Pharmacy Technician - Controlled Substance
Veterans Health Administration
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Pharmacy Technician
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA
Department of Defense
Location
Location not specified
Salary
$38,791 - $50,428
per year
Type
Full Time
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February 6, 2026
GS-5 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $33,878 - $44,042
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience. Bachelor's degree.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves working as a pharmacy technician in a military hospital's outpatient pharmacy, where you'll handle prescriptions, prepare medications, and assist patients with basic instructions on how to use them.
It's a hands-on role that requires attention to detail and following safety rules to ensure the right drugs are given out correctly.
A good fit would be someone with prior experience in a pharmacy setting, like a hospital or retail store, who is reliable and comfortable using computers for patient records.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience in filling prescriptions and distributing pharmaceuticals in settings like hospital pharmacies, retail pharmacies, or pharmaceutical firms/laboratories
- Proficiency in utilizing pharmacy-based computer systems for entering prescriptions and reviewing patient profiles
- Ability to review prescriptions for controlled drugs, determine substance type, strength, dosage, and quantity per standard practices and SOPs
- Skills in checking for allergies, drug interactions, and duplicate orders
- Capability to provide basic medication use instructions to patients and refer complex questions to pharmacists
- Experience in preparing packages, labeling, inspecting, and verifying medications for dispensing
- U.S. citizenship required; no education substitution allowed—experience only
Full Job Description
About the Position: Serves as a Pharmacy Technician in Outpatient Pharmacy at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes filling prescriptions, distributing pharmaceuticals, and utilizing pharmacy-based computer systems gained in hospital pharmacies, retail pharmacies, or in pharmaceutical firms or laboratories.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.
For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:
- Receives and reviews prescriptions for the full range of pharmaceuticals to include controlled drugs on the formulary.
- Determines type of substance, strength, dosage, and quantity to be dispensed in accordance with accepted practice and pharmacy SOPs.
- Enters prescriptions into outpatient computer system, reviewing profile for allergies, drug/drug or drug/food interactions, and duplicate orders.
- Provides instruction to patients on proper use of medications, referring questions requiring professional knowledge and experience to the registered pharmacist.
- Obtains the pharmaceutical, prepares package labels, visually inspects the medication in the bottle to be dispensed, verifies appropriate medication.
- Attends the dispensing window for pick up.
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