Lead Pharmacy Technician

Title: Lead Pharmacy Technician

State Role Title: Direct Service Associate III

Hiring Range: $44,600 - $49,000

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: Dept of Health

Agency Website: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Division of Pharmacy Services is within the Office of Epidemiology and supports the Department of Health in its public health mission by the provision of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and pharmaceutical services to programs with partnerships within VDH and external entities. This position provides frontline leadership for pharmacy technicians, ensuring accurate dispensing, compounding, repackaging and filling of all pharmacy orders, efficient workflow, exceptional customer service, and adherence to regulatory standards and Commonwealth polices and procedures. Additional roles and responsibilities include: leading and supervising daily activities to optimize workflow and productivity; filling and reviewing orders for accuracy, completeness and discrepancies with escalation to supervising pharmacist(s); managing inventory, stocking medications, restocking shelves, conducting counts, placing orders, reconciling discrepancies, monitoring expiration dates; processing prescriptions (data entry, claim adjudication); handling incoming and outgoing packages; training; monitoring and providing feedback to identify development needs of pharmacy staff; auditing and generating reports; establishing, revising and updating policies and procedures; problem solving and resolving errors; supporting the training and use of technology; communicating; collaborating with multidisciplinary medical professionals; performing other duties as assigned.

The Virginia Department of Health offers 12 paid holidays, medical, dental, vision and life insurance, retirement plans (including 401a Cash Match and 457 Deferred Compensation Plan) as well as sick, family/personal, and annual leave.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of pharmacy operations; inventory management; drug names (brand vs. generic) and vaccine names; product strengths; abbreviations used in writing prescriptions; and third party insurance billing
• Experience entering prescriptions and adjudicating third party insurance claims in a pharmacy management system
• Experience assisting pharmacist with dispensing drugs
• Experience managing pharmaceutical inventory
• Experience managing personnel, coordinating the work of other staff, and providing training and technical assistance
• Experience using computer software including Microsoft Excel and Word

Additional Considerations

• Experience repackaging medications
• Experience working in a pharmacy serving as lead pharmacy technician preferred
• Experience working in retail, mail-order or other pharmacy settings where prescriptions are handled
• Pharmacy database (QS/1 or PioneerRX) experience preferred

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

VDH accepts only on-line applications. Faxed, mailed, or e-mailed applications will not be considered. Applications are accepted until 11:55 p.m. on the job closing date. Applications and/or resumes should include relevant work history which indicates your qualifications for this position. Supplemental questions are encouraged to be answered in a comprehensive manner and reference any pertinent knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as any previous experience that relates to the position.

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a state and federal criminal history background check and the Department of Social Service’s Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry check, U.S. HHSIG Exclusion List check, employment reference check and E-Verify. Other financial, credit, driving, background checks or completion of Statement of Economic Interests may be required for certain positions.

It is the policy of the Commonwealth and VDH that all aspects of human resource management be conducted without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists); sex; color; national origin; religion; sexual orientatio