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Clinical Pharmacist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The VA Chalmers P Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic in Columbus, Ohio, is recruiting for a Clinical Pharmacist of Pharmacy Service. The Pharmacist is responsible for both direct and indirect patient care, drug therapy monitoring, staff education, prescription processing, patient counseling, and acts as Pharmacy's liaison with physicians and other health practitioners.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws Clinical Reviews, interprets and verifies medication orders & prescriptions for appropriateness; processes medication orders & prescriptions prior to dispensing.
- →Interacts with providers in the design of safe and effective treatment regimens.
- →Reviews patients medications and laboratory information and identifies any medication-related problems that may be affecting the patient or contributing to the need for hospitalization, including side effects, allergic reactions, toxicities, improper dosage regimen, noncompliance, etc.
- →Provides refill extensions and partial medication supplies when appropriate.
- →Serves as an authoritative information source on medications and their utilization in therapy.
- →Assists with medication reconciliation and formulary management.
- →Designs dosage regimens from current pharmacokinetics principles and specific patient parameters.
- →Provides consultation on selection of appropriate dosage regimens as follow-up when non-therapeutic drug levels are obtained.
- →Designs, conducts and participates in studies, audits and evaluations concerning the utilization review of drugs under the auspices of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
- →Documents and assesses Adverse Drug Events.
- →On call as needed for emergency maintenance of pharmacy refrigeration.
- →Education Provides in-service education programs directed to the development of the Pharmacy staff and education of other health care disciplines.
- →Educates patients, family members, or caregivers on the proper use and storage of medications through interactions and the use of medication profiles.
- →Provides patient care which is appropriate to the cognitive, emotional, and chronological maturation needs of the adult and/or geriatric patient.
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 evaluation.
- ✓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
Job ID: 4cd1c87f-75a0-41c8-a274-5cccec6db1e2
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