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Inpatient Hybrid Clinical Pharmacist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
We invite you to come and join the Richmond VA Medical Center! A Clinical Pharmacist in a large and complex hospital pharmacy, serving a 427 authorized bed teaching general medical and surgical center with a large ambulatory care section may be assigned to any of the various sections of the department to meet the needs of the service. The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for all aspects of the normal function of the department and supervision of the technicians and clerical personnel.
What You'll Do
- →Clinical activities in this area including monitoring for drug-drug interactions, drug-lab interactions, and drug-food interactions.
- →The pharmacist also reviews the patient profile for therapeutic duplications and potential adverse drug actions.
- →In performance of unit dose activities, the pharmacist is also responsible for the supervision and monitoring of technician activities in this area.
- →These activities include, but are not limited to: Correct filling and dispensing of both STAT and scheduled doses from any or all of the inpatient areas (i.e., unit dose, narcotic, IV, etc.).
- →Adherence to established unit dose policies and procedures and procedures such as stop order policies, scheduled drug, PRN scheduling and one-time only drug changes in BCMA/Vista.
- →IV Admixture Section Responsible for facilitating preparation and delivery of all compounded intravenous fluids as ordered by the physician.
- →Requires the application of professional knowledge and judgment in interpretation and clarification of parenteral drug orders.
- →The compounding of IV admixtures requires a specialized body of knowledge involving compatibilities and stabilities of parenteral drugs in various solutions.
- →Clinically, the staff pharmacist must be knowledgeable in therapeutic application of the various products dispensed including parenteral drugs, intravenous solutions, hyperalimentation solutions, investigational drugs, oncology drugs and other items such as blood components and solution administration sets.
- →In performance of IV additive activities, the pharmacist is responsible for adhering to USP 797 and 800 guidelines for compounding sterile products and hazardous products and the supervision and monitoring of technician activities in this area.
- →These activities include, but are not limited to: Electronic verification of the physician's IV orders to the BCMA record.
- →The preparation of IV admixtures utilizing aseptic technique.
- →Adherence to established IV additive policies and procedures such as Strict adherence to aseptic technique procedures.
- →Proper stop electronic order information for antibiotics through BCMA/Vista.
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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