Pharmacy Technician

Title: Pharmacy Technician

State Role Title: Direct Service Associate III

Hiring Range: Commensurate with Experience up to $45,000

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Dept of Veterans Services

Location: Sitter-Barfoot Veterans Care

Agency Website: https://www.dvs.virginia.gov/veterans-care-centers/sitter-barfoot-veterans-care-center

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Sitter & Barfoot Veterans Care Center; named after two Medal of Honor recipients – Colonel Van Barfoot and Colonel Carl Sitter – provides the gold standard in quality care for Virginia’s Veterans. This single-level facility features 200 single-occupancy rooms across four nursing units: two 60-bed skilled nursing care units, one 40-bed skilled nursing care unit and one 40-bed secure Alzheimer’s dementia unit.
Sitter and Barfoot is seeking an experienced Pharmacy Technician to work under the direct supervision of the Pharmacist. The ideal candidate will be flexible, task oriented, exhibit strong interpersonal skills, and be able to effectively communicate.

Job Duties:
• Prepare and distribute medications
• Facilitate the delivery of medications to nursing units
• Maintain the drug inventory par levels, patient and pharmacy records in a manner consistent with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations, as well as pharmacy policies and procedures.
• Perform data entry tasks and order transcriptions
• Perform daily and monthly reject resolutions
• Perform monthly pharmacy billing functions
• Perform prior authorizations
• Perform unit dose packaging of medications and bubble packaging of narcotic medications
• Fill and maintain inventory of carts

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
• Pharmacy technician licensure by the Virginia Board of Pharmacy or National Certification
• Basic mathematics skills including but not limited to adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing in all units of measurement.
• Working knowledge of pharmacy information systems
• Effective communication skills, both written and oral
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and make decisions independently and effectively
• Able to operate equipment such as computers, packing machines, thermal sealers and tablet counters.
• Familiarity with pharmacy practice settings, legal requirements and limitations, prescription information and calculations, drug identification and generic equivalents, packaging and labeling information, and proper drug handling and storage practices.

Additional Considerations

• Two (2) years of prior pharmacy experience preferred.
• Experience as a Pharmacy Tech in a long-term care or adult geriatric setting 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.

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.
Application must be complete to be considered.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disability Act. Contact Human Resources for assistance.
SBVCC is an equal opportunity employer, minorities, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and individuals with National Service experience are encouraged to apply. EEO/AA/TT

Only online applications will be accepted.
Successful completion of a Background Criminal History Check (including FBI-based fingerprint check), reference and employment verifications, and Pre-Employment Drug Test are required. TB Skin Testing will be completed upon hire.

SBVCC is a healthcare organization and must comply with the federal CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care staff Vaccination Regulation; requiring all employees to be vaccinated or receive an exemption as a condition of employment. Upon acceptance of a job offer, new hires will be asked to disclose their vaccination status and present proof of vaccination during the pre-employment process. New hires who are not vaccinated for any reason or choose not to disclose their vaccination status, wi