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Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor - Primary Care
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the services provided by Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners and Pharmacy Technicians who support the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC clinical pharmacy services. The Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor will see that all applicable VHA, Federal, state, and local laws, procedures and regulations are followed in the work area he/she oversees.
What You'll Do
- →Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Clinical Practice: 1) The incumbent has responsibility for providing pharmaceutical care to optimize patient response and resource utilization.
- →The clinical practice will encompass 25 - 50% of the supervisor's time.
- →Directly involved in the design, implementation, and monitoring of therapeutic drug plans to achieve definite outcomes through direct interactions with patients and providers in assigned practice areas.
- →Actively involved in reviewing patient medication regimens for clinical effectiveness, drug selection, dosing, contraindications, side effects, potential drug interactions, and therapeutic outcomes as required.
- →Communicates findings with other providers and presents appropriate alternatives to current treatment plans as needed.
- →Independently initiates, modifies, or discontinues medication therapy for items other than controlled substances under a scope of practice.
- →Provides patient specific drug therapy modifications to maximize patient response and minimize drug interactions, adverse drug effects, and polypharmacy while providing cost effective treatment.
- →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 lab or test results to discuss the plan of therapy.
- →Performs physical assessment of patients as appropriate.
- →Obtains medication histories from patients and summarizes significant findings in the medical record and/or to other providers as appropriate. 2) Serves as a dedicated member of local, VISN and/or national committees, being a positive representative of the CMC VAMC Pharmacy Service.
- →Accepts assignments for ad hoc committees, teams and workgroups to assist the facility. 3) Plays a role in budgetary execution by working with local clinical staff, as well as national and VISN counterparts to monitor drug use for compliance with formulary, criteria for drug use and treatment guidelines, with respect to cost-effective use of available agents.
- →Adjudicates prior authorization drug consults in timely manner.
- →Supervisory: 1) Provides first level supervision to pharmacists, technicians, trainees, and other staff assigned to clinical pharmacy program areas. 2) Establishes work schedules and allocates staff as needed to provide adequate coverage.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 49e7678c-9ba9-4f3a-abef-9e7bc98b72da
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