Pharmacy Technician

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About the Position: This position is working for the Defense Health Agency, Army Medical Center Madigan, Department of Pharmacy, Inpatient Pharmacy located at Tacoma, Washington.

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 performing two or more of the following: verifying accuracy of pharmaceutical labels; utilizing automated pharmacy systems to enter and retrieve data; processing and filling prescription orders; compounding medications; or rotating /inventory of pharmacy stock.

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

• Prepare compounding medications.
• Determine type of substance, strength, dosage, and quantity of medication prescription to be dispensed.
• Prepare unit dose oral medications.
• Prepare full range of sterile products - parenteral, parenteral nutrition and intravenous additives
• Select components and computes quantities; sets up, operates, and maintains common and specialized instruments and equipment; and performs mixing and blending of substances.
• Package and label products and ensures that they are properly handled, stored, and accounted.
• Prepare additives in strict compliance with procedures and techniques.
• Review orders for compatibility and additives, converts instructions to proper units and measures, and calculates the quantity of solution required based on concentration, interaction, dosage, number of doses, loss in processing, etc.
• Assist supervisor in inventory, stock of control and accounting for pharmaceuticals to include controlled substances.
• Prepare related reports, establish, and maintain patient files from a variety of manual and automated records system concerning pharmacy operations.
• Rotate pharmacy stock and expired medication checks.