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Clinical Pharmacist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 9 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (1 to 5 years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Reviews the Veteran's medication profile, allergies, adverse drug reaction history, laboratory data, diagnostic findings, and other pertinent clinical information to identify, prevent, and resolve actual or potential medication related problems.
- →Performs clinical review of community-prescribed medications and associated documentation to support safe, effective, evidence-based, and cost-conscious medication use.
- →Identifies high-risk medication issues, discrepancies, omissions, duplications, interactions, contraindications, and adherence concerns and takes appropriate action consistent with policy and professional judgment.
- →Documents clinical interventions, recommendations, medication reconciliations, and pharmacist notes in the electronic health record and other approved systems.
- →Coordinates pharmacy support for Veterans who receive medications or related treatment services through authorized community care.
- →Supports continuity of medication therapy following community emergency care, hospital discharge, specialty referral, urgent care, and other episodes of non-VA treatment.
- →Reviews, interprets, and verifies prescriptions and medication orders for accuracy, completeness, appropriateness, and compliance with applicable policy and professional standards.
- →Ensures prescriptions and orders contain the information required for proper processing and patient safety.
- →Applies formulary management principles when reviewing prescriptions, including evaluation of formulary status, therapeutic alternatives, criteria for use considerations, and non-formulary requirements.
- →Supports prescription processing activities associated with community care medication requests in accordance with approved workflow and policy requirements.
- →Clarifies questionable, incomplete, or clinically problematic prescriptions or medication orders with the prescriber or other appropriate source.
- →Identifies and addresses medication safety concerns before dispensing, release, or further processing.
- →Assists in ensuring proper documentation and processing of prescriptions involving non-VA providers, outside medication histories, and community originating prescriptions, consistent with current policy.
- →Works collaboratively with pharmacy technicians and other support staff to ensure timely, accurate, and safe prescription workflow.
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
Job ID: 939db26c-a7aa-4375-ab65-40c910292d13
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