Clinical Pharmacist - Outpatient
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections when posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate.
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Summary: "Outpatient Clinical Pharmacist The incumbent functions as a Clinical Outpatient Pharmacist primarily in the Outpatient Section of the Pharmacy Service at the VA Central Iowa Health Care System (VACIHCS). The position reports to the Outpatient Pharmacy Supervisor - Pharmacy Service."
That's about the role.
Qualifications: Basic Requirements: US Citizenship, Education, Licensure, English Language Proficiency, Grade Determinations: GS-12 Clinical Pharmacist Experience or Education: ... plus KSAs, Preferred Experience.
Duties: long list.
Work Schedule: Full-time Monday-Friday - rotating tours - weekends and holidays Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Physical Requirements: mention pre-employment exam.
We need sections: About the role (summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (basic requirements?), Qualifications (maybe grade determinations?), Skills (KSAs?), Benefits (none? Not mentioned), Pay (none? Not mentioned), Schedule (work schedule). We should only include sections with real content.
We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (basic requirements), Qualifications (grade determinations, preferred experience), Skills (KSAs), Schedule (work schedule). Benefits and Pay not present, so omit.
We must not include placeholder like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
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We need to preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must keep details like VA Central Iowa Health Care System, reporting to Outpatient Pharmacy Supervisor, etc.
We need to include the YouTube embed? The posting includes "Duties VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws". That's a link; we should preserve as maybe a
with the URL? It's part of duties section. Probably include as a link.
We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present.
Let's craft HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... summary ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ...
...
Requirements
Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA PolicyEducation: 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.) degreeNOTE: Prior to 2005 ACPE accredited both baccalaureate and Doctor of Pharmacy terminal degree programToday the sole degree is Doctor of PharmacyLicensure: 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 ColumbiaEnglish Language ProficiencyPharmacists must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) - and 7407(d)
But we need to keep line breaks? Could split into sentences. Might be okay as one paragraph.
Qualifications
Grade Determinations: GS-12 Clinical Pharmacist Experience or Education: In addition to the basic requirements - candidates must meet one of the following: 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level - or 2 Completion of an ACPE-accredited Pharm.D. program
Preferred Experience: 1 year or more of clinical pharmacy experience - or equivalent - in an outpatient hospital pharmacy practice setting focusing on clinical pharmacy services - medication distribution services - medication counseling - telephone triage - documentation in an electronic health record - and medication information support to healthcare staff/patients/care givers
Skills
Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs): Pharmacists assigned to this position must demonstrate the following knowledge - skills and abilities (KSAs): 1 Knowledge of professional pharmacy practice 2 Ability to communicate orally and in writing to both patients and health care staff 3 Knowledge of laws - regulations - and accreditation standards related to the distribution and control of scheduled and non-scheduled drugs and pharmacy security 4 Skill in monitoring and assessing the outcome of drug therapies - including physical assessment and interpretation of laboratory and other diagnostic parameters
Schedule
Work Schedule: Full-time Monday-Friday - rotating tours - weekends and holidays Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
We might also include Physical Requirements? Not a standard heading; could be part of Requirements? But not required. Could add a section "Physical Requirements" but not in allowed headings list. The allowed headings are only those eight. So we should not create extra headings. We could fold physical requirements into Requirements or maybe into About the role? Probably better to add a paragraph under Requirements about physical requirements: "You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position". We'll include that.
Also include Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized. Could be part of Requirements or maybe a separate section? Not in allowed headings; we could add to Requirements as well.
We must not invent sections like Benefits, Pay.
Now ensure we preserve all substantive info: The YouTube link. We'll include as VA Careers - Pharmacy video maybe.
Let's craft duties list items exactly as in posting but maybe shorten? Must preserve all substantive info; we cannot omit any duty items. There are many enumerated items 1-19 with subitems. We need to keep them all. Could combine into list items each duty. Might be long but okay.
We need to preserve sub-items like i, ii etc. We'll keep them as part of the list item text.
Let's extract duties list:
From posting:
"Duties include - but are not limited to: Clinical: The primary function of a clinical pharmacist is to assure the safe and appropriate use of medications and be an advocate of rational drug therapy through the following list of example activities: 1Participates in all tasks related to medication preparation and dispensing2Provides appropriate selection of drug therapy based upon the pharmaceutical principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamicsmonitoring for efficacy - side effects and clinical outcomeand advises prescribers as appropriate3Provides patient-specific therapeutic drug monitoring and communicates relevant findings and/or recommendations to other health care providers in charge of the patient both orally and in writingMonitoring will include prospective and retrospective review and intervention in: iTherapeutic appropriateness of a patient's drug regimen iiTherapeutic duplication in the patient's drug regimen iiiAppropriateness of the route and method of administration ivDegree of patient compliance with the prescribed drug regimen vDrug-drug - drug-food - drug-laboratory - or drug-disease interactions viAllergies viiClinical and pharmacokinetic laboratory data to evaluate the efficacy of drug therapy and to anticipate side effects - toxicity - or adverse effects viiiPhysical signs and clinical symptoms relevant to the patient's drug therapy 4Provides medication counseling to patients5Conducts comprehensive appraisals of patient's health status by completing medication histories including patient interviews6Serves as a drug information resource by providing up-to-date drug information to prescribers - other health care professionals - patients and caregivers7Participates in the medication reconciliation process - in accordance with facility processes: iPharmacists under a scope of practice (CPP): when acting as a provider - the CPP will complete a medication reconciliation including updating the medication profile to reflect an accurate - active list of VA and non-VA medicationsThis may include adding non-VA medications or discontinuing duplicate medications or those the patient is not takingiiPharmacists not under a scope of practice: when NOT acting as a provider - pharmacists will participate in the medication reconciliation processThis may include a medication history - identifying discrepancies - coordinating with the care team to review discrepancies - processing medication orders - and providing patient medication education8Assesses drug safety and efficacy - including evaluation of physical symptoms9Reports adverse drug events (ADE) - near misses - and medication errorsDocuments findings according to service/facility procedures10Participates in the medical center medication utilization evaluation (MUE) program11May complete non-formulary and medication approval consultsRecommends formulary alternatives when appropriateReviews orders for compliance with VA Criteria for Use and non-formulary drug restrictions12Implements VA medical facility policies including therapeutic interchanges and automatic substitutions (e.g. - Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee activities)13Manages recalls and medication shortage situations by substituting alternate dosage strengths and instructions of the same medication to equal the prescribed dose and schedule14Enters supply orders to support medication compliance and accurate medication administration (e.g. - syringes - needles - tablet splitters) - in accordance with VA medical facility policy15Manages various actions - as appropriate - for medication orders to include: flagging prescriptions - managing view alerts - using the \"hold medication\" function - etc16Extends refills until next scheduled appointment under the provider's name per facility policy17Serves as a role model and preceptor to pharmacy students and residents18Assumes an active role in staff development of peers and provides educational in-services to nursing - medical staff or to other ancillary services19The pharmacist is responsible for maintaining his/her professional competency by keeping abreast of current medical and pharmaceutical literature - new drugs and therapies - and applies this knowledge in his/her daily duties"
We need to split into list items. The numbering is messy but we can create - for each numbered item (1-19) and include subpoints as part of that item.
Let's produce list items:
1. Participates in all tasks related to medication preparation and dispensing
2. Provides appropriate selection of drug therapy based upon the pharmaceutical principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, monitoring for efficacy, side effects and clinical outcome, and advises prescribers as appropriate
3. Provides patient-specific therapeutic drug monitoring and communicates relevant findings and/or recommendations to other health care providers in charge of the patient both orally and in writing. Monitoring will include prospective and retrospective review and intervention in:
i. Therapeutic appropriateness of a patient's drug regimen
ii. Therapeutic duplication in the patient's drug regimen
iii. Appropriateness of the route and method of administration
iv. Degree of patient compliance with the prescribed drug regimen
v. Drug-drug, drug-food, drug-laboratory, or drug-disease interactions
vi. Allergies
vii. Clinical and pharmacokinetic laboratory data to evaluate the efficacy of drug therapy and to anticipate side effects, toxicity, or adverse effects
viii. Physical signs and clinical symptoms relevant to the patient's drug therapy
4. Provides medication counseling to patients
5. Conducts comprehensive appraisals of patient's health status by completing medication histories including patient interviews
6. Serves as a drug information resource by providing up-to-date drug information to prescribers, other health care professionals, patients and caregivers
7. Participates in the medication reconciliation process - in accordance with facility processes:
i. Pharmacists under a scope of practice (CPP): when acting as a provider - the CPP will complete a medication reconciliation including updating the medication profile to reflect an accurate - active list of VA and non-VA medications. This may include adding non-VA medications or discontinuing duplicate medications or those the patient is not taking
. We need to preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must keep details like VA Central Iowa Health Care System, reporting to Outpatient Pharmacy Supervisor, etc. We need to include the YouTube embed? The posting includes "Duties VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws". That's a link; we should preserve as maybe a
with the URL? It's part of duties section. Probably include as a link. We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present. Let's craft HTML. Structure:
About the role
... summary ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ... ...
Requirements
Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA PolicyEducation: 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.) degreeNOTE: Prior to 2005 ACPE accredited both baccalaureate and Doctor of Pharmacy terminal degree programToday the sole degree is Doctor of PharmacyLicensure: 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 ColumbiaEnglish Language ProficiencyPharmacists must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) - and 7407(d)
But we need to keep line breaks? Could split into sentences. Might be okay as one paragraph.Qualifications
Grade Determinations: GS-12 Clinical Pharmacist Experience or Education: In addition to the basic requirements - candidates must meet one of the following: 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level - or 2 Completion of an ACPE-accredited Pharm.D. program
Preferred Experience: 1 year or more of clinical pharmacy experience - or equivalent - in an outpatient hospital pharmacy practice setting focusing on clinical pharmacy services - medication distribution services - medication counseling - telephone triage - documentation in an electronic health record - and medication information support to healthcare staff/patients/care givers
Skills
Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs): Pharmacists assigned to this position must demonstrate the following knowledge - skills and abilities (KSAs): 1 Knowledge of professional pharmacy practice 2 Ability to communicate orally and in writing to both patients and health care staff 3 Knowledge of laws - regulations - and accreditation standards related to the distribution and control of scheduled and non-scheduled drugs and pharmacy security 4 Skill in monitoring and assessing the outcome of drug therapies - including physical assessment and interpretation of laboratory and other diagnostic parameters
Schedule
Work Schedule: Full-time Monday-Friday - rotating tours - weekends and holidays Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
We might also include Physical Requirements? Not a standard heading; could be part of Requirements? But not required. Could add a section "Physical Requirements" but not in allowed headings list. The allowed headings are only those eight. So we should not create extra headings. We could fold physical requirements into Requirements or maybe into About the role? Probably better to add a paragraph under Requirements about physical requirements: "You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position". We'll include that. Also include Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized. Could be part of Requirements or maybe a separate section? Not in allowed headings; we could add to Requirements as well. We must not invent sections like Benefits, Pay. Now ensure we preserve all substantive info: The YouTube link. We'll include as VA Careers - Pharmacy video maybe. Let's craft duties list items exactly as in posting but maybe shorten? Must preserve all substantive info; we cannot omit any duty items. There are many enumerated items 1-19 with subitems. We need to keep them all. Could combine into list items each duty. Might be long but okay. We need to preserve sub-items like i, ii etc. We'll keep them as part of the list item text. Let's extract duties list: From posting: "Duties include - but are not limited to: Clinical: The primary function of a clinical pharmacist is to assure the safe and appropriate use of medications and be an advocate of rational drug therapy through the following list of example activities: 1Participates in all tasks related to medication preparation and dispensing2Provides appropriate selection of drug therapy based upon the pharmaceutical principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamicsmonitoring for efficacy - side effects and clinical outcomeand advises prescribers as appropriate3Provides patient-specific therapeutic drug monitoring and communicates relevant findings and/or recommendations to other health care providers in charge of the patient both orally and in writingMonitoring will include prospective and retrospective review and intervention in: iTherapeutic appropriateness of a patient's drug regimen iiTherapeutic duplication in the patient's drug regimen iiiAppropriateness of the route and method of administration ivDegree of patient compliance with the prescribed drug regimen vDrug-drug - drug-food - drug-laboratory - or drug-disease interactions viAllergies viiClinical and pharmacokinetic laboratory data to evaluate the efficacy of drug therapy and to anticipate side effects - toxicity - or adverse effects viiiPhysical signs and clinical symptoms relevant to the patient's drug therapy 4Provides medication counseling to patients5Conducts comprehensive appraisals of patient's health status by completing medication histories including patient interviews6Serves as a drug information resource by providing up-to-date drug information to prescribers - other health care professionals - patients and caregivers7Participates in the medication reconciliation process - in accordance with facility processes: iPharmacists under a scope of practice (CPP): when acting as a provider - the CPP will complete a medication reconciliation including updating the medication profile to reflect an accurate - active list of VA and non-VA medicationsThis may include adding non-VA medications or discontinuing duplicate medications or those the patient is not takingiiPharmacists not under a scope of practice: when NOT acting as a provider - pharmacists will participate in the medication reconciliation processThis may include a medication history - identifying discrepancies - coordinating with the care team to review discrepancies - processing medication orders - and providing patient medication education8Assesses drug safety and efficacy - including evaluation of physical symptoms9Reports adverse drug events (ADE) - near misses - and medication errorsDocuments findings according to service/facility procedures10Participates in the medical center medication utilization evaluation (MUE) program11May complete non-formulary and medication approval consultsRecommends formulary alternatives when appropriateReviews orders for compliance with VA Criteria for Use and non-formulary drug restrictions12Implements VA medical facility policies including therapeutic interchanges and automatic substitutions (e.g. - Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee activities)13Manages recalls and medication shortage situations by substituting alternate dosage strengths and instructions of the same medication to equal the prescribed dose and schedule14Enters supply orders to support medication compliance and accurate medication administration (e.g. - syringes - needles - tablet splitters) - in accordance with VA medical facility policy15Manages various actions - as appropriate - for medication orders to include: flagging prescriptions - managing view alerts - using the \"hold medication\" function - etc16Extends refills until next scheduled appointment under the provider's name per facility policy17Serves as a role model and preceptor to pharmacy students and residents18Assumes an active role in staff development of peers and provides educational in-services to nursing - medical staff or to other ancillary services19The pharmacist is responsible for maintaining his/her professional competency by keeping abreast of current medical and pharmaceutical literature - new drugs and therapies - and applies this knowledge in his/her daily duties" We need to split into list items. The numbering is messy but we can create