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Pharmacy Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 43 days ago
About the Role
Provide support for the hospital staff by reading and interpreting orders, obtaining the proper medication or material in the proper doses and strength. Works alongside the Pharmacist to ensure the correct medication is compounded, packaged, and delivered to the correct patient, provider, or automated dispensing system.
What You'll Do
- →Perform a full range of pharmacy technician drug distribution duties in support of Pharmacy Service operations.
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Read and interpret prescriptions, obtain proper medication or material in the proper strength and dosage form, determine proper amount and count, pour, or measure the medications; affix proper label; and record required data on Pharmacy's copy of prescription/order.
- →After a final check by a pharmacist, dispense medication in ambulatory care or discharge situations.
- →Inventory and replenish emergency carts with appropriate medications and supplies.
- →Collect drug use evaluation data for quality improvement purposes as required.
- →Operate and maintain complicated pharmacy equipment such as unit dose prepackaging machines, automatic dispensing machines, IV compounding machines and other pharmacy devices.
- →Able to troubleshoot the equipment and the technology platforms/databases.
- →Compound and/or reconstitute oral or external medications (non-sterile); includes calculating and converting to proper weights and measures the amount of drug or solution to be used.
- →After prescription/order(s) are reviewed by a pharmacist for therapeutic propriety, review orders for technical accuracy and convert the order, if necessary, so that the item dispensed corresponds to the drug and dose ordered.
- →Answer questions with regard to drug distribution procedures and timeframes for delivery.
- →Identify basic therapeutic problems such as duplicate therapy with drugs in the same class and alert the pharmacist to the possible need for clinical intervention.
- →Conduct ward inspections of patient care areas.
- →Ensure 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.
- →Monitor inventory needs in patient care areas, relays this information to the appropriate Pharmacy personal.
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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