Career Opportunity

Pharmacy Helper - Access to City Employment (ACE) (2406)

Recruitment: REF3137V

Published: June 14, 2023

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About:

The Access to City Employment Program (ACE) seeks to hire qualified individuals with a disability into permanent entry-level jobs outside the normal civil service selection process. To be hired through the ACE Program, individuals must meet the minimum qualifications of the job and provide a Certification of Disability from the California Department of Rehabilitation or a Veterans Preference Letter from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Role description

Definition: Under immediate supervision, performs a number of simple, routine non-Professional tasks in an institution pharmacy in connection with the filling of drug orders; and performs related duties as required. Requires normal responsibility for: following established methods and procedures; achieving moderate economies and/or preventing moderate losses through the careful handling and safeguarding of pharmacy equipment, materials and supplies; making limited personal contacts with patients and other members of the staff; keeping simple records. Work involves occasional exposure to health and accident hazards and disagreeable elements.

Examples of Important and Essential Duties: 1. Prepares various simple solutions such as Mouthwashes, salt solutions, and others; fills bottle containers and places in stock. 2. Fills small containers of non-prescription drugs from bulk containers. 3. Washes bottles, jugs and other containers. 4. Unpacks cases and other containers of non-prescription drugs and stores same. 5. Fills drug orders for many non-prescription items carried in a pharmacy, from written or oral orders. 6. Picks up empty metal drug boxes; delivers filled containers to those ordering drugs and pharmacy materials and supplies. 7.Keeps the pharmacy in clean and orderly condition. 8.May perform the duties of a porter or messenger; and performs related and miscellaneous tasks as required or directed.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Requires general working knowledge of stockroom duties and procedures. Requires ability to: follow oral and written instructions and directions; get along well with others; stoop, reach lift and carry.
 

How to qualify

Minimum Qualifications: These minimum qualifications are to be used as a guide for establishing the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license(s) which are required for employment in the classification. Please note, additional qualifications (i.e., special conditions) may apply to a particular position and will be stated on the exam/job announcement.

Experience and Training: Requires completion of high school, supplemented by one year of experience in performing the duties of a porter, shipping and/or receiving clerk, stock boy or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

What else should I know?

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Conviction History: As a selected candidate for a job, you will be fingerprinted, and your fingerprints will be sent to the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The resulting report of your conviction history (if any) will be used to determine whether the nature of your conviction (or arrest, in limited circumstances) conflicts with the specific duties and responsibilities of the job for which you are a selected candidate. If a conflict exists, you will be asked to present any evidence of rehabilitation that may mitigate the conflict, except when federal or state regulations bar employment in specific circumstances, such as: Candidates for positions with the Unified School District and the Community College District may be disqualified from consideration should their conviction history not meet the standards established under the California Education Code. Candidates for positions with the Recreation and Park Department may be disqualified from consideration should their conviction history not meet the standards established under California Public Resources Code 5164. Having a conviction history does not automatically preclude you from a job with the City. If you are a selected candidate, the hiring department will contact you to schedule a fingerprinting appointment.

Disaster Service Workers: All City and County of San Francisco employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the City requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.