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Clinical Pharmacist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 46 days ago
About the Role
The Clinical Pharmacist works independently under the direction of a supervisory pharmacist. The Clinical Pharmacist's primary responsibility is the utilization of evidence-based pharmaceutical care services through direct interactions with patients and providers as well as the safe provision of pharmaceuticals and medication information in a timely manner.
What You'll Do
- →Clinical: a.
- →Provides timely responses to drug information requests from patient care providers and nurses. b.
- →Evaluates other care provider's orders for appropriateness of therapy, incompatibilities, side effects and interactions of drugs and drug products. c.
- →Appropriately interacts with the ordering provider or attending as needed. d.
- →Utilizes patient care information systems such as EHMR to obtain critical patient data elements and to document pertinent patient care issues e.
- →Provides medication use counseling at time of patient encounter. f.
- →Counsels patients on drug-drug interactions, adverse effects, food-drug interactions, product availability, and PNT Committee and pharmacy policies as appropriate. g.
- →Manages recalls and medication shortage situations by substituting alternate dosage strengths or products per facility policy. h.
- →Enters supply orders appropriate for patient care per facility policy. i.
- →Manages various actions, as appropriate, for medication orders to include: flagging prescriptions, managing view alerts, using the hold function, and generating unsigned discontinued orders ng the service reject function.
- →Dispensing: a.
- →Responsible for verification and evaluation of licensed independent practitioners' medication orders/prescriptions and input of written orders, when applicable. b.
- →Selects, compounds, dispenses, and fills a range of drugs including extemporaneous preparations, special formulations, ophthalmics, narcotics, investigational drugs, oncolytic agents, etc in inpatient and/or outpatient areas and follows appropriate quality assurance procedures as applicable c.
- →Checks prescription orders for safety, accuracy, and appropriateness prior to dispensing. d.
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.
- ✓Pre-placement physical required.
- ✓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:
Job ID: 74b0deef-f2ba-4e39-a411-5591484da922
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