This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment.
Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include but are not limited to: Must be a registered pharmacist having extensive professional experience with and broad and specialized knowledge of the following: selection, compounding, dispensing and preservation of drugs and other therapeutic agents.
prescribing practices and trends, medication utilization trends, provision of drug information to medical and nursing staffs, contemporary drug distribution systems, pharmacy automated data processing (ADP) program hardware and software, other DHCP/ VISTA core applications for Medical Administration, Lab, Radiology, CPRS, DSS, and other services as applicable.
Understands the complexities of pharmacy operations, management philosophy, and the interactions between pharmacy and other services to be able to integrate them with the specialized Pharmacy Service ADP software programs.
Responsible for developing, supplying, and interpreting comprehensive computer-generated data on a regular basis to the Chief and Associate Chief for planning and evaluating pharmacy operations and for use in reviewing the efficiency and effectiveness of Pharmacy Service program. Responsible for customizing the pharmacy ADP program software to reflect the characteristics of this Pharmacy Service.
Responsible for pharmacy user management, which includes defining users, establishing user menus, and determining user access to ensure appropriate use and security of the Pharmacy Service and Medical Center ADP software programs and the comprehensive patient data base.
Serves as a Pharmacy Service liaison and works cooperatively with IRM/OIT, MAS, Lab, and other services to explore, organize and implement interdisciplinary ADP programs and to assure the integrity and security of the Medical Center's integrated patient database.
Responsible for maintaining all pharmacy ADP programs, which involves, updating pharmacy database files, reviewing, and updating pharmacy user access and menus as appropriate, evaluating, and implementing new versions of existing programs, and training pharmacy personnel on new version changes.
Responsible for developing pharmacy related computer searches and projects that may ultimately serve to upgrade the quality of patient care through improving the efficiency and effectiveness of Pharmacy Service and Medical Center activities.
Exercise a high degree of originality, imagination, innovation, initiative, and resourcefulness, for projects often require departing from past approaches, extending traditional techniques, or developing new ones to meet major objectives without compromising pharmacy laws, rules, or principles.
Required to interact effectively and exchange general and specialized pharmacy, clinical and ADP applications information at a professional level with coworkers, patients, and clinical and administrative staff on both a routine and non-routine basis. Develops database and information management systems in support of all areas of Pharmacy practice within the medical Center.
Assists with center-wide instruction on packages that impact pharmacy service (CPRS) and consults with Clinical Application Coordinators regarding pharmacy orders and troubleshooting pharmacy specific problems. Actively manages the CPRS ordering menus to guide intuitive, safe, effective, and cost-conscious ordering of pharmaceutical products consistent with the VA National Formulary and National, VISN, and local \ initiatives.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm, holidays and hours outside tour of duty, subject to change based on the needs on of the facility. Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Robert Knudsen Robert.Knudsen@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.
Learn more Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 00747F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Theresa.Morehart@va.gov · 501-522-4386
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $150026 – $195037/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-11-04.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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