Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Oncology

We need to output only HTML fragment, using

for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must include sections only when posting has real specific content. We need to extract content: Summary, Qualifications (basic requirements, grade determinations, etc.), Duties (major duties), Work Schedule (Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position). Also maybe "Physical Requirements" but that's not a heading we have; we could put under Requirements? But we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to map content. We have Summary: The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (CPS) in Oncology serves as an advanced practice provider... That could be "About the role". Use

About the role

then

with that summary. Responsibilities: Duties section includes major duties. Could be

Responsibilities

with

• each duty. Requirements: Could include basic requirements (citizenship, language, education, licensure). Also grade determinations? Might be Qualifications. Actually Qualifications heading is separate. We need to decide: The posting includes "Qualifications" section with Basic Requirements, Grade Determinations, Preferred Experience. So we can put that under

  Qualifications

  . Then maybe "Requirements" could be something else like physical requirements? But we have physical requirements note. Could put under Requirements heading. However we must not create thin sections. We have physical requirements sentence: "You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this positionQuestions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination." That's minimal but still specific. Could include under Requirements. Skills: Could extract from duties: ability to communicate, expert understanding, problem solving, etc. But we already have those in Qualifications (Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities). Might be better to put those under Skills heading. However we must not duplicate content. The instructions: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. We need to include all info. We can split: Qualifications heading for basic requirements (citizenship, education, licensure). Skills heading for demonstrated KSAs. Responsibilities for duties. Schedule for work schedule. About the role for summary. Requirements maybe for physical requirements? But we also have grade determinations (experience requirements) which could be under Qualifications as well. However we need to avoid thin sections. Let's think: The posting includes many details under Qualifications: Basic Requirements, Grade Determinations, Preferred Experience. That's substantive. So we can have a single Qualifications section containing all that. Then we might not need a separate Skills section because the KSAs are part of Qualifications. But the instruction says we can use Skills heading if there is real specific content. The KSAs are specific. Could we put them under Skills? But then we would split Qualifications into two sections (basic requirements and grade determinations) and Skills for KSAs. That might be okay but we need to ensure we don't create thin sections. Each would have substantive content. Alternatively, we could have Qualifications for basic requirements and grade determinations, and Skills for demonstrated KSAs. That seems reasonable. We also have Benefits, Pay sections: none mentioned (Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized, PCS: Not Authorized). That's not benefits/pay specifics. So we should not create Benefits or Pay sections because they'd be filler/not specified. So omit. Schedule: we have Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. That's specific, so we create Schedule section. About the role: summary. Responsibilities: duties. Requirements: maybe physical requirements? But we could also put physical requirements under Requirements. However we have only one sentence; still specific enough. Could also include "Physical Requirements" as part of Requirements. We'll do that. Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. The posting didn't have those except maybe the note about VA etc. That's part of qualifications. We'll keep. Now produce HTML fragment:

  About the role

  ...summary...

  Responsibilities

  • ... each duty ...
  ...

  Requirements

  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. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination.

  Qualifications

  We need to include basic requirements, grade determinations, preferred experience. Could structure as
  • ... but there are many subpoints. We'll just put paragraphs for each major subsection. Better: Use

    ? Not allowed; only headings allowed are h3 for sections. Inside we can use

    and

    . So we can have:

    Qualifications

    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
    • 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... (include details about verification, foreign graduates, FPGEC, TOEFL)
    • 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... (include details about registration, revoked license, grandfathering)
    Then grade determinations:

    Grade Determinations – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – GS-13:

    • Experience: In addition to the GS-12 requirements – must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level
    • GS-12 level experience includes: 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
    • Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities: In addition to the experience above – Pharmacists assigned to this position must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: Ability to communicate orally and in writing to persuade and influence clinical and management decisions; Expert understanding of regulatory and quality standards for their program area; Ability to solve problems - coordinate and organize responsibilities to maximize outcomes in their program area or area of clinical expertise; Expert knowledge of a specialized area of clinical pharmacy practice or specialty area of pharmacy; Advanced skill in monitoring and assessing the outcome of drug therapies - including physical assessment and interpretation of laboratory and other diagnostic parameters
    • Preferred Experience: Experience with the VA healthcare system; Completion of a PGY1 residency or PGY2 residency with hematology/oncology or experience with hematology/oncology; BCOP certification highly desirable
    We also need to include reference link and full performance level etc. Could add as paragraphs. Now Skills section: we could put the demonstrated KSAs there, but we already placed them under Qualifications. To avoid duplication, maybe we should move KSAs to Skills and keep Qualifications for basic requirements, grade determinations, preferred experience. Let's do that. Thus:

    Qualifications

    Basic Requirements: ...

    ... (citizenship, language, education, licensure)

    Grade Determinations – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – GS-13:

    • Experience: In addition to the GS-12 requirements – must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level
    • GS-12 level experience includes: 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
    • Preferred Experience: Experience with the VA healthcare system; Completion of a PGY1 residency or PGY2 residency with hematology/oncology or experience with hematology/oncology; BCOP certification highly desirable

    Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/

    The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13

    The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-13

    Then Skills:

    Skills

    • Ability to communicate orally and in writing to persuade and influence clinical and management decisions
    • Expert understanding of regulatory and quality standards for their program area
    • Ability to solve problems - coordinate and organize responsibilities to maximize outcomes in their program area or area of clinical expertise
    • Expert knowledge of a specialized area of clinical pharmacy practice or specialty area of pharmacy
    • Advanced skill in monitoring and assessing the outcome of drug therapies - including physical assessment and interpretation of laboratory and other diagnostic parameters
    Now Responsibilities: list duties from the "Major duties include - but are not limited to the following:" and subpoints. We need to extract each duty bullet. The text after "Major duties include - but are not limited to the following:" then sections: Clinical Practice (Primary Function) with many sentences; Medication Safety and Quality Performance; Education - Teaching - and Research Support; Administrative Responsibilities; Pharmacist duties. We can break into list items each representing a duty. Could be long but okay. We'll create
    • each duty sentence or clause. We need to preserve all substantive information; not summarizing away detail. So we need to include each distinct duty. Let's parse: Clinical Practice (Primary Function) - The CPS functions at the highest level of clinical practice - providing advanced clinical services and medication management in accordance with VHA policy - Provides comprehensive medication management (CMM) for oncology patients across identified care settings - Designs - implements - assesses - monitors - and documents therapeutic plans using evidence-based practices - Performs objective and subjective patient assessments to ensure therapeutic appropriateness and effectiveness - Orders - reviews - and interprets laboratory and diagnostic tests required to support and adjust drug therapy - Initiates - continues - modifies - and discontinues medications - vaccines - devices - and supplies within the approved Scope of Practice - Prescribes controlled substances when appropriately licensed and authorized - Obtains and documents informed consent for pharmacist-provided treatments or procedures that require consent - Conducts patient encounters via face-to-face visits - telephone - VA Video Connect (VVC) - and Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT) - Provides drug information and expert consultation to providers - nursing - and interdisciplinary teams - Monitors for response to therapy - adverse effects - allergies - medication adherence - and laboratory trends - Adjusts therapy based on clinical data and communicates recommendations to the care team