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Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (PACT)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 98 days ago
About the Role
This Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (PACT) position is in the Pharmacy Department at the VA Maine Healthcare System, located at the Lewiston, ME location. This position is Full Time at 40 hours per week.
What You'll Do
- →The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist performs duties of a clinical and teaching nature, including direct patient care, routinely functioning with minimal supervision as an independent practitioner operating under a scope of practice.
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Serves as an authority on pharmaceutical care in specialized and routine areas of clinical pharmacy practice for medical staff, nursing staff, and pharmacy staff.
- →Responsible for the evaluation, monitoring and medication management of Veterans referred by consult to the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for chronic disease state management.
- →Reviews electronically submitted non-formulary drug requests (NDR) utilizing National VA PBM Criteria for Use.
- →Participates and/or supports Pharmacy Service research efforts.
- →Participates and/or initiates quality management efforts within Pharmacy Service, including analysis and management of a clinical practice within an area of expertise or as otherwise assigned.
- →Completes all encounters, charting and documentation including scheduling, reviewing consults and finishing encounters, to meet timeliness standards.
- →Provide follow-up on reported adverse drug events in the ambulatory care and inpatient medical/surgical patient care areas or other areas within the medical center when necessary.
- →Responsible for identifying factors pertinent to cost, distribution and utilization of all therapeutic agents.
- →Assumes an active role in the overall pharmacy-training program including pharmacy students, pharmacy residents, professional and non-professional staff members.
- →Attends and actively participates in clinical pharmacy activities, i.e., staff development, clinical pharmacy meetings, journal club.
- →Timely completion of all internally assigned employee education modules as presented via Talent Management Service (TMS).
- →Provides in-service educational programs (written or verbal) to selected Pharmacy Service and medical center staff and providers at the direction of the Clinical Coordinator and/or Chief of Pharmacy.
- →Develops and promotes a "can do" resourcefulness helping patients, relatives, staff members and others within and between services by providing information in a professional, dependable, reliable and timely manner to facilitate accomplishing deadlines.
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.
- ✓May be subject to satisfactory completion of our credentialing process.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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