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Pharmacy Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 50 days ago
About the Role
To accomplish all duties related to processing, preparing, and packaging medications and medical supplies for pick-up and mail, stocking, delivering, inventory, inspections, assembling clinic orders, prescription assembly, controlled substances distribution, and any other function related to pharmaceutical practices for outpatient care areas. The Organizational Location of the Position is: Outpatient Pharmacy Section; Pharmacy Service, VA North Texas Health Care System (VANTHCS), Dallas, Texas.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Pharmaceutical Care: 1.
- →Accurately interprets, fills, and prepares prescriptions with appropriate medications and/or medical supplies for pharmacist verification of outpatient prescription orders, inpatient orders, and clinic orders as required per policy. 2.
- →Dispense medications to patients and/or other healthcare professionals post final verification by a pharmacist as required per policy. 3.
- →Respond to questions from pharmacy and non-pharmacy personnel about drug distribution.
- →Prescription Fulfilment: 1.
- →Assembles prescriptions properly with the correct drug, strength, quantity, auxiliary labels, and prescription labels for window dispensing and mail delivery post pharmacist verification. 2.
- →Follows procedures for filling medications and assures that the correct medication is filled by using bar code scanning on stock bottles. 3.
- →Supports automation by manually filling prescriptions not processed through the automation dispensing machine.
- →Ward and Clinic Stock Management: 1.
- →Correctly inventories, assesses, and determines the need for ward and clinic stock replenishment at main facility and outlying clinical sites. 2.
- →Utilizes usage rate reports and inventory levels (such as automatic replenishment reports) to determine appropriate stock levels for specific areas of use. 3.
- →Accurately fills medications for wards and clinics following established policies and procedures.
- →Controlled Substances Activities: 1.
- →Maintain vault duties as assigned. 2.
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.
Benefits
- ★VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional
Personality Fit
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