Lead Pharmacy Technician (Inpatient)

Veterans Health Administration

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 74,000 - 96,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in Washington, DC seeks a Lead Pharmacy Technician to perform duties independently, guiding a team of at least three GS-07 or higher technicians within the pharmacy. Main duties include managing workload, coordinating equipment and automation, training staff, and ensuring timely, accurate tasks while maintaining safety and quality standards.

Work schedule is 7:00am–3:30pm with rotating weekends; telework not available.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

Assess workload volume daily and adjust staffing to meet goals.
Identify duplication of efforts and streamline processes to reduce waste and improve patient care.
Organize and assist the pharmacy technician team to ensure tasks are timely and accurate.
Coordinate day-to-day maintenance and operation of pharmacy area equipment and automation.
Promote harmonious relationships within the work environment and support team needs.
Assist in training and orientating new and existing pharmacy technicians and students on policy and procedures.
Develop training schedules and maintain documentation for all technicians and students.
Guide, train, and provide technical direction of all pharmacy non-pharmacist staff and volunteers.
Evaluate pharmacy activities to help management meet short- and long-range objectives and goals.
May be responsible for scheduling, time-and-attendance processing, and quality assurance tasks.
Serve as online backup to other technicians; Work schedule 7:00am-3:30pm with rotating weekends; Telework: Not Available; This is not a virtual position.

Job description

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

The lead pharmacy technician performs duties independently which consist of significant scope, complexity and leads at least three GS-07 or more technicians.

Key Responsibilities

Major duties include, but are not limited to: Assess workload volume throughout the day, identify backlogs, and makes staffing adjustments as needed to meet organizational goals. Identify areas of duplication of efforts and develop solutions to streamline processes, reduce waste, cost savings, and improve patient care. Responsible for organizing and assisting the pharmacy technician team to ensure assigned tasks are timely and accurately completed for their program area.

Coordinate day-to-day maintenance and operation of pharmacy area equipment and automation. Promote harmonious relationships within the work environment and support the needs of the team and customer. Listens to informal complaints of employees and other customers in a helpful and timely fashion. If not able to remedy a situation, the lead will notify the pharmacy supervisor.

Assists in training and orientating new and existing pharmacy technicians and students on policy and procedures. Identify and report developmental and training needs to ensure safety and quality control for their program area. Develops training schedules and assists in maintaining documentation for all pharmacy technicians and students. Effectively evaluates pharmacy activities to assist management to obtain short- and long-range objectives and goals.

Conduct technician meetings to assure proper updates of departmental and hospital communications. Assist in the development of policies and procedures and participate in departmental goal planning and quality improvement activities. Maintain competence by participating in staff development programs. Guide, train, and provide technical direction of all pharmacy non-pharmacist technical staff and volunteers within the designated area of pharmacy.

Evaluates and coordinates the workflow and technical aspects of pharmacy operations within their designated pharmacy service area. May be responsible for personnel scheduling, time-and-attendance processing, and quality assurance activities. Serves as on-line back up to other pharmacy technicians within the designated area of pharmacy. Work Schedule: 7:00am - 3:30pm, with rotating weekends. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #:688-24097-F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements & Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $73517 – $95568/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-09.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.