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Clinical Pharmacist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 50 days ago
About the Role
The inpatient clinical pharmacist is responsible for providing pharmaceutical care to assigned inpatient and outpatient areas as directed. He/she will provide comprehensive medication management through direct and indirect interactions with patients and providers to help achieve positive patient centric outcomes. NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties:A.
- →Medication dispensing and distribution Inpatient/outpatient orders are checked to include patient information, correct medication dose, route, and frequency of administration.
- →Orders are checked for patient allergies, drug interactions, incompatibilities, duplication, and priority.
- →Identifies, interprets, and resolves prescribing and dispensing issues, including pharmacotherapeutics and the formulary.
- →Documents clinical activities and workload in a timely and professional manner, including completion of all consults and encounter forms.
- →Participates with decisions and actions with respect to the evaluation, procurement, storage, distribution of medications.
- →Ensures appropriate storage conditions for medications including temperature monitoring of refrigerated medications.
- →Dispenses controlled substances with accuracy according to current policies and procedures for inpatients and outpatients.
- →Clinical: Participate in daily multidisciplinary team rounds (when applicable) and provide drug information, observations on patient response to therapy, and appropriate recommendations regarding treatment alternatives or additional interventions to maximize patient care outcomes taking into consideration choice of therapy, safety, efficacy, and pharmacoeconomics.
- →Interviews and evaluates patients upon admission to the hospital and daily during hospitalization for appropriateness of pharmacologic therapy and makes a pharmaceutical care plan for those patients who need pharmaceutical care and will document the pharmaceutical care plan in the pharmacy initial assessment or progress note.
- →Provides care and/or services appropriate to the population of the patients being served.
- →Assesses data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to their population-specific needs and to provide care needed as described in the services' policies and procedures.
- →Provides consultative services to all professional staff regarding drug therapy.
- →Designs and/or participates in research studies or outcomes research involving drug therapy or clinical pharmacy functions.
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 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
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
Job ID: 657c0d6b-37ca-439a-baaf-7ba6c1f9b381
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