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Pharmacist/ Clinical Pharmacist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 14 days ago
About the Role
The Pharmacist handles routine medication-related activities in accordance with local, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), and national policies and regulations.
What You'll Do
- →The Pharmacist handles routine medication-related activities in accordance with local, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), and national policies and regulations.
- →The Pharmacist/ Clinical Pharmacist: Consults with physicians and other providers on appropriate pharmaceutical treatment regimens for patients.
- →Provides consultation to physicians and other health care professionals on both basic and specific information concerning formulary alternatives.
- →Spends up to 25% of time providing clinical services to clinic patients, providers, and other clinic staff.
- →Provides patient consultation concerning individual drug therapy and related problems and needs.
- →Evaluation of non-formulary consults in accordance with VA criteria for use of non-formulary medications.
- →Monitors use of non-formulary medications on discharge and fee prescriptions to ensure that VA patients receive appropriate medications according to VA criteria of use.
- →Processes pharmacy interventions regarding medication changes in therapy, drug-interactions, drug allergy processing, dosage errors, and other pharmacy interventions.
- →Notifies providers of appropriate changes to medication orders and make appropriate recommendations.
- →Records pharmacy interventions in appropriate intervention software to track and trend interventions for quality assurance purposes.
- →Provides appropriate selection of drug therapy.
- →Provides patient-specific therapeutic drug monitoring.
- →Performs continuous evaluation of prescribed medications to assure optimal drug therapy.
- →Provides medication counseling to patients.
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.
Benefits
- ★Duties Continued: Utilizes all applicable manual, automated and computerized prescription processing, and dispensing systems.
- ★Prepares and dispenses medications in accordance with dosage form requirements, including routine outpatient prescriptions compounded preparations and sterile products (including Rx admixtures).
- ★Prepares all medications and supplies according to all applicable VA rules and regulations, FDA, DEA, State and Federal laws, rules, and requirements.
- ★This includes keeping all necessary paperwork, inventories, signature logs and any other documentation necessary to comply with all VA, FDA, DEA, local, State and Federal laws, rules and regulations and compliance requirements.
- ★Assists in the training of new pharmacy staff.
- ★Participates in in-service training programs for house staff (i.e., CPR instructor) Serves as a preceptor to students of Affiliated Schools of Pharmacy.
- ★Represents Pharmacy services in a professional manner that focuses on the needs of the patient and not on personal or competing agendas.
- ★Maintains licensure in good standing.
- ★Coordinates patient training with other clinic staff in various disease state education, such as teaching diabetes classes for patients or offering education to patients on lipid therapy.
- ★Routinely supervises the work of pharmacy technicians, pharmacy students, and volunteers (dependent upon licensure level and acclimation to the position)
Personality Fit
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