Clinical Pharmacist Outpatient

Pharmacy Services

Pharmacy services provided by the CP include: interpretation, evaluation, and approval of medication orders, therapeutic drug monitoring, evaluating and monitoring laboratory tests, interpreting health record data for the purpose of assessing the suitability of medication orders, accurately dispensing medications in a timely manner, providing drug information to other health professionals, and counseling patients on medication use and storage. The CP reconciles medications, solves routine problems, and communicates findings and recommendations to other healthcare professionals. The CP may be granted a scope of practice with limited prescriptive authority. The CP participates in a variety of program areas within pharmacy service, including but not limited to medication management/prior authorization, pharmacy informatics, performance improvement, medication use evaluations, and quality control. The CP precepts pharmacy students and pharmacy residents. The CP assists with pharmacist and technician staff development through education, orientation, and training programs.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Customer Service
  • Treat patients, team members, other facility employees and visitors with dignity and respect.
  • Respond to the needs of the Veteran and staff in a courteous and timely manner.
  • Demonstrate appropriate and proactive interpersonal skills to achieve the goals of the service.
  • Act as a team member and always support the team's efforts.
  • Demonstrate an ability to work under a variety of circumstances to maximize group productivity and quality of services provided.
• Clinical - Direct Patient Care Activities that require a scope of practice
  • Core functions include medication management in practice areas identified in the individual scope of practice.
  • Design, implement, document, monitor and adjust therapeutic drug plans to achieve definite outcomes through direct interactions with patients and providers in assigned areas.
  • Order, perform, review, and analyze appropriate laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies necessary to monitor and support the patient's drug therapy.
• Clinical - Indirect Patient Care Activities
  • Review, interpret, evaluate, and approve patient medication orders and regimens for clinical effectiveness, drug selection, dosing, contraindications, route of administration, side effects, potential drug interactions, appropriate monitoring, and therapeutic outcomes as required. Communicate findings with prescribers and provide appropriate alternatives to current treatment plans as needed.
  • Monitor and report drug errors, adverse drug reactions, allergies, and patient compliance issues. Document findings per facility procedures.
  • Apply knowledge of normal laboratory values in the evaluation of patient care, recognize abnormalities and the clinical significance of abnormalities, and make therapeutic adjustment recommendations based on objective laboratory findings.
• Pharmacy Operations
  • Maintain competency in medication compounding, including appropriate preparation, stability, handling, beyond use dating, and disposal.
  • Maintain competence in all operational aspects of outpatient pharmacy service, including all electronic medical record software, automation, labeling, packaging, dispensing, shipping, documentation, controlled substance accountability, inventory management, and Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) procedures.
  • Supervise pharmacy technicians and pharmacy students in performance of any operational functions. Ensure workload is completed in a timely manner and prioritize tasks both personally and pharmacy wide to provide the most efficient and timely delivery service. Effectively communicate these priorities to pharmacy staff. Ensure accurate and timely dispensing and shipping of pharmaceuticals to meet patient care needs.
• Education and Research
  • Maintain own professional competency by keeping abreast of information on new medications, current pharmacotherapy guidelines, innovations in pharmacy practice, and integrating this information into practice.
  • Completes, in a timely fashion, all VA-mandated educational and training programs for pharmacy staff to help meet departmental and health system-wide goals and objectives.

Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday through Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm, rotating weekends and holidays

Telework: Not available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 000000

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized