The Long Beach VA Health Care System is recruiting (1) Outpatient Pharmacy Technician within Pharmacy Service at the Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center. The Pharmacy Technician performs routine pharmacy functions including receiving prescriptions from patients in writing or electronically from physicians. Pharmacy Technicians prepare prescriptions by counting, pouring, weighing, measuring, and mixing the medication as necessary. Welcome to VA Long Beach Tibor Rubin - History

Duties

VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEwsTotal-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf Pharmacy Technician: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Pharmacy-Technician-Career-Flyer.pdf Duties include but are not limited to: Verifies patient receives the correct prescriptions by using applicable electronic systems (e.g., VISTA, CPRS, and ScriptPro barcode scanning) to ensure batched medication has active prescription status. Reviews prescriptions for accuracy, selects a drug product by its trade or generic name, checks expiration date, and assembles completed orders for pharmacist review and check. Fills prescriptions by counting, prepackaging, reconstituting, measuring, updating expiration date, and affixing appropriate prescription and auxiliary labels. If the item is not immediately available in the requested amount or strength, incumbent takes appropriate action to notify pharmacist and procurement staff as well as the patient as applicable. Serves as a primary source of information for all pharmacy internal and external customers including but not limited to pharmacy clinical contact center on prescription processing and status. Ensures proficient use of local mail shipping program (e.g., Endicia). Packages prescriptions appropriately to prevent damaged packages within transit (e.g., bubble wrap, ice blocks, insulated containers) Maintains a rolling CS inventory utilizing pharmacy automation system and performs a complete inventory daily. Ensures drugs and supplies are appropriately stored and secured according to USP and VA guideline, including the storage of high-risk, look a-like sound a-like, hazardous, controlled substances, corrosive chemical, flammable liquids, and refrigerated items. Assists in the revision and implementation of section management procedures and assumes a leadership role within the scope of the assignment as applicable. Work Schedule: Variable shifts. This medical center operates 24 hours, seven days per week and you may be required to work days, evenings, nights, holidays, and/or weekends, to include modification in shifts and/or tours of duty, to meet medical center and patient care needs. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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. 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. Certification. For positions above the full performance level, the employee must pass a national certification exam and hold an active national certification through either: (1) Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT). OR; (2) National Healthcareer Association (NHA), Certified Pharmacy Technician (ExCPT). 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). Grade Determinations: Pharmacy Technician GS-07 Experience. Candidates must possess one year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level. Certification. For positions above the full performance level, the employee must pass a national certification exam and hold an active national certification through either: (a) PTCB as a CPhT. OR (b) NHA as a ExCPT. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: (a) Knowledge of pharmacy technician principles, practices, concepts and theories providing for sound independent work. (b) Knowledge of the computerized prescription process and input of prescriptions and medication orders or electronic equivalent. (c) Ability to resolve pharmacy/medication issues with other members of the healthcare team, Veterans and external customers. (d) Ability to train developmental pharmacy technicians and students. (e) Ability to dispense medication or sterile products following all regulations, policies and procedures to ensure safe medication distribution. (f) Ability to troubleshoot automated dispensing equipment (ADE) or technology platforms/databases. Preferred Experience: Experience in Outpatient Pharmacy with direct patient care. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-07. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service.

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Long Beach VA Medical Center 5901 East Seventh Street Long Beach, CA 90822 US
• Name: Ross Rucks
• Phone: 562-540-4595
• Email: [email protected]