Clinical Pharmacist

Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

Duties

This Clinical Pharmacist position is within the Pharmacy Service within VA White River Junction Healthcare System at the White River Junction, Vermont location. VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws This Pharmacist position is responsible for a broad range of pharmacy work. The responsibilities for this position is primarily inpatient and with some outpatient service. The primary function will be the provision of pharmaceutical care to both inpatient and outpatient services. Incumbent should have knowledge in all aspects of pharmacy practice. Duties include but are not limited to: Verifies provider medication orders, documents medication admissions history, facilitates medication reconciliation, interprets physicians' orders, dispenses appropriate medications or supplies, and counsels patients on proper medication administration. Routinely functions independently using clinical judgment and expertise to resolve issues as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team. Provides consultation to providers, nurses and other staff on drug usage, availability, interactions and compliance. Performs other related duties as required by Pharmacy supervisors to meet VA directives, DEA compliance, and Joint Commission and Office of Inspector General requirements. Interfaces with providers, including physicians, PAs, ARNPs in the design of the veteran's treatment regimen to achieve optimization of rational and cost-effective drug therapy as required. Serves as an authoritative information source on medication management and their utilization in therapy. Evaluates the drug literature by analysis of experimental design and methodology, to compare efficacy of existing and new therapeutic regimens. Interprets patient drug history, medical history, and ongoing patient specific monitoring of medication therapy, with documentation in the formal patient medical record. Reviews the therapeutic regimen or plan, based on patient-specific information, which includes defining a therapeutic endpoint, selecting appropriate drug therapy, and establishing an appropriate dosage regimen. Monitors and assesses therapeutic and adverse effects of drug therapy (including drug interactions) through selection and evaluation of physical and laboratory parameters and makes referrals as acute management problems arise. Provides consultation on selection of appropriate therapeutic regimens as a follow-up to clinical results obtained from ambulatory care and inpatients as required. Provides physicians and other providers a resource for discussion of medication management requiring a pharmaceutical intervention. Interviews patients when necessary to conduct a medication history and assist in the formulation of a pharmaceutical care plan. Identifies all drug-induced side effects and adverse events that may affect the patient or contribute to a need for hospitalization for referral to the emergency department. Makes recommendations to the responsible provider for optimal management of drug-induced problems either verbally or in writing when requested. Evaluates the risk-benefit ratio of various therapeutic alternatives, assists in developing a therapeutic plan utilizing the most efficacious, least toxic and most economical pharmacological treatment modalities available, and communicates these plans to the patients' provider. Promotes cost effective pharmacy services, offering reasonable, appropriate alternatives to high cost medications when available. Provides objective self-assessment or any other medical milieu appropriate to the overall treatment plan. Cross-trains in all areas of pharmacy (inpatient/outpatient) service, to facilitate processing and verification of medication orders. Performs additional duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full-Time, Varies, includes nights, holidays, and weekends. TBD during the interview process. Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: F08753 at GS 11, F02043 at GS-12 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Hannah Neilson at [email protected], the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure: Not Required Notifications: (continued in Additional Information Section) This position is in the Excepted Service. This position is an AFGE Bargaining Unit position. This position is covered by a special rate. Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). SF-50s must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency: Pharmacists must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), and 7407(d). Education: 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 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- Based Test (TOEFL iBT). Licensure. Full, current and unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in a State, Territory, Commonwealth of the United States (i.e., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia. The pharmacist must maintain current registration if this is a requirement for maintaining full, current, and unrestricted licensure. A pharmacist who has, or has ever had, any license(s) revoked, suspended, denied, restricted, limited, or issued/placed in a probationary status may be appointed only in accordance with the provisions in VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, section B, paragraph 16. NOTE: Individuals who have or have had multiple licenses and had any such license revoked for professional misconduct, professional incompetence or substandard care, or who surrendered such license after receiving written notice of potential termination of such license by the State for professional misconduct, professional incompetence, or substandard care, are not eligible for appointment to the position unless such revoked or surrendered license is fully restored (38 U.S.C. § 7402(f)). Effective November 30, 1999, this is a requirement for employme