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Pharmacy Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
On-site San Antonio, TX $58K – $75K Apply by Jul 14, 2026 Pharmacy Technician ISFJ TradesTransportation
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Pharmacy Technician are a vital component of medication distribution in the VA. Certified technicians with advanced medical & technical knowledge that function above the full performance level are highly integral to the Pharmacy Service. Pharmacy technicians at this level have a major impact on the operational aspects of the Pharmacy Service for providing timely, efficient, and accurate prescription filling and dispensing with minimal need of supervision.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEwsTotal-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf Major Duties: Navigate & utilize VistA, CPRS, & any other patient databases necessary to perform the job.
- →Establish patient eligibility status & provider prescriber authority & enter new providers into the system.
- →Use medical terminology & common abbreviates to accurately interpret prescriptions.
- →Interpret prescriptions & other orders to determine proper disposition.
- →Perform a full administrative & technical review of the patient's medication & computer profile, to ensure the most current prescriptions are being processed, checking for remaining authorized refills, & checking for frequency.
- →Enter correct medication, strength, dosage form, & quantity into patient's profile.
- →Process refills for mail or window pick-up.
- →Use knowledge of drug & medication brand names, generic names, general & special storage requirements, expiration date requirements, manufacturer sources, dosage forms, basic pharmaceutical calculations, applicable systems of weights & measures & medical terminology to interpret providers' orders & verify correct drug, dosage form, strength & dose, is distributed.
- →Use knowledge of drug use & dosage forms to assist the pharmacist in solving potential drug related problems.
- →Prepare prescription order by verifying the correct patient, the label, selecting the proper medication, selecting the correct strength, counting/pouring the intended quantity, packing the medication appropriately, & completing all necessary filling documentation.
- →Communicate medication errors, adverse advents, allergies, non-formulary, restricted status & any other medication order related problems for clarification to the pharmacist &/or supervisor.
- →Fill on-demand clinic request for hospital ward or clinic stock.
- →Inventory & restock hospital pharmacy code blue crash carts/kits & other specialty emergency kits.
- →Operate & maintain automated prepacking device to prepack unit dosage forms to restock ADCs.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
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