This Pharmacy Technician position is assigned to the VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System. This position functions as the procurement assistant position in Pharmacy Service in support of procurement and inventory management of pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and equipment. This position requires extensive working knowledge of Acquisition and Materiel Management (A&MM) policies and regulations.

Duties

The position requires specialized knowledge of pharmacy operations, care and storage of specialized pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical equipment. The position requires a comprehensive knowledge of Pharmacy Service local and national procurement/formulary guidelines and restrictions. Duties include but not limited to: Assists the procurement technician with procurement and ongoing inventory management of drug products and medical supplies in the department. Monitors utilization rates to ensure cost-effective turnover of inventories on hand. Orders from various procurement sources, including prime vendor and direct contract and non-contract sources. Ensures mandatory sources are used when appropriate. Ensures most cost-effective sources and items are selected when ordering. Complies with all IMPAC card rules and regulations when using the government purchase card. Reconciles purchases made with the IMPAC card in a timely manner. Reports any vendor issues to procurement technician and or procurement pharmacist. Determines, establishes, and modifies, as necessary, appropriate ordering intervals, inventory levels, most efficient/effective ordering quantities, based on the fiscal status of the pharmaceutical budget, seasonal variations in drug usage, changing patterns of medical practice, delivery time requirements, urgency of medical need, and alternative sources of availability. Maintains department's procurement fund control records, verifies information, and reconciles all procurement problems. Works with procurement technician and procurement pharmacist to resolve budgetary discrepancies that arise among Fiscal, Acquisition and Materiel Management, and Pharmacy due to changes that occur during procurement, obligation, and delivery process. Compiles and analyzes data from a variety of sources (i.e., inventories, procurement records, financial expenditures, etc.) to assess and project the importance and impact of changing trends of drug utilization on drug inventory control and budget utilization. Acts as procurement assistant for securing and coordinating the processing of outdated, returned, unusable, and excess inventory for credit through the reverse distributor or processing as pharmaceutical waste. Ensures the handling and processing of general pharmaceutical waste and hazardous pharmaceutical waste is done in accordance with VHA and EPA regulations. Serves as procurement assisting with the biennial physical inventory of all controlled substances and ensures records are maintained in accordance with VHA and DEA regulations. Serves as procurement assistant for coordinating the destruction of controlled substances with the reverse distributor in accordance with VHA and DEA regulations. Designated as procurement assistant for the Equipment Inventory Listing Verification Officer for the department. Assists procurement technician and procurement pharmacist with Logistics the identification and verification of all equipment assigned to Pharmacy Service. Works with Engineering Service and vendors the maintenance and repair of pharmacy equipment. Assist procurement technician and procurement pharmacist with processing of all manufacturer and FDA recalls of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies. Ensures recalled items are properly handled and processed for return to the appropriate source. Performs all the duties of lower graded technicians, if required. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Available (Ad-hoc) Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 0000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Certification. Applicants must have certification by the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB). This is required at grades GS-6 and above. Experience. One year experience at the next lower level, and must fully meet the KSAs at the next lower level. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). All persons employed in VHA in this occupation 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 required in this standard, but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply: Such employees in an occupation that does not require a licensure/certification/registration, may be reassigned, promoted, or demoted within the occupation. Such employees in an occupation that requires a licensure/certification/registration, may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level, or demoted within the occupation, but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions. Such 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 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. If an employee who was retained in an occupation listed in 38 U.S.C. § 7401(3) under this provision leaves that occupation, the employee loses protected status and must meet the full VA qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of reentry to the occupation. Grade Determinations: Pharmacy Technician, GS-06 Education or Experience. A high school diploma or equivalent; or at least 3 months experience. Preferred Experience: Certification by the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) is required at grades GS-6 and above. References: VA Handbook 5005/15 Appendix G28 The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-05. Physical Requirements: Functional Requirements: heavy lifting (45lbs and over); reaching above shoulder; use of fingers; walking (3 hours per day); standing (8 hours per day); kneeling (2 hours per day); repeated bending (4 hours per day); both legs required; ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously; near vision correctable at 13" to 16"; far vision correctable in one eye 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other; ability to distinguish shades of colors; hearing (aid permitted).

Education

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. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System 2200 SW Gage Blvd Topeka, KS 66622 US
• Name: Stephanie Hawkins
• Email: [email protected]