CLERK

The Department of Pharmaceutical Services provides a full range of services for patients cared for by the UCSF Medical Center, as well as its providers and payers. These services include, but are not limited to: drug procurement, storage, and security; safe accurate and timely preparation and distribution of drugs; clinical pharmacy services for patients; development of drug uses policies within the medical center; drug information services for clinicians and patients; and participation in technology assessment and quality assurance programs. The department encompasses the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, an academic campus unit within the School of Pharmacy, which has a primary responsibility for teaching professional courses in the PharmD curriculum, research, and public service. The Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Services share their philosophy of pharmaceutical care. Under Pharmaceutical Services, the Inpatient Pharmacy, at Parnassus, Mount Zion and Mission Bay Sites, provides pharmaceutical care to patients hospitalized at Moffitt, Long, Mount Zion and Mission Bay Hospitals and specialized services to researchers on campus.

The Specialty Pharmacy Clerk is responsible for delivering exemplary customer experience. This role encompasses register sales and other clerical duties. The Specialty Pharmacy Clerk is also responsible for performing shipping, cash management, administrative functions and other responsibilities assigned by the Operations Supervisor.

Incumbents may participate in budget, grant, or contract preparation; administer and control departmental expenditures; maintain departmental personnel records and provide departmental personnel services; prepare reports and maintain pertinent files and other required records; provide non-laboratory business services such as purchasing, inventory and stores, facilities and space utilization; and provide general clerical as well as secretarial assistance to departmental staff. 

This level is characterized by the procedural nature of tasks assigned, detail of instructions, or restrictiveness of guidelines provided, or confinement to accepted methods and procedures indicated by tasks assigned. Repetitive, routine, or standardized tasks are performed with little or no supervision, once learned.

At this level, the following factors should be considered:

• Assignments entail specific tasks, unrelated but each complete in itself; or a series of steps which are normally repetitive and in a prescribed sequence.
• Specific instructions are provided regarding tasks to be performed, sources to be used, and products desired. Non routine work is reviewed.
• Guidelines provided are oral or written instructions or established procedures; and they are few in number or sources, detailed, specific, directly applicable and readily available. No originality is required.
• Incumbents are responsible for completion of assigned tasks in accordance with guides and/or instructions.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

High school graduation; or an equivalent combination of education and experience

At least 1 year of pharmacy experience

Knowledge of basic computer functions which include the ability to create and save text documents and to create and send emails

Ability to work in a manual or automated pharmacy setting

Ability to safely operate power material handling equipment as necessary

This position requires flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Medical Center locations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATION

• Previous experience in a specialty pharmacy, warehouse, retail or shipping/receiving environment is preferred

REQUIRED LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS

• None