matter where you serve with UCLA Health, the cultural, recreational, and lifestyle advantages of our Southern California locations will elevate your standard of living.