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Pharmacist (Service Chief)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
About the Role
The Pharmacy Chief ensures quality of pharmacy operations and services provided, education and training of professional staff, and safety and ethical conduct of medical research conducted on patients aligned to the service. The Pharmacy Chief is involved in providing framework for planning, directing, coordinating, providing, and improving health care services responsive to community patient needs and improve patient health outcomes.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws Duties:a.
- →Administration/Supervision: Plans, directs, and coordinates Pharmacy Services.
- →Recruits, interviews, and selects suitable personnel, in collaboration with selection committees and Human Resources, in order to maintain a staff that can effectively fulfill the needs of the Service.
- →Recommends individuals for appointment, promotion, and reassignment involving such positions.
- →Attends, participates, and contributes as an active member of various Medical Center committees: Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Clinical Executive Board, Affiliation Partnership Council, Administrative Executive Board, etc.
- →Initiates and demonstrates activities to support Equal Employment Opportunity.
- →Prepares, manages, and forecasts the budget for the service.
- →Optimally use resources to meet the identified goals of the organization.
- →Analyzes and corresponds to local, VISN, and PBM/VACO officials regarding the status of pharmaceutical services to professional staff and Veteran beneficiaries.
- →Formulates and prioritizes long and short-term goals for the Service and coordinates these with the goals of the Medical Center, VISN, and VHA utilizing available resources.
- →Coordinates activities of the pharmacy supervisors to organize work to maximize the productivity within available resources.
- →Assures that direct reports are scheduled in such a way as to provide consistency of coverage and to accommodate planned leave and promote employee morale.
- →Periodically analyzes work measurement data.
- →Controls and accounts for all regulated substances in the Pharmacy in accordance with station policy, VA, and DEA regulations.
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 dentification 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 2-year trial period (if not to have been determined completed prior) during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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