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CLINICAL PHARMACIST
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
Pharmacy services are provided to all Veteran patients receiving care in the patient areas of the Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System (CTVHCS). A pharmacist in this assignment handles routine medication-related activities in accordance with local, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), and national policies and regulations.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to: Drug Dispensing Enters, processes, and/or edits new prescription orders from providers accurately Processes refills, partials, renewal prescription requests timely Accurately dispenses prescriptions, medication orders, and supplies.
- →Fills prescriptions by selecting the correct drug and dosage form, reducing the drug from bulk to the quantity prescribed, compounding when necessary, then packaging and labeling the drug in an appropriate manner.
- →Exercises care in the dispensing of drugs, especially controlled substances, investigational and cytotoxic drugs, to assure that legal and agency regulations and instructions are followed, that proper and complete recordkeeping is maintained, and that the drug storage areas are stocked, safe, and secure.
- →Reviews the patient medication profile prior to dispensing drugs and medications.
- →Responsible for special formulations, and for extemporaneous compounding of routine and special medications requiring complex compounding procedures.
- →Checks technician-prepared orders when necessary.
- →Clinical Performs patient medication profile reviews upon entering orders and utilizes knowledge of pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacotherapeutics to evaluate orders for appropriateness.
- →Ensures appropriate laboratory monitoring of drug therapy and provides pharmacokinetic services.
- →Utilizes available resources including laboratory and other diagnostic data to communicate questionable therapy, non- formulary therapy or therapy outside of established criteria to prescribers and offers reasonable alternatives, responding to requests in a timely manner.
- →Provides medication and disease state management information and participates in other educational endeavors including patient and family education and medical/nursing staff education.
- →Participates in Drug Utilization Evaluations and actively documents and reports Adverse Drug Events in addition to medication errors.
- →Renews expired chronic medications to stable patients with future primary care appointments.
- →Follows applicable policy and procedures when renewing prescriptions.
- →Administrative/Supervisory Knowledgeable of, adheres to and applies established policies and procedures during the performance of duties.
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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