Pharmacy Technician

Allied Health ProfessionalDuties and skills needed to be successful in this position include, but are not limited to:General:Accurately interpret, fill, and prepare prescriptions with appropriate medications and or medical supplies for pharmacist verification.Assures drugs and supplies are appropriately stored and secured according to USP and VA guidelines, including the storage of high-risk, look a-like/sound a-like, hazardous, controlled substances, corrosive chemical, flammable liquids, and refrigerated items.Controlled Substances Activities:Appropriately restocks controlled substances items in automated secured cabinets (i.e., Omnicell) in pharmacy or throughout medical center, as assigned.Complies with all laws, regulations, directives, policies, and procedures applying to the dispensing, storage, transfer, inventory, and accountability of controlled substances.Inpatient Pharmacy Activities:Sterile Product Compounding:Follow USP 797/800 Guidelines for the compounding of all sterile preparations, including ophthalmic, TPN, hazardous, large & small volume IV solutions, PCAs, etc. Manufactures uncomplicated and/or complicated parenteral admixtures to be delivered in the form of large volume, small volume, infusion syringe or other as required.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.Unit Dose Medication Management (if applicable):Performs review of medications prepared by another pharmacy employee to be dispensed to hospital areas.Inventories and replenishes emergency trays.Operates and maintains automated dispensing unit dose systems.Automatic Replenishment/Ward Stock:Correctly inventories, assesses, and determines the need for floor stock and external medication.Follows established policies and procedures, schedules, inventory levels, and usage rate reports to determine appropriate stock levels for specific areas of use.Outpatient Pharmacy Activities:Prescription Assembly:Supports automation by manually completing prescriptions not processed through the automation dispensing machine.Assures the timely completion of all prescriptions.Window Pick-Up:Verifies the patient's identification following the Medical Center's policies (i.e., double patient identifiers).Verifies that the patient receives the correct prescriptions by using VA software (i.e., VISTA and barcode scanning).Mail Packaging:Utilizes and comprehends the mail shipping programs used by the facility (i.e., USPS, FedEx, UPS, etc.) for overnight delivery of non-controlled and controlled prescriptions.Performs searches, updates patient information, and generates shipping reports as requested by the supervisor.Work Schedule: 8:00am -4:30pm; Monday - FridayRecruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not AuthorizedPermanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not AuthorizedPay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases when setting payPaid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VAInsurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)Telework: Not AuthorizedVirtual: This is not a virtual position.Functional Statement #: 59196APermanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized