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Licensed Pharmacist(CPS) - Medicine/Surgery
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 39 days ago
About the Role
The facility, complexity level 1b, has a diverse teaching, research, medicine, and transplant hospital and an extensive, multisite ambulatory clinic program. The duties of this position include the provision of advanced patient care to Inpatient, Emergency and Community Living Center services at the William S. Middleton VA Hospital.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws FUNCTIONS OF POSITION: The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (CPS) serves as a mid-level provider with prescribing privileges as outlined in the individual's Scope of Practice.
- →The Acute Care CPS functions at the highest level of clinical pharmacy practice to provide comprehensive medication management (CMM) in the acute care practice setting.
- →CMM is a patient centered approach to improving patient health outcomes through optimizing medication use delivered by a CPP working in collaboration with the patient and other healthcare providers.
- →Clinical Evaluates orders for appropriateness and drug interactions, allergies, adverse reactions, and duplicate therapy.
- →Intervenes with physicians and other staff members prospectively and retrospectively for rational, safe, and effective drug therapy and documents interventions.
- →Actively participates in medical team and multidisciplinary team rounds.
- →Knows and follows formulary guidelines and ensures therapeutic and cost-effective alternatives to non-formulary drugs.
- →Monitors drug therapy and provides information to other health professionals.
- →Accountable for medication reconciliation according to procedure.
- →Utilizes motivational interview skills with patient, family, caregiver, and other healthcare professionals to collect patient specific data, conduct medication history, and identify additional data needed for medication review assessment and medication reconciliation.
- →Distributive Functions Serves as a Pharmacy Service resource on inpatient and outpatient pharmacy services including CBOCs.
- →Oversees control and inventory of Controlled Substances.
- →Reviews service connection for appropriate costs and payment and applies VA local standards for appropriate dispensing and filling.
- →Assists with inventory control and appropriate purchasing practices.
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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