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CLINICAL PHARMACIST
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 58 days ago
About the Role
The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting for an Clinical Pharmacist (Outpatient). The primary functions will be interpretation of doctor's orders, reviewing the computerized medications, and providing a variety of pharmaceutical information and guidance to patients and medical center staff.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws The Clinical Pharmacist duties include, but are not limited to: Screens patient profile for appropriateness, duplication, drug/drug and drug/food interactions, incompatibilities or other drug related problems, and making recommendations, for change to the prescriber when necessary.
- →Furnishes drug information to physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, patients, and others.
- →Information should be age and physical status appropriate.
- →Checks technicians/trainee prepared unit doses, IV admixtures, and a variety of outpatient prescriptions fills for accuracy.
- →Handles controlled substances and investigational drugs in accordance with required regulations, local procedures, and approved protocols.
- →Prepares, dispenses compounds, and appropriately labels a variety of pharmaceuticals to outpatients and inpatients.
- →This includes parenteral, oral solids and liquids, topical, sterile intravenous products, and approved protocols.
- →Assists in training and orientation of newly hired pharmacists and technicians, interns and students Acts as preceptor or trainer for pharmacy interns, pharmacy students and technician students.
- →Works independently under minimal supervisory controls.
- →Assists in the supervision of work activities of technicians, interns, students, and volunteers.
- →Checks and evaluates dispensing activities.
- →Enforces security and safety guidelines and procedures.
- →Appropriately handles and disposes of hazardous chemicals and dangerous drugs.
- →Completes appropriate state required continuing education (CE) credits, and maintains license in active status.
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 dentification 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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