Licensed Pharmacist - Clinical Pharmacist

About the role

The position is for a clinical pharmacist at the Aleda E Lutz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The pharmacist is expected to have knowledge and proficiency in pharmacy practice including pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics.

Responsibilities

• Provides appropriate selection of drug therapy based upon pharmaceutical principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, monitoring for efficacy, side effects, and clinical outcomes, and advises prescribers as appropriate.
• Monitors for efficacy, side effects, and clinical outcomes, and advises prescribers as appropriate.
• Performs continuous evaluation of prescribed medications to assure optimal drug therapy.
• Completes medication histories including patient interviews.
• Serves as a drug information resource by providing up-to-date drug information to prescribers, other healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers.
• Participates in patient care rounds, reviews charts, evaluates pertinent laboratory data, drug-drug and drug-nutrient interactions, monitors for adverse drug effects, and screens for allergies.
• Completes medication reconciliation at all transitions of care, including updating the medication profile to reflect an accurate, active list of VA and non-VA medications.
• Reports adverse drug events (ADE), near misses, and medication errors in alignment with VA ADERS reporting program.
• Participates in the medical center medication utilization evaluation (MUE) program.
• Recommends formulary alternatives and completes non-formulary consults as assigned.
• Participates in emergency preparedness activities.
• Provides pharmacokinetic consultation, including dosing vancomycin and aminoglycosides, in accordance with local policy.
• Implements Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee policies, including therapeutic interchanges and automatic substitutions, to include appropriate patient and provider education.
• Manages recalls and medication shortage situations by substituting alternate dosage strengths and instructions of the same medication to equal the prescribed dose and schedule.
• Enters supply orders appropriate for patient care per facility policy.
• Manages various actions, as appropriate, for medication orders, including: flagging prescriptions, managing view alerts, using the "hold medication" function, and generating unsigned discontinued orders using Service Reject.
• Extends refills until next scheduled appointment under the provider's name per facility policy.
• Serves as a role model and preceptor to pharmacy students and residents, volunteers, technicians, and students.
• Assumes an active role in staff development of peers and provides educational in-services to nursing, medical staff, or other ancillary services.

Requirements

• 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.
• Maintains 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.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

• Knowledge of professional pharmacy practices.
• Ability to distinguish basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to distinguish between basic colors with the ability to distinguish shades of color.