The Ambulatory Care Mental Health Clinical Pharmacy Specialist works independently at the highest level of clinical practice within the Mental Health Clinic areas within the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. The incumbent serves as a mid-level provider with an advanced scope of practice functioning to initiate, modify, or discontinue medication therapy and as a consultant for intensive medication therapy management.
VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws Clinical Practice: The Ambulatory Care Mental Health Clinical Pharmacy Specialist: Promotes the appropriate, economical, safe, and effective use of medication therapy through maintaining an independent Mental Health Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacy practice site. Maintains collaborative and comprehensive medication therapy management clinics and services in designated areas of practice, under a scope of practice.
This shall include physical assessment, ordering laboratory and diagnostic tests necessary to manage medication therapy, referring patients to appropriate health care providers as needed, performing patient triage functions and independently initiating, adjusting and discontinuing medications.
Delivers direct care to patients through a variety of modalities which may include but are not limited to: Face-to-face, telephone, video/telemedicine, e-consults, chart reviews, shared medical appointments, drop-in group medical appointments, group education classes and/or secured messaging interactions. Documents encounters and clinical decisions in Electronic Health Record (EHR) progress notes.
Utilizes Pharmacists Achieve Results with Medication Documentation (PhARMD) Tool to track disease state and other clinical interventions. Responds to alerts sent by other members of the health care team. Maintains a collaborative case management relationship with registered nurse case/care managers and nurse practitioners within designated practice areas.
The CPS provides appropriate independent medication changes including initiation, adjustment, and discontinuation for patients seen and evaluated and/or presented to the CPS and deemed to be within the CPS scope of practice for disease state management. Provides medication extensions when prescribing provider is not available.
Critically reviews prior authorization drug requests according to criteria for use, appropriateness, safety, cost-effectiveness and utilizing evidence-based decision-making. Provides professional consultative services related to their designated area of practice. Professional consultative services include but are not limited to extensive drug information services, formulary management, and medication recommendations.
Work Schedule: 7:30am - 4:00pm, Negotiable Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application 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/.
Tiffani.Battle@va.gov · (512) 592-8461
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $154482 – $200829/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-29.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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