Pharmacy Technician

Veterans Health Administration; Tuskegee (AL); On-site; USD 58,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration in Alabama seeks a Pharmacy Technician for the Care in the Community (CITC) program in Tuskegee. You will handle prescription entry, coordination with pharmacists, and patient communications, ensuring proper processing of VA and Non-VA prescriptions.

Responsibilities include data entry, medication preparation, and supporting training activities; schedule is 8:00am–4:30pm; telework is not authorized. Two openings; federal employment considerations apply.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Prescription order entry with pharmacist verification and monitoring of lab values.
• Pharmacy data entry and processing of Non-VA prescriptions for eligibility and appropriateness.
• Communicate with patients regarding prescriptions and manage non-formulary/authorization communications.
• Input authorized prescriptions into the EHR and prepare meds for pharmacist review.
• Assist with tracking and shipping of Non-VA meds; serve as preceptor for students; perform telephone triage.

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The Care in the Community (CITC) pharmacy technician is a specialized technician ith a high level of responsibility for assignments. This position will serve as the subject matter expert for community care prescriptions. This position will provide various customer support services within the pharmacy department.

Key Responsibilities

VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws Prescription order entry with pharmacist verification, laboratory value monitoring, medical chart/action profile poly-pharmacy reviews, drug utilization evaluation monitoring, pharmacoeconomic reviews, telephone logisitical support, supplemental patient education communication, and medication reconciliation with pharmacist oversight.

Receives faxed, mailed, electronically prescribed, or delivered prescriptions written by Non-VA providers and processes all received prescriptions to include assessment of appropriateness and eligibility, prioritizing urgent prescriptions first. Utilizes electronic health record, or other related sits to determine authorization and eligibility of Non-VA Care.

Communicates with patients concerning prescriptions received from unauthorized provider visits and handles prescriptions appropriately, whether forwarding to primary care provider, returning to patient, and/or documenting in electronic health record. Reviews authorized prescriptions for appropriateness using Pharmacy Technician knowledge, as well as knowledge concerning the national drug formulary and local VA formulary requirements.

Follows up via phone and/or fax with Non-VA Provider regarding initiated communications concerning non-formulary/prior authorization medications, clarifications, or medication change requests frequently, and documents in electronic health record. Inputs authorized prescriptions or prepares electronically prescribed medications into VISTA for review and verification by a CITC pharmacist or representative.

Assists in the tracking and shipping of Non-VA prescribed controlled substances, as well as all Non-VA prescribed medications mailed from the Pharmacy or Consolidated Mail-Out Pharmacy (CMOP). Initiates requests for medications from specialty pharmacies. Serves as preceptor for pharmacy technician students. Performs telephone triage.

Assists with and helps conduct the training, orientation, retraining, and documentation of training of employees to Pharmacy Service policies and procedures. Packages and assembles drugs and supplies. Knowledge of drug medication brand names, generic names/chemical names, general and special storage requirements, expiration date requirements, dosage forms, applicable systems of weights and measures, medical terminology in order to interpret physician's orders.

Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm. Work schedule subject to change based on agency needs. : Telework: Not authorized. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 63255F. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.

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 $58479 – $76020/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-16.

How many openings are available?

There are 2 openings for this position.

Who is eligible to apply?

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