Pharmacy Technician (32 Hour)

The State of Connecticut, Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) is looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join our team. If you are looking for your next step in healthcare and are searching for a chance to help our State's veterans, the DVA can help! This is a part-time, 32 hour per week position. The work schedule is first shift, Mon/Tues/Thurs - 8:00 am - 2:30 pm, Wed/Fri 8:00 am - 3:30 pm.

This Pharmacy Technician will work in our pharmacy at the DVA Healthcare Center providing support for pharmacists in a 125 bed facility as well as for outpatient services. Responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to inventory, filling prescriptions, working with clients, and working as a team to achieve shared goals.

For over 140 years, Connecticut has been caring for its veterans and their dependents. As a Department, we believe in "serving those who have served". This is accomplished through our: Office of Advocacy and Assistance, Residential Facility, Healthcare Center, and Cemetery and Burial Services.

You will be serving those who have served at the Sgt. John L. Levitow Healthcare Center, a Skilled Nursing Facility licensed by the Connecticut Department of Public Health and certified by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Healthcare Center is also certified as a State Veterans Homes by the Federal Veterans Administration and regularly inspected by the VA. At our health care facility, we provide both short and long-term care for patients requiring daily medical management.

THIS CAN INCLUDE:

• Cancer
• Cardiac Disease
• COPD
• Dementia
• Diabetes
• End Stage Renal Disease
• Hypertension
• Parkinson's

As State of Connecticut employees we participate in a competitive benefits plan that includes healthcare coverage, a retirement plan as well as paid time off. We encourage a health work/life balance.

Please Note:1199 employees need to apply to posting in order to be considered.

The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified. This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules. In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.  

Due to the volume of applications anticipated, we are unable to provide confirmation of receipt or status during the recruitment process. Updates will be provided through your JobAps portal account. 

Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience most closely meet the preferred requirements of the position. At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include:  a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency. Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications as indicated to apply for this position.

In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process.  

Please Note: You will be unable to make revisions once you submit your application for this posting to the JobAps system.

This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam. 

Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process. 

The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class. 

All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period.  It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.

This position may be subject to Federal requirements for COVID 19 Vaccination Immunization.

All state hospital employees or employees working in a long-term care setting or prospective state hospital employee or prospective employee working in a long-term care setting shall follow Special Act 22-1.

Should you have questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Chelsea Moore at Chelsea.Moore@ct.gov

In state facilities this class is accountable for independently performing the full range of tasks in technical pharmacy functions in traditional drug distribution system, ambulatory patient services, sterile and non-sterile product formulations and Pharmacy Service Units.

Compounds and delivers medications and other pharmaceutical supplies; maintains pertinent operational records; orders supplies from bulk storage, restocks dispensing carts and delivers contents to patient care areas according to schedule; computes and compiles prescription charges; assists pharmacist in reviewing written prescriptions to determine ingredients needed and ensure established procedures followed; assists pharmacist in filling prescriptions from bulk stock; uses clean air center and sterile technique in filling and labeling syringes for delivery to patient care units; assists pharmacist in filling bottles, capsules or other package forms with measured amount of medications according to prescription specifications; types and affixes labels to containers showing identification data and directions for use; makes entries on and maintains patient medication profiles; maintains and stores inventory of pharmaceuticals and supplies in dispensing area assigned under proper conditions of refrigeration and security; assists pharmacist in preparation of extemporaneous medications on an as-needed basis; maintains work area in clean and neat condition; prepares intravenous admixtures orders; assists in preparation of sterile and non-sterile products according to established procedures; orders and controls all necessary supplies from hospital stores; conducts special surveys under guidelines established by Director of Pharmacy or Pharmacist; may serve as liaison between nursing units and pharmacy; may sterilize injectable preparations; performs related duties as required.

Knowledge of basic principles and practices of a pharmacy operation; knowledge of basic chemistry; basic interpersonal skills; basic oral and written communication skills; ability to perform mathematical calculations; ability to order supplies and maintain inventory; ability to follow oral and written instructions.

One (1) year of experience performing technical pharmacy duties.

Note: For state employees the General Experience is interpreted as one (1) year of experience at the level of a Pharmacy Technician Trainee.

 

Successful completion of a training program as a Pharmacy Technician may be substituted for the General Experience.

• Experience following regulations within a skilled nursing facility
• Experience working with the veteran population
• Experience utilizing Arixium Fast Pak Elite Packing Machine
• Experience with inventory management

1. Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain registration with the State of Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection.
2. Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain a certification as a Pharmacy Technician issued by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or any other equivalent pharmacy technician certification program approved by the department in accordance with C.G.S. Sec 20-598a.
3. Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.
4. Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator's license.

Incumbents in this class may have significant exposure to communicable and/or infectious diseases and risk of injury from assaultive and/or abusive patients and may be exposed to disagreeable conditions and may be required to do some lifting.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.