Duties
"VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf Functions of the Position Provide evidence-based pharmaceutical care services through both direct and indirect interaction with patients and providers in practice areas identified in their individual scope of practice.
Practice sites may include but are not limited to: Functions as a mid-level provider to initiate, modify, or discontinue medication therapy and as a consultant for intensive medication therapy management services.
Orders, performs, reviews, and analyzes appropriate laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies necessary to monitor and support the patient's drug therapy.
Follows-up with patients on lab or test results to discuss the plan of therapy, i.e.
changes in medication therapy, monitoring, and additional testing requirements.
Clinical pharmacist practitioner will determine if a referral to the physician is necessary when disease progression occurs, or adverse drug events require treatment interventions outside of the CPP scope of practice.
Clinical - Indirect Patient Care Activities Identify patients who may benefit from comprehensive Medication management through population management reports and during team huddles.
Review patient medication regimens for clinical effectiveness, drug selection, dosing, contraindications, side effects, potential drug interactions, and therapeutic outcomes as required.
Communicates findings with prescribers and provides appropriate alternatives to current treatment plans as needed.
Monitor and report drug errors, adverse drug reactions, allergies, and patient compliance issues.
Documents findings per facility procedures.
Apply knowledge of normal laboratory values in the evaluation of patient care, recognizes significant abnormalities, and makes dose adjustment recommendations based on objective laboratory findings.
Reviews and evaluates requests for non-formulary and restricted drugs for appropriateness and compliance with established criteria where applicable.
Assists Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee with medication use evaluations and other safety initiatives.
Promotes and monitors compliance for established drug therapy policies.
Drug Information 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 from all customers.
Program Management Responsible for coordination and supervision of all pharmacotherapy management activities of assigned patients of the CPP's assigned clinic(s).
This includes management of a clinical practice within area of expertise including scheduling, reviewing consults, providing patient care, and assuring coverage of clinical services.
Manages information security within areas of responsibility to assure that computer system security and confidentiality of sensitive information is maintained, and that employee access to sensitive information is limited only to that which the employee requires to perform their duties.
Work Schedule: M-F: 8:00am-4:30pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
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Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of existing pay, higher or unique qualifications, or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 00000 Financial Disclosure Report: Not required"
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