Clinical Pharmacist

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Must not include Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them. The posting includes Pay: "Competitive salary and regular salary increases..." and details about Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, etc. So Pay and Benefits sections are present. Schedule: "Work Schedule: Full-Time - Varies - includes nights - holidays - and weekends TBD during the interview process". That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section. We need sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (basic requirements?), Qualifications (grade determinations, KSAs, preferred experience), Skills (maybe KSAs?), Benefits (list of benefits), Pay (pay details), Schedule (work schedule). We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must not include duplicated lines. Must not include cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Must not include application instructions (like contact Hannah Neilson? Actually that's EDRP coordinator contact; maybe that's not application instruction but could be considered contact info. The instruction says remove application instructions. Contact Hannah Neilson at email for questions/assistance - that's maybe considered contact for EDRP, not application instruction. Might be okay to keep? It's not exactly application instruction but could be considered contact. Safer to drop it? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Contact info for EDRP coordinator might be considered application instructions? It's not exactly how to apply but a point of contact. I'd keep it maybe under a paragraph? But it's not a section heading. Could be placed in a

under Benefits or something? Might be considered not needed. Safer to omit. We need to preserve all substantive information: EDRP eligibility, basic requirements (citizenship, English proficiency, education, licensure, grade determinations, KSAs, duties, preferred experience, work schedule, pay, benefits). Also mention "Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply". Also mention "Program Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application." That's substantive about EDRP. Must include. We must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep specifics like amounts, etc. We need to use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use

  for prose. We need to decide which content goes under which heading. Possible structure:

  About the role

  Summary: This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

  Responsibilities

  • Verifies provider medication orders - documents medication admissions history - facilitates medication reconciliation - interprets physicians' orders - dispenses appropriate medications or supplies - and counsels patients on proper medication administration
  • Independently uses clinical judgment and expertise to resolve issues as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team
  • Provides consultation to providers - nurses and other staff on drug usage - availability - interactions and compliance
  • Performs other related duties as required by Pharmacy supervisors to meet VA directives - DEA compliance - and Joint Commission and Office of Inspector General requirements
  • 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 as required
  • Serves as a source on medication management and utilization in therapy
  • Evaluates the drug literature by analysis of experimental design and methodology - to compare efficacy of existing and new therapeutic regimens
  • Interprets patient drug history - medical history - and ongoing patient specific monitoring of medication therapy - with documentation in the formal patient medical record
  • Reviews the therapeutic regimen or plan - based on patient-specific information - which includes defining a therapeutic endpoint - selecting appropriate drug therapy - 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 and makes referrals as acute management problems arise
  • Provides consultation on selection of appropriate therapeutic regimens as a follow-up to clinical results obtained from ambulatory care and inpatients as required
  • Provides physicians and other providers a resource for discussion of medication management requiring a pharmaceutical intervention
  • Evaluates the risk-benefit ratio of various therapeutic alternatives - assists in developing a therapeutic plan utilizing the most efficacious - least toxic and most economical pharmacological treatment modalities available - and communicates plans to the patients' provider
  • Promotes cost effective pharmacy services - offering reasonable - appropriate alternatives to high cost medications when available
  • Provides objective self-assessment or any other medical milieu appropriate to the overall treatment plan
  • Cross-trains in all areas of pharmacy (inpatient/outpatient) service - to facilitate processing and verification of medication orders
  • Performs additional duties as assigned

  Requirements

  Maybe combine basic requirements and qualifications? But we have separate headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide what goes where. The posting has "Basic Requirements:" then list of citizenship, English proficiency, education, licensure, grade determinations (experience/education), KSAs, preferred experience. Also "Grade Determinations: Clinical Pharmacist (Full Performance Level) - GS-12: Experience or Education". Then "Knowledge - Skills and Abilities: Pharmacists assigned to this position must demonstrate the following knowledge - skills and abilities (KSAs):" then list. We could put basic requirements under Requirements heading, and qualifications under Qualifications heading (grade determinations, preferred experience). Skills heading could contain the KSAs list. But we must not create thin sections; we need substantive content. Let's allocate:

  Requirements

  • 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)
  • 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.acpe-accredit.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 - restricted - limited - or issued/placed in a probationary status may be appointed only in accordance with the provisions in VA Handbook 5005 - Part II - Chapter 3 - section B - paragraph 16
  • NOTE: Individuals who have or have had multiple licenses and had any such license revoked for professional misconduct - professional incompetence or substandard care - or who surrendered such license after receiving written notice of potential termination of such license by the State for professional misconduct - professional incompetence - or substandard care - are not eligible for appointment to the position unless such revoked or surrendered license is fully restored (38 U.S.C.7402(f))
  • Effective November 30 - 1999 - this is a requirement for employment
  • This requirement does not apply to licensed pharmacists on VA rolls as of that date - provided they maintain continuous appointment and are not disqualified for employment by any subsequent revocations or voluntary surrenders of State license - registration or certification
  That's a lot but it's all substantive.

  Qualifications

  Grade Determinations: Clinical Pharmacist (Full Performance Level) - GS-12: Experience or Education

  • One (1) year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level - GS-11 - OR
  • Completion of an ACPE-accredited Pharm.D. program

  Preferred Experience: Inpatient Pharmacy experience or PGY1 preferred

  The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-12.

  Skills

  Knowledge - Skills and Abilities: Pharmacists assigned to this position must demonstrate the following knowledge - skills and abilities (KSAs):

  • Knowledge of professional pharmacy practice
  • Ability to communicate orally and in writing to both patients and health care staff
  • Knowledge of laws - regulations - and accreditation standards related to the distribution and control of scheduled and non-scheduled drugs and pharmacy security
  • Skill in monitoring and assessing the outcome of drug therapies - including physical assessment and interpretation of laboratory and other diagnostic parameters
  But the KSAs list in the posting includes more items? Actually the posting lists: "Knowledge of professional pharmacy practiceAbility to communicate orally and in writing to both patients and health care staffKnowledge of laws - regulations - and accreditation standards related to the distribution and control of scheduled and non-scheduled drugs and pharmacy securitySkill in monitoring and assessing the outcome of drug therapies - including physical assessment and interpretation of laboratory and other diagnostic parameters". That's it. So we captured those.

  Benefits

  • 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 -