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This is a full time position with varied shifts, including weekends. Located at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas.**

Join the Scripps Health team and work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-centered healthcare. Receive endless appreciation while you build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations nationwide. 

Why join Scripps Health? **

/AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACE:/  · Selected as one of the 100 Best Places to Work for 2024 by Fortune Magazine and the Great Place to Work Institute for the 16th time.  A remarkable achievement as only five healthcare organizations nationwide made the list, and Scripps is the sole healthcare provider in California to be recognized.  

· Recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024. 

· Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years. 

· 78 in 2023 PEOPLE Companies that Care. 

· 95 in Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work for 2023

Why join this team?

*As part of the Scripps Health pharmacy team, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians provide a broad range of clinical services at our sites and work collaboratively with physicians, nurses and other health care team members to deliver high-quality, efficient services to patients and staff. They enjoy a practice environment that offers state-of-the-art technology and innovative tools in a collaborative and supportive workplace. The Pharmacy Technician Specialist - Controlled Substances will join the elite team at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas. *

The Controlled Substances Specialist Technician protects enterprise assets and works to prevent pharmacy controlled substance inventory loss through comprehensive audits of inventory, random reconciliations of inventory for controlled substance medications, and analysis of trends. Principal responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Conduct onsite audits of receiving and inventory logs for controlled substance medications, medication invoices, and shipments
• Review and maintain updated medication invoice and controlled substance receiving procedures
• Monitory inventory for all controlled substance medications to correlate electronic inventory with quantity on-hand
• Detect and investigate any perceived or confirmed incident of controlled substance diversion or theft
• Report findings to leadership and make recommendations for action or follow-up with staff or inventory correction
• Work with internal leaders to promote awareness of findings, deficiencies, areas of risk and make recommendations for process improvements
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of controlled substance law at the federal, state, and local level
• Oversee ADC controlled substance inventory management processes and proper counts (including monthly inventory)
• Ensure the timely resolution of ADC controlled substance discrepancies as supported by departmental policy and procedure
• Provide audits for pharmacy personnel when conducting daily ADC transaction activities
• Provide audits for nursing medication administration, documentation, and waste
• Work with internal leaders to promote awareness of findings, deficiencies, areas of risk and make recommendations for process improvements
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of controlled substance law at the federal, state, and local level
• Conduct staff training as necessary

Experience/Specialized Skills:

• High school diploma or equivalent.

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Required Certification/Registration:

• Current Pharmacy Technician License.
• Certification by a National Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (CPhT) required within 6 months of hire.

• Minimum 2 years pharmacy technician experience.

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Required Education/Course(s)/Training:

• 5 years inpatient experience preferred

Job: *Pharmacy

Organization: *Scripps Encinitas Hospital

Title: Pharmacy Technician Specialist - Controlled Substances - Varied - Encinitas

Location: Northern San Diego County-ENCINITAS-SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ENCINITAS

Requisition ID: 242006196