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Pharmacist (Facility Program Manager)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
In this position you will serve as the program manager for clinical pharmacy services that specialize in drug monitoring and management of therapy, with emphasis on long term care. The Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner (CPP) in Long Term Care provides specialized clinical pharmacy services to Extended Care and other medical center long term care obligations.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSABILITIES: PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: Manage workload associated with long term care programs ensuring deadlines are met to minimize patient care issues and maximize financial reimbursements.
- →Review all new updates to programs including VHA Handbook, VHA Directives, Joint Commission changes and other applicable regulatory groups for program impact and strategies to maintain compliance with changing guidance.
- →Meeting all regulatory components associated with long term care programs.
- →Coordination of all pre-onsite review documentation.
- →Program submissions associated with new programming or program changes to reviewing agencies.
- →Responsible person during onsite visits of reviewing organizations.
- →Provides input for standardization of pharmaceutical care formatting such as progress notes, templates, etc.
- →Providing expertise on facility, VISN and national subject matter groups.
- →Coordination of specific internal reviews to assure quality and documentation of for long term care programs.
- →Fiscally sound decisions supporting medical center goals.
- →CLINICAL FUNCTIONS: Medication therapy management: Assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of patients' medication regimens by reviewing medical records, other interdisciplinary communications and interviewing/examining the patients as appropriate.
- →Recommended therapeutic drug regimens take a risk versus benefit and cost versus benefit approach.
- →Review and documentation of medication regimen, including Over the Counter, Herbal, and Non-VA Medications Order appropriate lab tests to ensure patient safety and improve outcomes of the medication treatment plan and therapeutic endpoints will be communicated with the providing team.
- →Patient and caregiver medication and disease state education and counseling.
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 evaluation.
- ✓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
Job ID: 806a4a5f-549d-47ab-a398-d84fc7fdbeaf
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