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- Accurately interprets, fills, and prepares prescriptions with appropriate medications and or medical supplies for pharmacist verification.
- Maintains work areas in a clean and orderly condition
- Assures drugs and supplies are appropriately stored and secured according to USP and VA guidelines.
- Receives, checks, rotates, and places in stock all items received from pharmacy procurement section and identifies and reconciles any discrepancies to assure correct items have been received.
- Utilizes automation dispensing equipment available to the pharmacy staff, following all safety and QA procedures.
- Performs monthly inspections to assigned areas to ensure proper storage of medications and requirements.
- Compounds and/or reconstitutes oral or external medications (non-sterile); calculating and converting to proper weights and measuring the amount of drug or solution to be used for final pharmacist verification.
- Manufactures products requiring compounding, whether made in large batches for more than one patient or in small batches.
- Correctly interprets physician orders, selects, and measures appropriate ingredients, mixes ingredients in a safe and effective manner, inspects the final product for accuracy, labels the product, maintains records of the manufacturing process, and obtains a final check by a pharmacist.
- Uses standard protocols to determine an accurate expiration date for each batch prepared.
- Proficiently operates equipment, including but not limited to balances and mixing machines in the routing of manufacturing pharmaceutical products.
- Answers questions from pharmacy and non-pharmacy personnel regarding drug distribution.
- Assists in training and orientation of new staff technicians, interns, and students.
- Performs duties of all lower grade technicians as needed.
- Assists higher level technicians as needed.
- Maintains national certification with PTCB or ExCPT. Work Schedule: Rotation; including evening, weekends, and holidays
Pharmacy Technician - Danville, United States - Department Of Veterans Affairs
Description
Summary
This Danville Pharmacy technician is PTCB or ExCPT certified and performs a full range of duties related to; inventory, inspections, prescription assembly, controlled substances distribution, dispensing, distribution, and other functions of pharmaceutical practices under the supervision of a pharmacist. The Pharmacy Technician mentors and trains lower grade technicians and assists pharmacists in providing optimal care and timely service in support of the mission, vision, and goals of the VA.
Duties
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 000000
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized