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Clinical Pharmacist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The incumbent serves as a Clinical Pharmacist (CP) in the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) Clinical Contact Center (CCC) as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team. The CCC CP is responsible for providing optimal clinical and pharmaceutical care activities in the VISN CCC in accordance with the department's mission, vision, and goals.
What You'll Do
- →Monitors provider orders for appropriateness of therapy and reports drug errors, adverse drug reactions, allergies, incompatibilities, side effects and patient compliance issues and appropriately interacts with the ordering provider or attending as needed.
- →Actively reviews patient medication regimens for cost effective drug selection, dosing, contraindications,therapeutic duplication, appropriate route and method of administration, drug interactions, and therapeutic outcomes as required.
- →Provides findings and responses to drug information requests to prescribers in a timely manner and provides appropriate alternatives to current treatment plans as needed.
- →Utilizes patient care information systems such as VistA and CPRS to obtain critical patient data elements and to document clinical interventions and other pertinent patient care issues in a timely and professional manner.
- →Manages recalls and medication shortage situations by substituting alternate dosage strengths or products per facility policy.
- →Enters supply orders appropriate for patient care per VISN CCC policy.
- →Manages various actions, as appropriate, for medication orders to include flagging prescriptions, managing view alerts, using the "hold" function, and generating unsigned discontinued orders using the "service reject" function.
- →Reviews prescription renewal verification requests and takes appropriate action to extend refills until the next scheduled appointment under the provider's name per VISN CCC policy.
- →Obtains medication histories from patients and summarizes significant findings in the medical record and/or to the provider as appropriate.
- →Performs medication reconciliation at all transitions of care, including updating the medication profile to reflect an accurate, active list of VA and non-VA medications.
- →Applies knowledge of normal laboratory values in the evaluation of patient care and recognizes significant abnormalities.
- →Reviews and evaluates requests for non-formulary and restricted drugs for appropriateness and compliance with established criteria where applicable.
- →Supports the goal of processing all medication requests in a timely manner by consistently meeting established VISN CCC standards and exhibiting proficiency in all assigned categories.
- →Processes secure messages appropriately and in a timely manner as assigned.
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
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