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USAJOBS · 3 weeks ago

Pharmacist - Pharmacy Supervisor (PACT and HBPC)

San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$139K/yr - $181K/yr

1+ years exp

USAJOBS is seeking a Pharmacist - Pharmacy Supervisor for the VA Caribbean Healthcare System. The role involves coordinating and supervising clinical pharmacy services, managing the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist staff, and ensuring compliance with national and local pharmacy policies.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Responsible for coordinating, monitoring, developing and elating the activities of the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist staff the ambulatory scenarios such as (but not limited) Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT), Home Base Primary Care (HBPC) and Anticoagulation

Responsible for all activities and functions generated by the employees under his/her supervision on a day to day basis. These activities require a great degree of skill in patient monitoring, drug therapy review and assessing patient outcomes

Keeps the Associate Chief and Chief Pharmacy apprised of trends/situations affecting any aspects of the pharmacy activities

Clinical Pharmacy Specialists Supervisor must know and understand all areas of pharmacy, as he/she will serve as an expert coordinating and distributing pharmacy activities during "on call" situations, weekends, holidays and in emergency situations

Primary responsibility is coordination and provision of clinical pharmacy services to patients and staff in primary care through PACT CPS's, Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) CPS's and Anticoagulation CPS's within the VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS)

Performs advanced clinical services in a major specialty area requiring in-depth knowledge and advanced monitoring skills and assessing patient outcome

Responsible for conducting direct patient-care activities that are performed with the efficiency and depth of an experienced clinical pharmacy specialist (CPS) in ambulatory care. This includes designing, recommending, monitoring, and evaluating patient-specific pharmacotherapy for ambulatory care patients

Coordinates and/or performs medication reconciliation for ambulatory care patients with scheduled face-to-face or tele health appointments

Follows national pharmaco-therapeutic guidelines and is familiar and up to date with current clinical practice guidelines

Assures drug use is consistent with national, VISN, and local policy (e.g. formulary vs. non formulary, criteria-for-use)

Serves as an advisor for matters pertaining to direct patient-care activities, pharmacotherapy and the enhancement of progressive pharmacy services

Assists the Associate Chief, Pharmacy Services in recommending and prioritizing performance improvement projects and provides accurate and timely data concerning Section activities

Coordinates, monitors, develop, and evaluate the activities of the Clinical Pharmacy Specialists. This includes establishing programmatic goals of the clinical section and assigning responsibility to the clinical staff for achievement of those goals

Actively participates of the recruitment of new employees by interviewing prospective advancements, or promotions as warranted

Supervises and evaluates the PACT CPS, and HBPC and anticoagulation clinical pharmacists

Prepares and updates the functional statements of the PACT CPS, and HBPC and anticoagulation clinical pharmacists

Qualification

Pharmacy degreePharmacy licenseClinical pharmacy servicesPatient monitoringMedication reconciliationSupervisory skillsRegulatory knowledgeBilingual (English/Spanish)Communication skillsTeam management

Required

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job

All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA

Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959

Must be proficient in written and spoken English

You may be required to serve a probationary period

Subject to background/security investigation

Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

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)

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

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)

Candidates at the GS-13 grade level must hold a 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

Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to work in the advertised location

Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written Spanish to work in the advertised location

In addition to the GS-12 requirements, must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level

Pharmacy Supervisor is responsible for the professional and administrative management of an assigned area in pharmacy service, to include budgetary execution

Such individuals have responsibilities for supervising multiple pharmacists and technicians

Manages people, maintains effective interdepartmental relations, and cooperates with other services to accomplish the medical facility's mission and goals

Develops performance standards, assures that the program area is compliant with all regulatory and accrediting body requirements, designs and implements orientation and training programs for staff, and develops and maintains systems to monitor the performance of staff activities

Develops policies and procedures relative to their assigned area

Ability to effectively supervise subordinate staff

Ability to communicate orally and in writing to persuade and influence clinical and management decisions

Expert understanding of regulatory and quality standards pertaining to pharmacy

Skill in managing people or programs