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The Pharmacy Technician provides support to all pharmacy operations in a variety of settings. This includes patient care activities in the main outpatient dispensing pharmacy, phone center, outpatient clinic, administration area, or to other area as assigned by the supervisor.

Typical duties may include but are not limited to:

• Reads and interprets prescriptions from the veteran electronic health record systems (EHRS) or in written format.
• Reviews prescription orders for technical accuracy.
• Prepares medications and ensures the orderable item matches the item being dispensed regarding drug, strength, quantity, or appropriate supply item supply item.
• Dispenses medications and sterile products following all regulations, policies, and procedures for safe medication distribution.
• Uses Automatic Dispensing machines (ADM) to batch and label medications. Ensure ScriptTalk labels are batched if needed. Understands when to use other prescription labels with computer outages.
• Able to use the current facility phone system.
• Maintains appropriate phone etiquette and professionalism.
• Able to work independently in phone centers locations.
• Accurately collects and clarifies patient information.
• Capable of synthesizing patient information to identify basic therapeutic, distributive, or medication related problems.
• Understands when to alert pharmacists for problems.
• Communicates information accurately u the electronic health record or other formats.
• Completes calls and as needed follow up in a timely manner.
• Seeks opportunity to support pharmacy operations when phone volume low.
• Fills medication "to be mailed" in accordance with description provided in the medication distribution section.
• Ensures prescription label matches mailing label and maintains accuracy in other software or paper systems.
• Able yo transport mail containers to pick up destinations, restock supplies, lift mail bags or containers.
• Assisted with other medication distribution activities as directed by pharmacist, supervisor or as delineated as part of the shift responsibility.
• Assists the pharmacist with problem solving patient care or medication issues.
• Assists in quality improvement projects as an individual or on assigned teams to improve pharmacy service.
• Assists to complete required pharmacy reporting obligations as directed.
• Maintains pharmacy security. This includes the physical security of the pharmacy and the security of electronic records.
• Maintains accountability for tour of duty.

• Prioritize treatments for patient having multiple problems and employ a variety of established emergency medicine techniques, methods and equipment to the appropriate medical facility.
• As a paramedic, you will perform the following:
• Respond both off- and on-site to all types of emergencies, and sometimes encounter situations that are life threatening.
• Upon arrival at the scene, you will make an independent preliminary assessment as to the scene’s safety and the patient's status.
• Conduct both a complete site survey for hazardous conditions and a physical examination of the patient in order to identify the nature, extent, and seriousness of the patient's condition.
• Based on this preliminary assessment, you will make choices as to how best to provide stabilizing medical interventions prescribed in protocols and, if necessary, make modifications to these protocols within prescribed limits.
• Perform pulmonary resuscitation if breathing fails to start spontaneously upon the opening of the airway, using such techniques as mouth-to-mouth, mouth to nose, etc.
• Administer medications as needed, as well as recognize and determine the causes and basic medical implications of closed and open soft tissue wounds.
• Exercise extreme care when examining, administering emergency care, and transporting the victim to prevent further discomfort, injury, or death.
• Exercise control and direction over fire suppression personnel in the application of basic emergency medical procedures and treatment protocols.
• Gather as much information as possible about the victim, the cause, and effects of the illness/injury in a short time in order to quickly initiate medical treatment.
• Operate emergency vehicles in a variety of environmental and traffic conditions in emergency sites while independently taking into consideration traffic patterns, environmental factors, hospital location and status, and road conditions.

• Oversees operating unit's budget activities and programs to ensure they are in compliance with their operating plan authority. These funds must be accounted for fully at various levels of the budget structure, i.e. appropriation, allowance, sub-sub activity, program and location.
• Records budget data elements into the official accounting system, feeder systems, and sub-systems. Provides directions and instructions in the proper use, efficient operating, and effective implementation of the local budget system and sub-systems.
• Maintains appropriate controls for all Advice of Allowances both Recurring and Non-Recurring funds.
• Performs supervisory responsibilities, which includes approving time and attendance, writing, revising or updating employee's position description, recommending job promotions, recommending selection of best candidate, monitoring and documenting poor, as well as excellent performances, initiating appropriate personnel action and progressive disciplinary action.

Position located in the Health Services Department at a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional facility.

Primarily responsible for providing emergency assessment and medical care to inmate patients.

First responder at the scene of sudden illness or emergency and sometimes encounters situations which may be life threatening.

Determines, upon consultation with a medical provider (physician/physician assistant/nurse practitioner), the most appropriate method of transportation to the local hospital.

Prioritizes treatments for patients having multiple problems and employs a variety of established medical emergency procedures, techniques, methods and equipment, including the performance of emergency triage.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.