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Job opening: Pharmacy Technician (Inpatient Pharmacy)

Salary: $78 543 - 102 103 per year
Published at: Dec 16 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The Long Beach VA Health Care System is recruiting (1) Inpatient Pharmacy Technician within Pharmacy Service at the Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center. The inpatient pharmacy technician is a specialized professional who plays a crucial role in clinical operations and sterile compounding. The incumbent manages medications for compounding, demonstrating expertise in both non-hazardous and hazardous sterile preparations. Welcome to VA Long Beach Tibor Rubin - History

Duties

VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws Duties may include but are not limited to: Maintains extensive knowledge of clinical medications, safety rules and regulations, and monitoring parameters as required. Performs a variety of complex technical functions following USP-797 and USP-800 that include preparing parenteral admixtures (large and small volume), piggybacks, pre-filled syringes, and ready-to-use admixtures, besides labeling and delivering, in a timely manner, all sterile piggybacks and admixtures used in this Medical Center. Accurately interprets, fills, and delivers medications and pharmacy supplies, including non-hazardous, hazardous, and controlled substances admixtures, for use in different hospital units and clinics and ensures those products are received and stored appropriately (e.g., refrigeration and medication room). Readies prescriptions with appropriate medications for pharmacist verification. Ability to resolve pharmacy/medication issues with other members of the healthcare team and Veterans by regularly acting as the first-line communication between the pharmacy service and medical staff to serve patients' needs either in-person or over a communication device (e.g., telephone, Vocera, MS Teams, pagers, etc.). Actively participates in the Daily Management System (DMS). Reports on performance improvement activities' progress, monitor metrics and participates in departmental meetings. Maintains comprehensive knowledge of concepts, principles, methodology, and policies in the non-hazardous and hazardous sterile compounding area. 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-08 Experience. Candidates must possess one year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level and demonstrate the KSAs below. 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 the following KSAs for all GS-08 assignments and meet any additional KSAs for the assignment, if indicated: (a) Comprehensive knowledge of concepts, principles, methodology and policies in a specialized area or section of pharmacy (such as sterile compounding, controlled substances, automation, clinical pharmacy, contact center, etc.) Note: See Specialized Area in the Definitions Section. (b) Skill in training and orienting new and existing pharmacy facility employees and students on proper policies and procedures. (c) Ability to evaluate, analyze and coordinate workflow and work activities within a specialized area or section of the pharmacy. Assignments. For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity and range of variety and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time. Pharmacy technicians at this level have a higher level of responsibility for specialized areas of pharmacy and are expected to independently carry out assigned tasks of considerable difficulty. Pharmacy technicians at this grade level may be appointed to one of the following assignments: Pharmacy Technician. Pharmacy technicians in this assignment specialize in areas such as sterile compounding, oncology, controlled substances, medication history review, clinical specialist (anticoagulation, pain, infectious diseases), clinical informatics, automation, immunizations and any other specialized area in the advancement of the profession. The pharmacy technician will serve as a subject matter expert and key resource in the day-to-day technician duties of the specialized area. The technician will be performing assignments such as compounding sterile products, filling controlled substance prescriptions while maintaining compliance with Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) regulations, taking medication histories and counseling patients, managing automation, managing workflow and training and orienting staff in the specialized area. Preferred Experience: Experience in Inpatient Pharmacy. 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-08. 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]

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