Clinical Pharmacist

The Clinical Pharmacist applies standards relating to all aspects of distribution and control of scheduled and non-scheduled drugs in day-to-day activities. The primary function of the Clinical Pharmacist is to provide patient-centered mail outpatient pharmacy services through direct and indirect patient medication counseling and reconciliation, assurance of medication safety, formulary management, and drug and supply prescription processing. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws Duties may include but are not limited to: Provides patient-specific profile review and communicates relevant findings and/or recommendations to other health care providers in charge of patient both orally and in writing. Refers medication-related problems to MbM Resolution Team. Reports adverse drug events (ADE), near misses and medication errors in alignment with the MbM reporting program. Enters supply orders appropriate for patient care per MbM policy. Manages various actions, as appropriate for medication orders to include flagging prescriptions, and using the "hold medication" function. Serves as a role model to pharmacy students and technician students. Verifies prescriptions entered in VISTA by pharmacy technician staff. Reports privacy breaches to privacy coordinator. Utilizes CPRS note templates to document interactions with beneficiaries or providers. Completes medication history including patient review. Provides medication counseling to patients and/or caregivers. Resolves errors reaching the patient. Ensures prescriptions with directions to PRN include an indication. Reports potential and actual errors using the VPS Quality Reports Form. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, Varying shifts from 7:00am to 5:30pm Telework: Available (ADHOC) Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 76310A Location Negotiable: The "location negotiable" option applies to VA Employees who are already assigned to a VA duty station. This option is implemented in accordance with applicable policies, as well as current agency and Presidential guidance. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : 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. 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.acpeaccredit.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, rest

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