Pharmacy Technician

Summary

This Pharmacy Technician position is assigned to the Eastern Kansas Health Care System in Leavenworth, KS. Under the supervision of a pharmacist, you will perform routine pharmacy functions including filling, preparation and dispensing of prescriptions, sterile compounding, management of automated dispensing equipment (ADE), inventory management, and multiple types of customer contact services.

• United States Citizenship:
  Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• English Language Proficiency
• Pharmacy Technician candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C.
• 7403(f)
• Education or Experience
• None required
• For all grade levels and positions that accept both education and experience to qualify – equivalent combinations of qualifying education and experience that total at least 100% are qualifying
• The combined percentage is determined by adding total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level to the education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level
• Grandfathering Provision
• Pharmacy technicians employed in VHA on the effective date of this qualification standard are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title – series and grade held – including positive education and licensure/certification/registration that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation
• For employees who do not meet all the basic requirements in this standard but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed to it – the following provisions apply:
  Employees may be reassigned – promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level or changed to lower grade within the occupation but may not be promoted beyond the journeyman level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions
• Employees in an occupation that requires a licensure/certification/registration only at higher grade levels must meet the licensure/ certification/registration requirement before they can be promoted to those higher grade levels
• Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective date of the qualification standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed on a temporary or permanent basis until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard
• Employees who are converted to title 38 hybrid status under this provision and subsequently leave the occupation lose protected status and must meet the full VA qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of re-entry to the occupation
• Employees initially grandfathered into this occupation who subsequently obtain additional education and/or licensure/certification/registration that meet all the basic requirements of this qualification standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupation
• GRADE DETERMINATIONS Pharmacy Technician – GS‑03
  
  Education and Experience:
  
  One year of post‑secondary education or – Six months of general experience or – Student Technician
• A student enrolled in an approved nationally accredited pharmacy technician program for an occupation identified in 38 U.S.C. 7405(a)(1)(A) or (B) may be appointed on a temporary full‑time – part‑time or intermittent basis under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 7405(a)(1)(D) for a period not to exceed two years or the duration of the individual's program
• Pharmacy Technician – GS‑04 Education and Experience – Transcripts submitted:
  Completion of two years of post‑secondary coursework related to pharmacy (e.g. – 12 semester hours of science and mathematics courses) or – Completion of one of the following:
  Six months of experience that demonstrated knowledge of medication or medical field practice or – Successful completion of a military or nationally recognized pharmacy technician education/training program
• American Society of Health System Pharmacists® (ASHP) – American Pharmacist Association (APHA) – Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) – PTCB or NHA are examples of acceptable…