Pharmacy Technician- Infusion Coordinator

Pharmacy Technician- Infusion Coordinator

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Tampa, Florida

Salary Range: $77498 - $100753 Per Year

Job Summary: The Infusion Coordinator Pharmacy Technician is a certified, highly specialized technician, who will serve as a coordinator between the Compound Sterile Product (CSP) pharmacy supervisor and the Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Pharmacies.

Major Duties:

• VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws Duties Include: Assists with maintaining required records, documentation, and reference materials related to infusion clinic operations, medication handling, safety standards, and regulatory requirements. Maintains quality assurance logs for infusion-related processes in accordance with regulatory requirements. Supports preparation for accreditation reviews, inspections, and quality assessments related to infusions services. Reviews infusion clinic schedules and collaborates with procurement and pharmacy supervisors to ensure medication and supply availability. Triages consults/appointments, reviews dashboards, and identifies patients requiring infusion-related pharmacy support. Develops and maintains education and training materials relevant to infusion operations. Provides training to staff and maintains required competency documentation. Ensures safe practices are carried out, incorporating safe medication preparation, handling, and distribution processes for hazardous medications, including disposal and proper documentation of cytotoxic drug agents. Travels between sites as needed to support training, operational oversight, and service consistency. Supports accurate medication distribution tasks (measuring/counting, proper labeling, and required record-keeping) and, after pharmacist verification, performs dispensing; conducts final unit-dose checks when appropriate and may fill unit-dose carts as needed. Provides operational guidance to pharmacy and non-pharmacy staff regarding drug distribution processes; promptly identifies basic therapeutic issues (e.g., potential duplicate therapy) and alerts a pharmacist for clinical follow-up. Works across assigned pharmacy service areas, as authorized by the Chief, Pharmacy Service, to maintain consistency of services and meet patient-care needs. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am to 4pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade). Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child. Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 72298F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Qualifications: Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Certification. For positions above the full performance level, the employee must pass a national certification exam and hold an active national certification through either: Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT).OR National Health career Association (NHA), Certified Pharmacy Technician (ExCPT). English Language Proficiency. Pharmacy Technician candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). Physical Requirements. See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service. Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements for appointment in paragraph 5, VA HR staff must use the following criteria to determine the appropriate grade assignment of candidates. Pharmacy Technician, GS-09. (1)Experience. One year of progressively complex experience equivalent to the lower grade level.(2)Certification. For positions above the full performance level, the employee must pass a national certification exam and hold an active national certification through either:(a)PTCB as a CPhT.OR(b)NHA as a ExCPT. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs and meet any additional KSAs for the assignment, if indicated: (a)Expert knowledge serving as a key resource advising others in their particular specialty area or section of the pharmacy (such as procurement, sterile compounding (USP compounding standards),controlled substances DEA, automation, clinical pharmacy, lead tech, contact center, etc.). (b)Skill in analyzing data for self-driven (independent) performance improvement projects, workload analysis and statistical reports. (c)Skill in solving problems and implementing corrective actions to maximize outcomes in their program area. (d)Ability to maintain special accreditations and prepare for national reviews/inspections (e.g., The Joint Commission, Inspector General, American Society of Health System Pharmacists®, controlled substance inspections). (e)Ability to develop training programs and material for orientation, competency development and educational needs for regulatory requirements within the specialized pharmacy program area. Assignments. For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity and range of variety and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time. Pharmacy technicians at this grade level may be appointed to one of the following assignments. Pharmacy Technician. Pharmacy technician coordinators perform the full range of program coordination in their specialized area of pharmacy. These positions require independent technical judgement and expertise in complex areas of pharmacy practice that have specific laws, significant regulatory requirements and quality/safety standards. They organize, coordinate and manage single or multiple programs under the delegation of pharmacy supervisors or Associate Chiefs. Pharmacy technicians at this level must have expert understanding of regulatory and quality standards for the complex program area and manage all aspects of compliance with these standards with limited input from pharmacy supervisor(s). Pharmacy technicians at this grade level may be assigned as a coordinator in areas requiring detailed regulatory oversight and record keeping including, but not limited, to the Controlled Substance Program, Research/Investigational Drug Program, Procurement, Automation & Informatics program, Quality/Patient Safety, Clinical or Call Center. Preferred Experience: Completed PTCB recognized education program and hands-on sterile compounding experience, experience with CPRS, patient interactions, strong coordination and training skills. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. Physical Standards: See VA Handbook 5019

How to Apply: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/13/2026 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12929965. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-13