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Pharmacist(Clinical Spec)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
About the Role
This position is located within the Pharmacy Service at the Birmingham VA Health Care System (Huntsville Clinic). Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners (CPP) are assigned to individual Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) in the primary care clinics. This position will support the Close to Me Program which specializes in Oncology. As workload increases, this position will transition from PACT duties into mainly an Oncology care position and may cover other subspecialties as assigned.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws The Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner functions at the highest level of clinical practice and works independently under their individual scope of practice to directly care for patients.
- →The primary responsibility is coordination and provision of medication management to patients at the Birmingham VA Health Care System and its Community Based Outpatient Clinics.
- →Care may be provided through traditional clinic appointments or other modalities including, but not limited to, telehealth, videotelehealth, and shared medical appointments.
- →Responsible for providing direct patient care and-consultative care in complex patients needing therapy as outlined in the scope of practice.
- →Responsible for serving as an integral member of the pharmacy team including evaluation of current programs and identification of gaps in patient care.
- →Responsible for practicing in conjunction with available tools (PharmD Tool, Population Management Dashboards, Secure Messaging, Tele-health, etc.)Responsible for practicing in a manner that enhances access to care, clinical outcomes, and cost-effective therapy.
- →Responsible for providing cross-coverage to pharmacy areas outside of usual assignment and schedule when necessary for patient care and appropriate competencies are in place (ie: Anticoagulation, subspecialty area, etc.).
- →NOTE: Initially, the selected candidate will serve as a PACT pharmacist, with some coverage of oncology patients.
- →As the oncology workload grows, it will transition to a full oncology position.
- →FUNCTIONS/SCOPE OF DUTIES: A.
- →Clinical--Direct Patient Care that requires a Scope of Practice 1.
- →Responsible for providing direct patient-care medication management performed with the efficiency and depth of an experienced clinical pharmacist practitioner (CPP) in ambulatory care related conditions per approved scope of practice 2.
- →Designs, implements, monitors, and evaluates patient-specific pharmacotherapy plans to achieve defined outcomes through direct interactions with patients and providers in assigned areas.
- →Implements or recommends corrective actions to providers and documents in CPRS as appropriate for areas including but not limited to the following: a.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the 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 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.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period 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.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 7b00bf7f-1ad0-405d-bc50-bce9052e251e
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