Lead Pharmacy Technician

This position serves as a Lead Pharmacy Technician in the Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP). This position performs duties independently which consist of significant scope and complexity and leads three GS-07 or more pharmacy technicians or equivalent staff members. The candidate is required to be certified by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or National Health career Association and maintain their national Pharmacy Technician Certification.

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- The Lead Pharmacy Technician will be assigned primary responsibility for one or more production areas, to include but not be limited to: automated dispensing, labeling, bulk, replenishment, refrigeration, controlled substances, hazardous drug dispensing and manifesting or packing. He/she will be required to have the knowledge, skills and ability to perform in all areas as needed. He/she must have knowledge of inventory control, warehouse operations, and receiving processes to aid in coordination of inventory management with logistics personnel.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

* Continually provides oversight and makes recommendations to improve the utilization of resources.

* Responsible for developing and recommending additional management reports to assist in providing timely and accurate information for all customers.

* Participates in the development and implementation of both short and long-term policies and plans for CMOP.

* Monitors all prescription throughput of allocated workload to insure timeliness, accuracy, and successful processing. Incumbent is responsible for coordinating these efforts with other production areas, logistics, and information technology staff.

* Facilitates mandatory employee training and competency assessment requirements.

* Assists supervisory personnel in the coordination and planning of staffing and resources required to keep assigned production areas at maximum efficiency. update each production area to keep at maximum efficiency.

Work Schedule:

First Shift is 6:00am-2:30pm and Second Shift is 3:30pm-midnight.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):
Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):
Not Authorized

Pay:
Competitive salary and regular salary increases

Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Parental Leave:
After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy:
After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.

Retirement:
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance:
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Telework:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 43060A

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized