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Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Oncology
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
About the Role
Join the Minneapolis VA Health Care System as an Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and make a real impact. You'll practice at the top of your license within a high-complexity oncology program-leading independent clinical decisions, optimizing evidence-based therapy, and driving better outcomes for the Veterans we serve. Step into a role where your expertise truly shapes patient care.
What You'll Do
- →The CPS serves as an advanced practice provider to initiate, modify or discontinue medication therapy as outlined in the individual's Scope of Practice.
- →The CPS promotes and manages drug therapy based on current clinical knowledge that is consistent with policies established at the national, VISN, and local levels.
- →The CPS is responsible for providing evidence-based pharmaceutical care service, helping achieve positive patient centric outcomes through direct and indirect interaction with patients, providers, and interdisciplinary teams.
- →Their indirect patient care activities include pharmacy benefits management, academic detailing, teaching/mentoring/precepting learners, supporting research, quality assurance, medication utilization review, and staff development.
- →FUNCTIONS OR SCOPE OF ASSIGNED DUTIES: The individual scope of assigned duties will be dependent upon the CPS provider's education, training, and experience required to perform the functions of the position.
- →Functions could include inpatient and outpatient oncology practice.
- →All scoped providers will participate in professional practice evaluations.
- →The CPS will work in conjunction with Clinical Pharmacists, Clinical Pharmacy Practitioners, other CPSs and other health care professionals to form an organized team approach to the delivery of pharmaceutical care.
- →Activities include: a) Completes order review and processing.
- →This includes verifying orders to be complete and appropriate for dose, route, frequency, etc.; screens orders for incompatibilities, drug interactions, contraindications and patient allergies. b) Maintains work flow patterns that assure timely delivery of pharmacy services, ensures accurate and timely documentation of encounters and follow up orders.
- →May oversee technical and nonprofessional staff. c) Completes quality check of IV HD preparations and as applicable or when needed or instructed supports logistics of delivery of product to patient.
- →Education (1-10%): a) Assists in the training of pharmacy employees, pharmacy residents and Pharm.D. students as assigned in coordination with the Associate Chief of Pharmacy for Quality and Education.
- →The incumbent develops appropriate rotations and learning opportunities for pharmacists, pharmacy residents and/or pharmacy students.
- →Precepts trainees in advanced clinical pharmacy practice areas.
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
Job ID: 00cbde4f-ed5e-4ab1-a654-9d8f477849be
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