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Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The incumbent for this position functions at the highest level of clinical practice, working independently under their scope of practice to directly care for patients in internal medicine.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws The primary responsibility of the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist is the provision of evidence-based pharmaceutical care services through both direct and indirect interaction with patients and providers.
- →This pharmacist promotes and manages drug therapy based on current clinical knowledge that is consistent with policies established at the national, VISN, and local levels.
- →A CPS plays a defined role in budgetary execution and serves as a mid-level provider who functions to initiate, modify, or discontinue medication therapy and as a consultant for intensive medication therapy management services.
- →This includes, but is not limited to the following: Designing, implementing, assessing, monitoring and documenting therapeutic plans utilizing the most effective, least toxic and most economical medication treatments.
- →Helping achieve positive patient centric outcomes through direct and indirect interactions with patient's providers, and interdisciplinary teams in assigned areas.
- →Performing physical assessments.
- →Ordering laboratory and other tests to help determine efficacy and toxicity of medication therapy.
- →Exhibiting initiative and resourcefulness in managing assigned workload.
- →Providing high quality, patient centric care using evidence-based medicine to ensure safe, effective and efficient medication therapy.
- →Interacting professionally with all customers Incorporating the VHA mission, vision and goals into own priorities and practice.
- →Maintaining current, comprehensive knowledge of evidence-based practices, and actively pursues opportunities for continuous professional development.
- →Additionally, the CPS performs other duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30AM-4:00PM EST Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: 62237F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
Job ID: b936744e-23db-4c1f-b119-542b2f1f9bc9
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