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Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - GeriPact
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 51 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 (one to five 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
- →The Clinical Pharmacist Specialist (CPS) serves as a mid-level provider for an assigned health care team (i.e., GeriPACT) who functions to initiate, modify, or discontinue medication therapy and as a consultant for medication therapy management.
- →Major Duties include but are not limited to the following: Clinical-Direct Patient Care Activities: Functions as a mid-level provider to design, implement, and monitor therapeutic drug plans to achieve definite outcomes through direct interactions with patients and providers in assigned health care teams.
- →Interactions with patients involve a variety of modalities that include but are not limited to telephone, video telehealth, and in person visits.
- →May initiate, modify, or discontinue medications with appropriate follow-up monitoring under authority given through approved scope of practice.
- →Orders, performs, reviews, and analyzes appropriate laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies necessary to monitor and support the patient's drug therapy.
- →Follows up with patients on laboratory or test results to discuss the plan of therapy.
- →Provides comprehensive medication management and documents relevant history, assessment, and pharmaceutical care plans in the electronic medical record in a timely manner.
- →Helps coordinate care deemed appropriate and may also determine if a referral to another provider or service is necessary.
- →Clinical-Indirect Patient Care Activities: Identifies patients who may benefit from comprehensive medication management through population management reports, national/regional/local initiatives, or local team activities.
- →Reviews patient medication regimens for clinical effectiveness, drug selection, dosing, contraindications, side effects, potential drug interactions, and therapeutic outcomes as required.
- →Communicates findings, recommendations, and plans to the health care team.
- →Obtains medication histories and performs medication reconciliation from patients along with collateral sources and summarizes significant findings in the medical record and/or health care team as appropriate.
- →Monitors and reports drug errors, adverse drug reactions, allergies, and patient compliance issues.
- →Documents findings per facility procedures.
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
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