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 expected to manage selected patients with chronic disease states and provide pharmaceutical care for acute patients.

Responsibilities

• Help interpret and dispense prescribed products, ensuring proper protection of prescribed products to the patient.
• Provide specialized services to assist patients with managing conditions such as diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, and other chronic illnesses.
• Offer information and advice about drug therapy, drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
• Maintain records such as pharmacy files, patient records, inventories, and control records for narcotics or controlled drugs.
• Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by physicians, dentists, and other licensed practitioners.
• Serve 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.
• Selectee may be subject to a probationary period.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• The position is covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring contact or control over Indian children.
• Must be able to distinguish basic colors.
• Must have passed the NAPLEX and MPJE 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.

Qualifications

• PhD in Pharmacy from an ACPE-accredited institution or equivalent.
• Licensed to practice pharmacy in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
• At least 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D., Pharm.D., or equivalent doctoral degree.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11 grade level in the private or public sector.

Benefits

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Schedule

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