Pharmacy Technician (Procurement/Inventory)
Department of Veterans Affairs · Spokane, WA
- Full-time
- 2 postings
- Location
- Spokane, WA
- Hours
- Full-time
- Who may apply
- Federal employees (competitive service); Federal employees (excepted service); Current employees of the hiring agency
- Facility / unit
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Postings
- 2 of this job on Department of Veterans Affairs' site
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
- Closes
- Dec 31, 2026
- Job ID
- CBSV-13108740-27-GEJ
About the job
The Department of Veterans Affairs is hiring a full-time Pharmacy Technician (Procurement/Inventory) at the GS-08 grade in Spokane. Its main focus is procurement for the central pharmacy, plus patient safety, regulatory compliance, distribution systems and outpatient automation. It is open to federal employees in the competitive and excepted service and to current employees of the hiring agency.
What you'll do
- Serve as an ordering officer, buying through the PPV (national pharmacy prime vendor) contract and the national pharmacy blanket purchase agreements (BPA)
- Order medications and supplies from required sources, keep contract compliance and manage several complex PPV accounts
- Make direct purchases with the Government purchase card, up to the micro purchase threshold
- Meet regulatory and formulary requirements for patient needs while staying within budget
- Help set and adjust ordering intervals, inventory levels and cost-effective order quantities
- Train and orient pharmacy employees and students on policies and procedures
- Work in any area of the pharmacy when assigned, including expanded distribution and higher-complexity work
What you need
- United States citizenship; non-citizens are appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be found
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
- One year of experience at the level of the next lower grade
- For positions above the full performance level, an active national certification: PTCB as a CPhT, or NHA as an ExCPT
- Thorough knowledge of a specialized pharmacy area, such as sterile compounding, controlled substances, automation or clinical pharmacy
- Ability to evaluate and coordinate workflow within a specialized pharmacy area
- Basic understanding of the safety rules for pharmacy procurement, distribution and storage, including OSHA, FDA, USP and DEA requirements
- Current VHA employees in this occupation may qualify under the Grandfathering Provision
Preferred
- At least 3 years of pharmacy technician work in a hospital, inpatient or high-volume outpatient setting
- At least 1 year in pharmacy purchasing, inventory management or a buyer role, including ordering, receiving, returns and recalls, backorders, matching purchase orders against invoices and credits, and working out vendor discrepancies
- Experience with pharmacy information systems, electronic dispensing technology and inventory modules such as Pyxis, Omnicell or McKesson
Schedule
- Full-time
Posted pay for pharmacy technician jobs in Spokane & eastern Washington
22 other pharmacy technician postings in Spokane & eastern Washington give a pay range, from 9 employers. Their ranges typically start around $21.09 and top out around $32.42 an hour. This job's posted salary works out to $29.41–$38.23 an hour at 2,080 hours a year.
How “typical” is worked out
"Typical" is the middle of those 22 other postings' minimums and of their maximums, leaving this job out. The allied health pay page for Washington counts every allied health posting in Washington with a pay range, not only pharmacy technician jobs, so its typical range is different: $31.32–$47.35. A posted range isn't what a new hire is paid: where someone starts depends on experience and, at union employers, the step on the pay scale. 1 of these 22 postings also offers a sign-on or hiring bonus (up to $3,000), not counted here. How we count
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