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Clinical Pharmacist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This Clinical Pharmacist position serves the Central Arkansas Veteran Healthcare System, Pharmacy Service, located at Eugene J. Towbin VA Health Care Center in the Outpatient Pharmacy and has the primary purpose of providing a full range of accepted ethical and professional practices of pharmacy.
What You'll Do
- →Verifies accuracy of transcription and/or transcribes information into computer system or medication administration record as appropriate.
- →Provides consultation to physicians, nurses and other health professionals on pharmacotherapy including basic and patient specific drug therapy and pharmacokinetics.
- →Interacts directly with patients by evaluating patient's ability to understand medication instruction, providing oral and written counseling as appropriate on their drug therapy, and documenting these activities.
- →Assures the patient medication list is complete and accurate through consultation with the patient and/or the patient's caregiver.
- →Assures that the medical record contains an accurate and complete medication list and that this list is provided to the patient upon discharge from the facility.
- →Recognizes, from a verbal or written patient presentation of symptoms, signs, laboratory tests and diagnoses, important medical problems, disease states, symptoms or abnormal laboratory values which may be induced by drug therapy and which may necessitate having drug therapy altered.
- →Provides clinical pharmacy services under appropriate supervision and developed protocols.
- →Performs advanced clinical services requiring in-depth knowledge and advanced monitoring skills and assessing patient outcomes and serves as a resource to other pharmacists and health professionals in this area.
- →Documents appropriately in the patient record.
- →Interviews patients to obtain and record in the medical records pertinent information required for dosing determination and medication histories.
- →Documents in the medical records patient education and information regarding side effects of pharmacologic therapy or treatment rationale.
- →Participates actively in the interdisciplinary team meetings and assist in the development and implementation of patient care plans when assigned.
- →Participates in pertinent clinical pharmacy programs designed to maximize pharmacotherapeutic benefits from patient outcomes and cost perspectives.
- →Education Serves as a clinical role model for other pharmacists, residents and students, accomplished through exposure of these individuals to advanced clinical practice.
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-placement evaluation.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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