Pharmacist

About the role

This position serves as a clinical pharmacist providing direct pharmaceutical care for patients within the Indian Health Service. This role is considered the major source of pharmaceutical clinical information and is expected to manage selected patients with chronic disease states, as well as providing pharmaceutical care for acute patients.

Responsibilities

• Helps interpret and dispense prescribed products, ensuring proper protection of prescribed products to the patient.
• Provides specialized services to assist patients with managing conditions such as diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, and other chronic illnesses.
• Provides information and advice about drug therapy and usage, drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
• Maintains records such as pharmacy files, patient records, inventories, and control records for narcotics or controlled drugs.
• Compounds and dispenses medications as prescribed by physicians, dentists, and other licensed practitioners by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients.
• Serves as a pharmacy consultant and advisor to committees such as the therapeutic agents committee, hospital research committee, and infection control committee.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• The position requires passing a background investigation and meeting medical requirements.
• Must have a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from an ACPE-accredited institution and be licensed to practice pharmacy in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
• Must be able to distinguish basic colors.

Qualifications

• At least a 6-month service agreement is required.
• Must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Benefits

• Includes a total compensation package offered by the Indian Health Service.

Pay

• Details on pay are provided in the job posting.

Schedule

• Details on schedule are provided in the job posting.