PHARMACY TECHNICIAN

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located in a Pharmacy Department within the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

The purpose of this position is to perform a variety of technical support functions in a pharmacy.

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 a variety of complex technical functions to interpret, order, receive, store, and dispense pharmaceuticals from routine to complex controlled substances; processing medication orders by using computerized order entry in and extraction of pertinent drug data from patient charts and/ or through patient interview; interpreting the appropriate information and data to identify patient requirements relative to their specific needs.

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.

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. Major Duties:

• Processes medication orders by using computerized order entry in and extraction of pertinent drug data from patient charts and/ or through patient interview.
• Interprets the appropriate information and data to identify patient requirements relative to their specific needs.
• Clarifies questionable orders with ordering medical provider for instances such as requests for an unknown medication or illegible/ unclear orders and/ or may recommend acceptable substitutes.
• Answers routine questions concerning proper use, dosage, administration, drug interaction, and side effects of medications.
• Performs substantial bulk compounding, including complex products.
• Identifies problems independently and adjusts accordingly for final screening by Pharmacist. Performs complex assessment of compound products utilizing test equipment adjusting to proper concentrations in solutions and visual inspections.
• Prepares, stores, and issues sterile and non-sterile drug preparations following established guidelines. Deviation may be necessary with consultation with the Pharmacist.