Inptatient & Outpatient Pharmacy Technician Veteran Affairs Medical Center

PTCB Pharmacy Technician - Outpatient experience needed for OP roles, Inpatient experience needed for IP roles. 

*** must be able to work 40 hours per week. Rotating shift hours ***

PTCB Certified Pharmacy Technician

As VA Pharmacy Technician, you will provide excellent care to VA beneficiaries and dependents. Your tasks include the following services:

• Process, fill, and deliver inpatient medication orders and outpatient prescriptions for the assigned section.


• Utilize relevant VA computer software applications including the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (Vista) and pharmacy automation in completing daily functions.


• Prepare sterile intravenous (IV) medications, including chemotherapy and hazardous agents, and perform required IV room maintenance, quality/environmental control monitoring, and record keeping per United States Pharmacopeia (U.S.P.) 797 and 800 guidelines, departmental policies and procedures.


• Maintain adequate medication stock and storage within assigned section, and properly handle outdated, deteriorated, and recalled medications


• Provide excellent customer service to patients, family members, caregivers, visitors and others within the organization.

Qualifications required:

• 1 year of inpatient background is preferred as a minimum for inpatient roles! 


• You must have background experience working in hospital pharmacies for inpatient assignment or retail pharmacies for outpatient assignment. Experience shall include a basic knowledge of pharmaceutical nomenclature; characteristics, strengths, and dosage forms of pharmaceuticals; pharmaceutical systems of weights and measures; and the variety of procedures and techniques involved in the care, storage, repackaging, bulk compounding, and distribution of pharmaceuticals.


• You are required to have certification by the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) and shall be proficient in spoken and written English. Please submit copy with application.


• You are required to clear a Tuberculosis (TB) test and pass a basic physical, to ensure you can meet the physical demands of the position, including but not limited to; standing and walking 8 hours a day, bending, stretching and lifting up to 30 pounds.


• Must have excellent customer service skills.


• Must have proof of US citizenship

Company information:

Dynamic Planning & Response LLC

www.dynapnr.com

We do not provide a relocation package.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, we comply with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: From $40.52 per hour