Lead Pharmacy Technician
- Location:
- Norfolk, Naval Base
- Requires Relocation:
- No
- Start Date:
- 20/11/2025
- End Date:
- 01/12/2025
- Offering Type:
- Permanent
- Hiring Paths:
- The public
- Service Type:
- Competitive
- Travel Percentage:
- Not required
About Military Treatment Facilities under DHA
As an integrated health care system, the Defense Health Agency delivers healthcare services across the Department of Defense and enables combat support to the Joint Force as a strategic partner. Through a robust healthcare delivery system, and a dedicated team of inspired professionals, the Agency ensures the worldwide delivery of medical, dental, and pharmacy programs to more than 9.5 million uniformed service members, retirees, and their families, by improving health and building readiness Anytime, Anywhere-Always. The mission of the 47th Medical Group at Laughlin Air Force Base is to support the 47th Flying Training Wing’s medical, dental and aeromedical needs in support of Laughlin’s Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training mission. The medical group is responsible for the health care of more than 3,400 Department of Defense (DoD) beneficiaries and ensuring the medical readiness mission for wartime and worldwide contingencies.
Job summary
About the Position: The primary purpose of this position is to perform pharmacy technician duties and assist the pharmacist in the processing and dispensing of prescriptions. Providing technical support to Naval Branch Health Clinic Yorktown Pharmacy and Tricare Prime Clinic Suffolk Pharmacy to Naval Branch Health Clinic Yorktown Pharmacy and Tricare Prime Clinic Suffolk Pharmacy. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
Major duties
Manages the procurement of lifecycle for pharmaceuticals and healthcare consumables. Responsible for the management of expired, obsolete, and excess inventory. Distribute and balance the workload among employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization Check on work in progress or spot check work not requiring review. Responsible for outpatient dispensing within the clinic. Maintains patient records utilizing automated systems and software. Performs pharmacy compounding functions. Assists the pharmacists in efficient drug utilization review, quality assurance, and process improvement efforts. Leads 3 GS Pharmacy Technicians.
Qualification
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes filling prescriptions; and distributing pharmaceuticals; and maintaining accurate inventory of all controlled substances; and utilizing pharmacy based computer systems. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-06).
Evaluations
Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates.