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Pharmacy Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 41 days ago
About the Role
The pharmacy technician functions in multiple areas across the system, providing various technical support services within the pharmacy department, including filling, preparation and dispensing of prescriptions, sterile compounding preparation, management of automated dispensing equipment (ADE), inventory management and multiple types of customer contact services.
What You'll Do
- →Accurately interprets, fills, and prepares prescriptions with appropriate medications and or medical supplies for pharmacist verification.
- →Maintains a clean and orderly work area by ensuring that all stock and equipment are properly organized in their designated places, and that all shelves and counters are free of dust and debris, thereby creating optimal workspace.
- →Compounds and/or reconstitutes oral or external medications (non-sterile). a.
- →Prepares products requiring compounding and/or reconstitution in either large batches for more than one patient or in small batches to fill a single prescription or drug order. b.
- →Correctly interprets prescription orders.
- →Selects, and measures appropriate ingredients, mixes ingredients in a safe and effective manner, inspects the final product for accuracy, labels the product, maintains records of the manufacturing process, and attains a final check by a pharmacist. c.
- →Uses standard protocols to determine an accurate expiration date or beyond use date for each batch prepared. d.
- →Proficiently operates equipment including but not limited to balances and mixing machines required to prepare compounded and/or reconstituted products.
- →Answers questions from pharmacy and non-pharmacy personnel regarding drug distribution.
- →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.
- →Utilizes automated dispensing equipment available to the pharmacy staff, following all safety and quality assurance (QA) procedures.
- →Reports automation malfunctions timely to the supervisor as appropriate.
- →Records expiration dates in automated prescription dispensing systems upon filling or restocking.
- →Performs monthly inspections of assigned areas to ensure proper storage of medications and removal of soon-to-expire or expired medications.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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