Pharmacy Technician

The Pharmacy Technician functions primarily in both the inpatient and outpatient care of Pharmacy Service within the VA Medical Center.

VA Careers - Pharmacy:

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Duties include but are not limited to:

* Reads and interprets prescriptions, obtains proper medication or material.

* Assists with inventory management and ordering of medications and supplies.

* Answers questions from pharmacy and non-pharmacy personnel regarding drug distribution.

* Resolve pharmacy/ medication issues with other members of the healthcare team, Veterans, and external customers.

* Monitors inventory needs in patient care areas, relays this information to the appropriate Pharmacy personnel.

* Provides patient education on pharmacy topics such as the requesting refill process, drug information sheets, and relaying judgmental questions to the pharmacist.

* Outpatient services may include such areas as outpatient prescription filling, answering the pharmacy phone, window prescription dispensing, narcotic vault assignments, mail processing, inspections or other areas that may develop from patient/pharmacy needs.

* Inpatient services may include such areas as aseptic admixture preparation including cytotoxic agents, automatic and on-demand ward stock replenishment, maintenance and operation of automated prepackaging storage and dispensing equipment, assembly, and documentation of controlled substance requests, and properly packaging with documentation of single unit of use medications.

Work Schedule:

3rd shift; 7-on/7-off; rotating weekends & holidays

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):
Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):
Not Authorized

Pay:
Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

Paid 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)

Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.

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 $416.66.

Retirement:
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance:
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Telework:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 92162-A

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized