USAJOBS · 1 month ago
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist- Community Living Center
Orlando, Florida, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$141K/yr - $183K/yr
1+ years expUSAJOBS is seeking a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for the Orlando VA Healthcare System. This role involves serving as a provider with prescriptive authority, managing drug therapy, and ensuring adherence to treatment guidelines while working as part of a healthcare team.
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U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Practices as the CPS for the assigned team. The CPS supervises pharmacotherapy provided by team providers to ensure that National Treatment Guidelines are being followed in addition to adherence to National Formulary and local policy. The CPS will independently manage unstable pharmacotherapy patients in their pharmacotherapy clinic/reviews, improving the clinical efficiency and quality
Completes an assessment of patients' medication regimens upon admission, and then at least monthly, to the facility, including a comprehensive medication reconciliation and identification of drug related problems. Reviews medication profiles and summarizes significant findings which are documented in the medical record and reported to the primary provider. Identifies any drug induced problem that may be affecting the patient or contributing to the need for hospitalization, including adverse effects, allergic reactions, toxicities, improper dosage regimen design, noncompliance, etc
Fully utilizes the highest level of clinical privileges for CPSs to manage assigned patients
Under appropriate supervision by a physician and with approved clinical privileges assumes authority to direct therapy, order lab tests as indicated for appropriate patient monitoring
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
Serves as an authoritative information source on drugs and their utilization in therapy, with special emphasis on medications used in treatment of the assigned patients
Evaluates the drug literature by analysis of experimental design and methodology, in order to compare and contract therapeutic regimens and roles for new drugs, with a special emphasis in medications used in referred patients
From a verbal or written patient presentation of signs, symptoms, laboratory tests and diagnoses, recognizes and lists important medical problems, disease states, symptoms or abnormal laboratory values that may necessitate altering the therapeutic regimen or which may be induced by drug therapy
Establishes and expands the patient data base through interpreting the drug history, medical history, physical examination and ongoing patient specific monitoring of therapy, with documentation in the formal patient medical record
Designs a therapeutic regimen or plan, based on patient-specific information that includes establishing a therapeutic endpoint, electing an appropriate drug and related therapy, assessing appropriate of gradual dose reductions when appropriate, 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
Provides consultation on selection of appropriate therapeutic regimens as a follow-up of nontherapeutic drug concentrations obtained from ambulatory care and inpatients
Works to publicize and institute criteria for use of formulary and nonformulary medications and other high cost items directed at employing cost effectiveness without compromising the quality of patient care
Provides physicians and other providers a focal resource for discussion of medical problems requiring a pharmaceutical intervention
Interviews patients for conducting a medication history, discussing medication therapy, and formulating a pharmaceutical care plan; performs medication reconciliation as a component of provider duties
Qualification
Required
U.S. Citizenship
Proficient in written and spoken English
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
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
1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level, or completion of an ACPE-accredited Pharm.D. program
Must pass pre-employment physical examination
Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
Preferred
PGY2 in an applicable area and board certification in pharmacy or other related area
Benefits
The Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program
Company
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