USAJOBS · 11 hours ago
Pharmacist (Clinical Spec) - PACT
Tavares, Florida, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$142K/yr - $185K/yr
1+ years expThe Orlando VA Healthcare System is seeking a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist who will serve as a provider with prescriptive authority in a clinic setting. The role involves developing necessary services, assisting clinicians in drug selection, and participating in patient monitoring and medication management within the PACT team.
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U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
CPS has full responsibility to develop necessary services such as physician consultation, patient monitoring, patient counseling and medication management clinics within the PACT setting
Serves as a physician extender/independent practitioner in a clinic setting, requiring the highest level of pharmacist clinical privileges with minimal supervision
Directly assists clinicians in rational drug selection by providing written and/or verbal consultation
Actively participates as a member of the PACT team to assist in monitoring patient's therapy as directly related to pharmaceutical care
Assures that all prescriptions and actions meet proper eligibility criteria on a patient specific basis and the National Formulary and Non-Formulary procedures are followed; this includes adherence to all national, VISN and local criteria for use treatment algorithms and guidelines
Participates in developing criteria for use, medication use evaluations, data collection for pertinent reports, and other quality assurance activities, as required, to ensure appropriate and safe drug utilization
CPS manages pharmacotherapy to ensure that treatment guidelines and appropriate medication monitoring recommendations are being followed, in addition to adherence to National Formulary and local policy
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will independently manage pharmacotherapy patients not at disease-state goal in his/her pharmacotherapy clinic, improving the clinic system efficiency and quality
Fully utilizes the highest level of clinical privileges for CPS to manage assigned patients
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
Establishes and expands the patient database through interpreting the drug history, medical history, allergies/adverse drug events, physical examination and ongoing patient specific monitoring of therapy, with documentation in the electronic medical record
Monitors and assesses therapeutic and adverse effects of drug therapy (including drug interactions) through selection and evaluation of patient-specific and laboratory parameters
Provides consultation on selection of appropriate therapeutic regimens as a follow up of non-therapeutic drug concentrations obtained from ambulatory care and inpatients
May use telehealth modalities (e.g., clinical video telehealth) to improve access for patients requiring pharmacotherapy
Participates in the training and in-servicing of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy students, pharmacy residents, and other medical center personnel as requested
Provides highly specialized education and training support to other professional services in the broad area of advanced pharmacotherapy
May serve as preceptor and/or mentor for pharmacy students and pharmacy residents; maintains at least minimum ASHP requirements for resident preceptorship
Assists in new employee orientation sessions, as scheduled
Assists in the development of proposals for improved and/or new clinical pharmacy services
Educates patients on the proper use and care of their medications through the day-to-day personal interactions with patients
Provides drug information and drug literature evaluations as requested by the professional staff
Provides formal education and clinical education in the area of expertise to pharmacists in training
Serves as an authority on drug usage, interactions, over-dosages, and compliance to medical staff, nursing staff, technicians and students. Uses appropriate references to research drug information
Has a good working knowledge of information resources, both written and electronic
Maintains a current knowledge of therapeutics and disease management
Provides timely and accurate responses to drug information inquiries
Qualification
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
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
Must be proficient in written and spoken English
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)
Complete all application requirements detailed in the 'Required Documents' section of this announcement
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)
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
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
In addition to the GS-12 requirements, must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level
Preferred
PGY1 +/- PGY2 in an applicable area and board certification in pharmacy or other related area
Benefits
Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program
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