The Pharmacist handles routine medication-related activities in accordance with local, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), and national policies and regulations.
The Pharmacist handles routine medication-related activities in accordance with local, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), and national policies and regulations.
These include, but are not limited to: reviewing, interpreting, and verifying medication orders for appropriateness; processing and filling medication orders; interacting with and making recommendations to other clinical staff regarding medication therapy ordered to ensure safe and effective care; reviewing the patient's medications, allergies, labs, and other pertinent information from the medical record to identify and solve medication-related problems; contacting providers as appropriate; documenting recommendations and interventions; providing refill extensions and partial medication supplies; taking health and medication histories; performing medication reconciliation; providing drug information; assisting in formulary management including therapeutic substitutions, nonformulary reviews and medication usage evaluations; documenting and assessing adverse drug events (ADEs); assisting in medical emergencies; providing oversight of technical staff in all aspects of medication distribution.
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. Completes medication histories including patient interviews. Serves as a drug information resource to health care professionals, patients, and caregivers.
Participates in patient care rounds, review charts, evaluates pertinent laboratory data, drug-drug, and drug-nutrient interactions, monitors for adverse drug effects, and screens for allergies. Performs medication reconciliation. Assesses drug safety and efficacy, including evaluation of physical symptoms. Reports adverse drug events (ADE), near misses, and medication errors. Participates in the medical center medication utilization evaluation (MUE) program.
Recommends formulary alternatives and completes non-formulary consults as assigned. Participates in medical emergencies including code teams (if BLS or ACLS certified) and emergency preparedness activities. Provides pharmacokinetic consultation, including dosing vancomycin and aminoglycosides. Implements P&T Committee policies including therapeutic interchanges and automatic substitutions.
Manages recalls and medication shortage situations by substituting alternate dosage strengths and instructions of the same medication to equal the prescribed dose and schedule. Extends refills until next scheduled appointment under the provider's name per facility policy. Serves as a role model and preceptor to pharmacy students and residents.
Assumes an active role in staff development of peers and provides educational in-services to nursing, medical staff or to other ancillary services. Interprets and evaluates physician medication orders for both accuracy and appropriateness. Verifies provider medication orders in VistA to include drug interaction monitoring, proper dose, rate, and dosage form. Duties are continued in the Benefits section of this announcement.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Telework: Ad-Hoc Telework is available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: Pharmacist, GS-11: 53587-F, Clinical Pharmacist, GS-12: 53588-F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. Graduate of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited College or School of Pharmacy with a baccalaureate degree in pharmacy (BS Pharmacy) and/or a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree.
Verification of approved degree programs may be obtained from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, 20 North Clark Street, Suite 2500, Chicago, Illinois 60602-5109; phone: (312) 664-3575, or through their Web site at: http://www.acpe-accredit.org/. (NOTE: Prior to 2005 ACPE accredited both baccalaureate and Doctor of Pharmacy terminal degree program.
Today the sole degree is Doctor of Pharmacy.) Graduates of foreign pharmacy degree programs meet the educational requirement if the 2 graduate is able to provide proof of achieving the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Commission (FPGEC) Certification, which includes passing the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination (FPGEE) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet[1]Based Test (TOEFL iBT).
NOTE: If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application. NOTE: If your school was accredited by ACPE at the time of graduation but is no longer listed on the ACPE website, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet.
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)
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This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $127590 – $175945/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-03.
There are 2 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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