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Pharmacy Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 16 days ago
About the Role
The Pharmacy Technician (Inpatient/Outpatient) Tomah VA Medical Center expected to accomplish all duties related to stocking, delivering, inventory, inspections, assembling ward orders, prescription assembly, controlled substances distribution, sterile compounding (including hazardous drugs), unit-dose drug packaging, dispensing, distribution, and any other function related to pharmaceutical practices
What You'll Do
- →The incumbent is expected to accomplish all duties related to stocking, delivering, inventory, inspections, assembling ward orders, prescription assembly, controlled substances distribution, sterile compounding (including hazardous drugs), unit-dose drug packaging, dispensing, distribution, and any other function related to pharmaceutical practices.
- →The incumbent performs all duties under the supervision and is expected to acquire and maintain a high degree of accurate productivity and performance.
- →Inpatient Pharmacy Correctly interprets physician orders, selects, and measures appropriate ingredients, mixes ingredients in a safe and effective manner, inspects the final product for accuracy, suitability, and elegance, labels the product, maintains records of the manufacturing process, and supplies the product for pharmacist verification and delivery.
- →Uses standard protocols to determine an accurate expiration date for each batch prepared.
- →Unit Dose Medication Management Performs review of medications prepared by another pharmacy employee to be dispensed to hospital areas.Inventories and replenishes emergency trays.
- →Follows established policies and procedures, schedules, inventory levels, and usage rate reports to determine appropriate stock levels for specific areas of use.
- →Accurately fills prescription items for wards using Automatic Replenishment report.
- →Outpatient Pharmacy Assembles prescriptions properly with the correct drug, strength, quantity, auxiliary labels, and prescription labels for window dispensing and mail delivery.
- →Verifies that the patient receives the correct prescriptions by using VA software (i.e., VISTA and barcode scanning)Utilizes and comprehends the mail shipping programs used by the facility (i.e., USPS, FedEx, UPS, etc.) for overnight delivery of noncontrolled and controlled prescriptions .Performs other duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: Monday- Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Not Suitable Relocation/Recruitment Expenses: Not authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws
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.
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓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).
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
Personality Fit
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