Pharmacy Technician

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About the Position: This is a Pharmacy Technician position located at Naval Air Station in San Diego, California.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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 preparing medications for dispensing and utilizing pharmacy-based computer systems to process prescriptions and medication orders.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

OR Education: A half year (i.e., 9 semester hours) of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacy, or Biomolecular Science.

(Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 9.

Add the two percentages. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) Candidates with a Pharmacy Technician License are HIGHLY PREFERRED. Major Duties:

• Read, interpret and fill orders for oral and topical medications.
• Review and prepare orders for sterile products, utilizing sterile technique and maintaining infection control procedures.
• Make necessary calculations and adjustments to provide a different concentration of medication.
• Assist pharmacist in the drug utilization and quality assurance and improvement activities.
• Interpret outpatient prescriptions and perform necessary steps to correctly input, process and dispense completed prescriptions.
• Answer routine questions concerning proper use, dosage, administration and side effects of medications.