Pharmacy Technician/ Pharmacy Aid

Applications are being accepted on www.usajobs.gov

www.usajobs.gov/job/829409800

Work is to help pharmacists dispense prescription medication to customers or health professionals. Certification and license required for GS-04, GS-05 GS-06. For GS-03 grade, you can obtain required certification and license after hire date.

Duties

If incumbent is hired at the GS-3 level, the selected candidate gains experience toward the GS-4, GS-5, or GS-6 to perform the duties listed below.

• Help patients by greeting them in person or by telephone to answer questions or respond to requests and prioritizing if inquiry should be referred to a pharmacist.
• Fill and dispense prescriptions as delegated by Pharmacists. Assists the pharmacist in patient care activities. Performs the technical processes entailed in processing and dispensing medications to patients.
• Manage the regular program of supply procurement and supply management. This includes assessment of need, preparing purchase orders and requests, placing computer generated or phone orders to prime vendor or wholesalers, receiving drugs into the pharmacy, taking periodic inventories of stock. Performs daily maintenance functions on automated equipment. Runs daily operational and pharmacy reports and performs a variety of quality assurance/quality improvement activities.
• Function as contact person for on-line point of sales system to include training others or responding to questions in person or verbally about insurance billing Monitors the patient data input into the RPMS Point-of-Sale (POS) system, assures the accuracy of patient data and appropriateness of billing information so that correct billing documents are produced.

Qualifications To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying.

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; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Specialized Experience for Positions at GS-4 and above: Qualifying specialized experience may have been gained in hospital pharmacies, retail pharmacies, or in pharmaceutical firms or laboratories. Experience must have provided a basic knowledge of:

• Pharmaceutical nomenclature.
• Characteristics, strengths, and dosage forms of pharmaceuticals.
• Pharmaceutical systems of weights and measures; and the
• Variety of procedures and techniques involved in the care, storage, repackaging, bulk compounding, and distribution of pharmaceuticals.

In addition, to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications, Conditions of Employment and Selective Placement Factors stated below-

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR GRADE GS-03:

• Your resume must demonstrate at least six (6) months of General Experience.
• General Experience is (l) Any type of work that demonstrates the applicant's ability to perform the work of the position, or (2) experience that provided a familiarity with the subject matter or processes of the broad subject area of the occupation. Examples of work at this level include clerical work in medical settings such as verifying accuracy of patient information, enter codes or other information into computers or enter information into databases or software programs or enter patient or treatment data into computers and interacting with customers in person to provide information of service.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION FOR GRADE GS-04:

• Your resume must demonstrate at least six (6) months of general experience and six (6) months of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector. This experience is related to the work of the position and equivalent to at least the GS-03 level in the Federal service.
• Specialized experience is based upon the Individual Occupational Requirements for Pharmacy Technicians:
• General experience is based upon general schedule qualifications standards: (l) Any type of work that demonstrates the applicant's ability to perform the work of the position, or (2) experience that provided a familiarity with the subject matter or processes of the broad subject area of the occupation. Examples of work at this level include clerical work in medical settings such as verifying accuracy of patient information, enter codes or other information into computers or enter information into databases or software programs or enter patient or treatment data into computers and interacting with customers in person to provide information of service.
• OR successfully completed post high school education.
• OR combination of equivalent combination of education and experience.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION FOR GRADE GS-05:

• Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector. This experience is related to the work of the position and equivalent to at least the GS-04 level in the Federal service.
• Specialized experience is based upon the Individual Occupational Requirements for Pharmacy Technicians:
• OR successfully completed post high school education
• OR combination of equivalent combination of education and experience.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR GS-06:

• Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector. This experience is related to the work of the position and equivalent to at least the GS-05 level in the Federal service.
• Specialized experience is based upon the Individual Occupational Requirements for Pharmacy Technicians and Filling prescriptions utilizing automated dispensing equipment; distributing pharmaceuticals; utilizing pharmacy based computer systems; working with insurance claims to bill for pharmaceuticals and resolve any billing issues; and performing pharmaceutical procurement and inventory management

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $43,894.00 - $79,883.00 per year

Physical Setting:

• Clinic

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work Location: In person

Salary : $43,894 - $79,883