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Req #: 245495

Department: UW MEDICAL CENTER - MONTLAKE - PHARMACY

Posting Date: 04/30/2025

Closing Info:

Open Until Filled

Salary: $5,256 - $7,750 per month

Limited Recruitment: **Open to Department employees only**

Shift: First Shift

Notes:

As an employee you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-summary-classified-staff-greater-than-half-time-20230701\_a11y.pdf)

**This recruitment offers a $4,000 Recruitment Incentive to eligible new employees joining UW Medicine** \#UWMRecruitmentIncentive

The **UW MEDICAL CENTER - MONTLAKE - PHARMACY DEPARTMENT** is looking for an outstanding **PHARMACY TECHNICIAN 2** to join our Inpatient Pharmacy team!

WORK SCHEDULE

• Full-Time / 40-hours per week

• Day shift

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• Perform specialized, technical pharmaceutical tasks such as maintaining a controlled substance area and/or automated medication distribution system, and area-specific specialized technical tasks such as hazardous drug preparation

• This position provides opportunities to work in a fast paced, challenging, rewarding and diverse environment

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform the duties of a Pharmacy Technician 1

• Prepare medications from a physician order which may include compounded sterile products, hazardous medications and extemporaneously prepared doses

• Accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations

• Prepare sterile products and chemotherapy hazardous medications using appropriate aseptic technique according to USP 797 guidelines

• Troubleshoot technical questions related to specialized area. Serve as a resource to nursing, pharmacy and medical staff for policies and procedures

• Maintain all quality assurance documentation required for specialized duties

• Participate in monthly outdate and unit inspection program

REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Six (6) months of experience as a Pharmacy Technician 1 or equivalent education/experience

LEGAL REQUIREMENT

State of Washington Pharmacy Technician certification

_CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENTUW Medicine is committed to being a drug-free workplace. We require a pre-employment drug screen._** **ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-MONTLAKE

UW Medical Center is an acute care academic medical center located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in seven specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.

The UW Medical Center-Montlake campus is located on the edge of the beautiful UW campus which includes many amenities available to our staff as well as very convenient public transit options including the Sound Transit’s light rail station across the street.

**Excellence. Exploration. Education. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/about/career-opportunities/uw-medical-center-montlake)** Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER

UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.