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Pharmacy Technician - Inpatient
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 114 days ago
About the Role
The incumbent practices as a Pharmacy Technician in the Inpatient Pharmacy of the New Mexico VA Medical Center. This area serves adult and elderly Veterans needing care within the New Mexico VAMC system 24 hours a day 7 days a week, nights, weekends, and holidays. Provides support for hospital staff by reading and interpreting orders, obtaining proper medication or material in the proper dose and strength.
What You'll Do
- →Medication Management Reads and interprets prescriptions, obtains proper medication or material in the proper strength and dosage form, determines proper amount and counts, pours, or measures; affixes proper label; and records required data on Pharmacy's copy of the prescription order.
- →For unit-dose medications, performs final review of medication when prepared by another technician, to be dispensed to inpatient areas (med-carts, ward stock), and/or fills unit-dose carts independently without secondary review when necessary.
- →Compounds and/or reconstitutes sterile IV medications.
- →This includes completing detailed compounding records, environmental documentation for the compounding area and cleaning records for the compounding area.
- →Compounds and/or reconstitutes oral and external medications (non-sterile).
- →This includes converting to proper weights and measures the amount of medication or solution to be used.
- →Identifies basic therapeutic problems such as duplicate therapy with drugs in the same class and alerts the pharmacist to the possible need for clinical intervention.
- →Understands requirements of USP 795, USP 797, USP 800, disposal of hazardous materials, safe medication distribution and electronic prescription processing.
- →Inventory Management Inventories and replenishes emergency medication carts and kits with appropriate medications and supplies.
- →Conducts ward inspections of assigned medication storage areas in inpatient nursing units, clinical units, Pharmacy storage areas and other assigned areas.
- →Maintains, verifies, stocks, and replaces outdates in patient care areas and the areas' automated dispensing machines.
- →Ensures all look alike, sound alike, high alert, refrigerated medications are stored properly according to manufactures recommendations and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) requirement.
- →Monitors the inventory needs of inpatient care areas, relays this information to the appropriate Pharmacy personnel.
- →This includes placing stock in proper storage areas, rotating stock on shelves and removing/replacing outdated items.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
Personality Fit
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