Pharmacy Technician

Serves as the VISN 16 South Central VA Health Care Network Health Care Systems Pharmacy Technician for the Southeastern Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System (New Orleans, LA), and Michael

E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Houston, Texas), and Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Beaumont, Texas VA facility, and Lufkin, Texas VA facility.

The Clinical Pharmacy Technician provides and supports clinical operations of the clinics and its CPPs. All assigned clinical activities, and functions shall be completed in accordance with approved clinical pharmacy protocols or procedures:
Assigned activities include but not limited to:

* Pull data via the electronic health record (EHR) on all new patients who are new to the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) and add to excel sheet to complete medication history.

* Interviews patients (families/caregivers as appropriate), to develop an accurate list of medications, strengths, and dosages the patient has been taking.

* Interviews patients for any over the counter medications and/or herbal product.

* Review Joint Legacy Viewer (JLV) to see if a patient has been receiving medications from another VA.

* Document adverse reactions and allergies that the patient reports.

* Review any patient compliance issues based on the interview and refill history.

* Document the compiled list in the electronic health record.

* Add the CPP as an additional cosigner to the medication history note in the EHR.

* Contacts and collaborates with other healthcare providers in the facility as deemed appropriate.

* Review all encounters daily and notify CPP for completion.

* Review all consults and notify CPP for completion.

* Review all unsigned notes and notify CPP for completion.

* Review all user alerts and notify all pharmacists for completion.

* Call all patients that are due/late for a refill on their anti-depressants to offer refill to be mailed out for a 90-day supply and notify CPP for renewal.

* Review performance improvement dashboards which include hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, etc. and report to the Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor.

* Review all ambulatory clinics and prepare and present the report to the Access Committee monthly. Tract and trend these finding every month.

* Monitor for all non-formulary medication documentation to ensure to follow the National standard for timely turnaround.

* Review all ambulatory care clinics with the appropriate CPP and the Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor to update and restructure as necessary.

* Enter all LEAF requests for all modifications to pharmacy clinics.

* Enter all LEAF requests for all clinic closures to pharmacy clinics.

* Works closely with other clinic administrative staff.

* Acts as a resource person for planning, reviewing, or revising pharmacy policies and/or procedures.

* Must possess extensive knowledge of all pharmacy computer packages/programs which include but not limited to:

a. Microsoft Windows Programs

b. Computerized Patient Records Systems (CPRS, GUI, VistA, EHR,etc.), national dashboards, National Drug File.

c. Must have comprehensive knowledge of how these computer packages interact with various disciplines within the organization.

* Participate in quality assurance, process improvement activities, and performance monitors.

* Maintain competence by participating in staff development programs.

* Provide in-service programs for appropriate clinic personnel and pharmacy technicians as assigned.

* Successfully complete annual competency certifications based on specific clinical functions/activities assigned.

* Performs all the duties of a pharmacy technician at the lower grades as assigned.

* Assists in other patient care areas as deemed necessary to maintain the consistency of overall pharmacy services

Work Schedule:

Rotating shifts, including weekends and holidays, to meet the needs of the service.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):
Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):
Not Authorized

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 #: 629-31008F, 580-02171F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized