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Pharmacy Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The position is for a nationally certified Pharmacy Technician who is highly specialized, efficient, motivated and customer-friendly, who can work autonomously under the guidance of a registered pharmacist, using independent judgement to perform a full range of duties. The incumbent will serve as a subject matter expert and key resource in the day-to-day technician duties of the specialized area.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties for the Pharmacy Technician include but not limited to: Performs essential role in preparation, compounding, dispensing, and distribution of sterile and nonsterile hazardous medication within designated sterile compounding areas.
- →Receives, reviews, and prepares physician order for cytotoxic agents and pre-medication.
- →Performs accurate product identification labeling dosage calculation, and compounding of agents by utilizing package literature, written procedural guidelines and application of specialized knowledge.
- →Successfully complete assignments and maintain annual competencies to compound hazardous and non-hazardous IV sterile preparations according to USP and standards.
- →Follows proper aseptic preparation techniques when compounding hazardous and non-hazardous medications.
- →Reviews anticipated inventory needs and notifies procurement technician in a timely manner of products required.
- →Assists in maintaining all required records related to sterile compounding.
- →Receives hazardous IV chemotherapy inventory stock according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) guidelines placing in proper storage areas, rotating stock on shelves, and removing/replacing outdated items.
- →Maintains Chemo/IV room medication inventory, compounding supplies and cleaning products to ensure availability and minimize waste.
- →Conducts daily, weekly, and monthly IV room cleaning to include check for soon to expire medications.
- →Work Schedule: 8 hour shifts between 6:00am and 6:00pm, with rotating weekends, holidays, evenings and night hours.
- →Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: 60069F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment medical evaluation.
- ✓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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