Clinical Pharmacist (Outpatient)

PharmacistHelpGS-11: Pharmacist (Developmental)Prescription Review: Screens, evaluates, enters, and verifies medication orders for accuracy, appropriate dosing, interactions, allergies, contraindications, and formulary compliance.Medication Dispensing: Prepares, packages, and dispenses prescribed medications while ensuring accuracy, proper labeling, and timely delivery.Pharmacy Operations: Coordinates dispensing workflows, maintains medication inventories, and supports efficient pharmacy operations.Medication Safety: Identifies and resolves medication-related concerns, promotes cost-effective drug therapy, and consults with healthcare providers as needed.Technical Oversight: Supervises pharmacy technicians during medication preparation and dispensing, ensuring compliance with established procedures.Quality Assurance: Participates in medication safety initiatives, drug utilization evaluations, and pharmacy quality assurance activities.Training and Administration: Assists with staff training, student precepting, operational reporting, and administrative responsibilities under supervisory guidance.GS-12: Clinical Pharmacist (Full Performance Level)Clinical Medication Management: Independently reviews, interprets, and verifies prescriptions to ensure appropriate drug selection, dosing, therapeutic effectiveness, and patient safety.Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Evaluates medication regimens, laboratory results, drug interactions, adverse effects, and patient-specific factors to identify and resolve medication-related problems.Prescription Processing and Dispensing: Oversees prescription processing, preparation, verification, and dispensing to ensure accuracy, timely delivery, and regulatory compliance.Patient Care and Counseling: Provides medication education, reconciles medication histories, addresses patient concerns, and collaborates with healthcare providers to optimize treatment outcomes.Formulary and Medication Management: Evaluates nonformulary requests, recommends therapeutic alternatives, implements approved substitutions, and supports medication utilization initiatives.Controlled Substance Accountability: Manages controlled substance inventories, reconciles discrepancies, maintains required documentation, and ensures compliance with DEA and VA regulations.Pharmacy Oversight and Quality Improvement: Provides technical oversight, supports staff education, monitors medication safety, reports adverse drug events, and participates in quality improvement activities.Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am to 4:30pm and/or 10am to 6:30pmTelework: Available, ad-hoc only, as determined by the agency policy.Virtual: This is not a virtual position.Functional Statement #: 54446-F (GS-11), 54447-F (GS-12)Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not AuthorizedPermanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized