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Clinical Pharmacist-Inpatient Pharmacy
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 47 days ago
About the Role
Pharmacist works out of the Seattle campus, primarily within the inpatient and satellite inpatient pharmacies focusing on inpatient care. Reviews and monitors drug therapy, provides professional advice and consultative services, educates peers, patients, and families, documents care in the medical record according to standard operating procedures, and continually integrates new knowledge and technology to improve the quality of pharmaceutical care provided to Veterans.
What You'll Do
- →Duties will vary by grade, but at the GS-11 level: Promotes pharmaceutical care service to Veterans in medical center clinics and on inpatient wards.
- →Provides prescription dispensing and controlled substance and high-cost drug accountability.
- →Proactively collaborates with providers regarding medication therapy including anticoagulation management, renal dose adjustment, pharmacokinetic monitoring and dose adjustment, pain management, electrolyte and glycemic management, parenteral nutrition management, IV to PO conversions, sedation/analgesia management, and antimicrobial stewardship i.e. vancomycin per pharmacy.
- →Documents clinical pharmacy activities in the electronic health record (EHR) including therapeutic changes and recommendations with appropriate encounter information according to pharmacy standard operating procedure.
- →Completes medication reconciliation upon admission, transfer, and discharge, ensures the patient's medication profile is updated, and documents appropriate transitions in care.
- →Provides medication counseling and verifies patient understanding of the medication, its intended purpose, proper use, expected outcomes, and how to obtain refills/renewals.
- →Critically evaluates and completes non-formulary medication requests by using evidence-based decision making.
- →Participates in quality improvement and patient safety programs including patient incident and adverse event reporting, medication use evaluations, drug alerts, drug recalls, drug shortage mitigation, pharmacy related clinical performance measures, and other projects related to patient outcomes.
- →Maintains knowledge and practice to help ensure full compliance with medical center accreditation standards and other regulatory requirements.
- →Assists in medical emergencies by participating in code blue events.
- →Trains, educates, and precepts pharmacy residents and/or pharmacy students.
- →Provides support to and oversight of technical staff in aspects of medication distribution.
- →When assigned, serves as Pharmacist-in-Charge in the absence of a supervisor to ensure continuity of patient care and pharmacy operations.
- →Performs other functions as assigned by supervisor.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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Job ID: 49121cf2-0fa1-4337-9c8d-0805d4037444
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