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Licensed Pharmacist (Clinical Pharmacist) - Outpatient
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 48 days ago
About the Role
The clinical pharmacist is the primary professional pharmacy staff member responsible for the daily operations of the pharmacy medication managementsystems, to include ward stock, unit dose and outpatient prescription dispensing, investigational drugs, and ambulatory care pharmacy programs. Within these integrated systems, the Clinical Pharmacist provides clinical, informational, and distributive functions to ensure the safe, cost effective, and appropriate use of drugs within the FHCC.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws FUNCTIONS OR SCOPE OF PRACTICE: The Clinical Pharmacist will be involved in the independent professional practice of pharmacy in accordance with the guidance set forth in FHCC policies and procedures, VA regulations, DHA/DoD regulations, and state and federal laws governing the practice of pharmacy.
- →The clinical pharmacist will be under the administrative supervision of the supervisor of the section assigned (Outpatient Pharmacy).
- →The clinical pharmacist may be scheduled and assigned to all areas of pharmacy practice and must possess the required knowledge and skills in order to perform the requiredfunctions.
- →CLINICAL: 1.
- →Drug Therapy Monitoring - Drug therapy monitoring should be conducted by clinical pharmacists in all areas of pharmacy practice as an ongoingactivity.
- →Drug therapy monitoring includes an assessment of the following: The therapeutic appropriateness of the patient's drug regimen.
- →Therapeutic duplication in the patient's drug regimen.
- →The appropriateness of route and method of administration.
- →The degree of patient compliance with the drug regimen.
- →Drug-drug, drug-food, drug-laboratory, or drug-disease interactions. 2.
- →Pharmacist Intervention - Relevant findings from drug therapy monitoring activities must be communicated to other health care professionals who are responsible for the patient's care to increase the effectiveness and minimize potential risks of drug therapy.
- →In consultation with prescribers, the interpretation of such data will generally stimulate clinical pharmacist recommendations for revision of drug therapy plans. 3.
- →Monitoring, detecting, documenting, reporting, and managing of adverse drug events.
- →DISTRIBUTIVE: The clinical pharmacist is responsible for preparing, dispensing, and distributing a wide variety of pharmaceutical preparations safely, appropriately, andaccurately in all medication management systems within outpatient pharmacy, i.e., unit dose, investigational drugs, ward stock, automatic replenishment, and ambulatory care.
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.
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