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Pharmacy Technician (Procurement/Inventory)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 12 days ago
About the Role
The certified pharmacy technician procurement/inventory at the GS-9 level is responsible for assisting in the oversight for all prescription and nonprescription medications and supply purchasing and inventory in a highly complex area of Pharmacy Service at Central Virginia VA Healthcare System.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties included but not limited to the following: Administrative Continuously analyzes and reassess priorities to ensure workload demands are accomplished in the most effective, efficient, and economic manner.
- →Effectively evaluates pharmacy activities to assist pharmacy managers in obtaining short- and long-range goals and objectives.
- →Assists pharmacy manager in identifying areas of effort duplication and developing solutions to streamline processes, reduce waste, save costs, and improve patient care.
- →Reports potential and/or actual medication errors.
- →Encourages pharmacy technicians to report actual and/or potential medication errors or adverse events.
- →Assists in quality improvement by participating in service process assessments and action teams and by continually seeking to improve the service. vi.
- →Knowledgeable in and ensures other procurement staff follow all department, pharmacy service, station level, VISN, National and VHA, DEA, policies, and procedures.
- →Demonstrates efforts to improve patient satisfaction, lower cost, and improve quality and timeliness.
- →Works constructively as a team member, assisting co-workers in tasks that support staff, visitors, and other customers in achieving service toward facility and network goals.
- →Maintains continuous oversight on the security of pharmacy inventory and storage areas and reports to management any inconsistencies or concerns.
- →Attends all procurement and pharmacy meetings as required.
- →Pharmaceutical Purchasing and Distribution Serves as ordering officer for pharmacy service, delegated by the VA National Acquisition Center while maintaining annual training requirements.
- →Trains new procurement staff on departments standard operating procedures and provides oversight to ensure competencies are met.
- →Re-trains staff as dictated.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the 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.
- ✓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 identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
Personality Fit
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