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Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-site Toledo, OH $154K – $201K Apply by Jun 12, 2026 Pharmacist INTJINTPISFJISTJ OperationsHealthcare
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The Clinical Pharmacist Specialist Ambulatory Care/Operations works independently at the highest level of clinical practice within Ambulatory Care at the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center and the associated community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs), as an integral part of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. The incumbent will practice in the Home-Based Primary Care setting servicing Toledo/Findlay/Jackson/Adrian area Veterans (60%) and in the dispensing Outpatient Clinical Pharmacist role (40%).
What You'll Do
- →Clinical Practice: Promote the appropriate, economical, safe, and effective use of medication therapy through maintaining independent Ambulatory Care clinical pharmacy practice(s).
- →The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist role will be in Home-Based Primary Care.
- →Expanded practice areas throughout the facility include: Anticoagulation Management Clinics Specialty Care Clinics Primary Care/PACT Maintain collaborative and comprehensive medication therapy management clinics and services in designated areas of practice, under a scope of practice.
- →This shall include physical assessment, ordering lab and diagnostic tests necessary to manage medication therapy, referring patients to appropriate health care providers as needed, performing patient triage functions, and independently initiating, adjusting, and discontinuing medications.
- →Distributive Functions: Perform the duties of a clinical pharmacist when working in the outpatient or inpatient pharmacy.
- →Reviews all medication orders for appropriateness, drug selection, dosage, route of administration and the amount, prior to dispensing.
- →Ensures all medication orders are entered into the electronic patient medical record.
- →Fills all orders in a timely fashion; a systematic review of the patient's allergy history, drug-drug, drug-nutrient, drug-laboratory and drug-disease state interactions and assessment of the clinical relevance should be performed and dealt with appropriately.
- →Reviews medication profiles and monitors for compliance or potential abuse; problems encountered shall be resolved.
- →Selects, compounds, dispenses, and fills a range of drugs including extemporaneous preparations, special formulations, ophthalmics (subconjunctivals and intravitreal injections), narcotics, investigational drugs, oncolytic agents, etc., in both outpatient and inpatient areas.
- →Adequate quality assurance procedures shall be followed as applicable.
- →Maintains adequate drug stock, inspects drug storage areas, supervises prepacking and the operation of automated dispensing equipment.
- →Supervises the activities of support personnel.
- →Ensures drugs dispensed are completely and correctly labeled and packaged in full compliance with Federal rules and regulations.
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: 358791b8-b978-4f38-a842-521df962973a
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