Pharmacy Technician Specialist - Medication History - Varied - Mercy San Diego
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The Pharmacy Technician Specialist supports medication-history collection for patients newly admitted through the Emergency Department at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego. The role contacts community pharmacies, outpatient providers, and family members to obtain medication information and coordinate care, while also performing basic and advanced pharmacy technician duties and contributing to departmental projects. Five years of inpatient experience is preferred.
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*This is a full-time position with varied 8-hour shifts at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego. *
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?
At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered and your abilities are appreciated:
- Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
- Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.
- Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
- Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2024 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
- We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
- Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.
Why join this team?
Pharmacy practice at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego is the most advanced in the county, boasting significant pharmacist practice authorities and exceptional pharmacy-provider working relationships. As a teaching hospital, Mercy San Diego values the investment in the future of pharmacy. Growth and development is a priority, with team-based shift assignments to encourage teamwork and balanced workloads as well as a defined career leader to recognize the significant value Pharmacy Technicians bring to our services. With the longest tenured Level I Trauma Center in the county, the team at Mercy San Diego thrives in a fast-paced environment and prides itself in its efficiency and teamwork in providing comprehensive care.
Responsibilities include:
- Obtain medication histories in an accurate, professional and efficient manner for patients newly admitted to the hospital while in the Emergency Department
- Contacting community pharmacies, outpatient providers, and patient family members to obtain needed medication information and coordinate care
- Complete assigned leadership roles in departmental projects and programs
- Performing basic pharmacy technician duties and more advanced pharmacy technician duties
Required Experience/Specialized Skills:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
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.
Required Education/Course(s)/Training:
- 5 years inpatient experience preferred
Job: *Pharmacy
Organization: *Scripps Mercy San Diego
Title: Pharmacy Technician Specialist - Medication History - Varied - Mercy San Diego
Location: Central San Diego County-SAN DIEGO-SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO
Requisition ID: 262006150
How this job compares
Set against the 13,818 open Pharmacy Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$45–72K/yr227 salary ranges
- California median$20–29/hr760 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 829 open Pharmacy Technician jobs in California and 13,818 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — more than three in four Pharmacy Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 2,674 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 5,042 of the 13,818 open Pharmacy Technician jobs (36%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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