Clinical Pharmacist (Outpatient)

Our Mission

To fulfill President Lincoln's promise “To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families — caregivers — and survivors” by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s Veterans.

Qualifications

• United States citizenship required; non‑citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
• Education: graduate of an ACPE‑accredited pharmacy program with a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree (or a baccalaureate degree in pharmacy where applicable). Foreign pharmacy graduates must hold FPGEC certification (FPGEE and TOEFL iBT).
• Licensure: full, current, unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in any U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
• Experience: at least one year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS‑11) or completion of an ACPE‑accredited Pharm.D. program.
• Knowledge of professional pharmacy practice.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing with patients and health‑care staff.
• Knowledge of laws, regulations, and accreditation standards governing drug distribution and pharmacy security.
• Skill in monitoring and assessing drug‑therapy outcomes, including interpretation of laboratory and diagnostic data.

Physical Requirements

Work is performed primarily in the inpatient and outpatient pharmacy at the Clement J. Zablocki VAMC in Milwaukee, WI, with potential exposure to communicable diseases. The environment is heated, ventilated, and safety precautions are required.

Responsibilities

• Use the electronic health record (EHR) to review patient medication regimens for effectiveness, dosing, contraindications, side effects, interactions, cost, and therapeutic outcomes.
• Recommend changes in therapy to prescribing providers when appropriate.
• Counsel patients on drug use, interactions, adverse effects, availability, and pharmacy procedures.
• Provide drug information to providers, nurses, other health‑care professionals, and patients using reference materials.
• Contact providers and health‑care staff to resolve outpatient prescription problems.
• Offer authoritative guidance on complex or unusual pharmaceutical issues.
• Complete VA ADERS, document clinical interventions, perform Community Living Center chart reviews, provide anticoagulation services, conduct non‑formulary and restricted‑medication consults, and assess renal function.
• Manipulate, view, and verify EHR and ScriptPro data to ensure prescription accuracy; maintain electronic and written records for all prescriptions, including controlled substances and investigational agents.
• Clarify orders with providers, especially for non‑VA prescriptions, and document decisions using Non‑VA Care note templates.
• Resolve medication‑dispensing problems such as procurement, record retrieval, monitoring needs, mailed‑medication tracking, and coordination of dispensing or delivery.
• Follow all legal and clinical guidelines for safe medication dispensing.
• Dispense medication to traveling veterans in accordance with local and national policy.
• Operate specialized equipment for drug preparation and dispensing; receive, review, and interpret prescriptions for appropriateness, dosage, interactions, and eligibility.
• Compound and dispense medications, applying knowledge of dosing, toxicity, therapeutic action, contraindications, and adverse reactions.
• Supervise technical staff and perform other duties as assigned.
• Dispense controlled substances, monitor patients for signs of substance abuse, and maintain required records (e.g., Wisconsin Drug Monitoring Program database) to comply with VHA and DEA regulations.
• Assist in training new pharmacists, technicians, students, and pharmacy residents; register as a preceptor with affiliated schools of pharmacy and review/co‑sign trainee notes in the EHR.

Schedule

Full‑time, 8‑hour shift. Work hours range from 07:30 to 00:00 with rotating weekends and holidays. Training occurs