Clinical Pharmacist

Job Title

The major duties of this position will include but are not limited to:

• Provide appropriate selection of drug therapy based upon the pharmaceutical principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; monitoring for efficacy, side effects and clinical outcome;
• Advises prescribers as appropriate.
• Provide patient-specific therapeutic drug monitoring and communicates relevant findings and/or recommendations to other health care providers in charge of the patient both orally and in writing via notes in the electronic health record.
• Perform continuous evaluation of prescribed medications to assure optimal drug therapy.
• Provide medication counseling to patients.
• Complete medication histories including patient interviews.
• Serve as a drug information resource by providing up-to-date drug information to prescribers, other health care professionals, patients and caregivers.
• Participate in patient care rounds, review charts, evaluates pertinent laboratory data, drug-drug and drug-nutrient interactions, monitors for adverse drug effects, and screens for allergies.
• Perform medication reconciliation at all transitions of care, including updating the medication profile to reflect an accurate, active list of VA and non-VA medications. This may include adding non-VA medications or discontinuing duplicate medications or those the patient is not taking.
• Assess drug safety and efficacy, including evaluation of physical symptoms.
• Report adverse drug events (ADE), close calls, and medication errors in alignment with VA ADERS reporting program and the hospital Joint Patient Safety Reporting (JPSR) program respectively.
• Participate in the medical center medication utilization evaluation (MUE) program.
• Recommend formulary alternatives and completes non-formulary consults as assigned.
• Participate in medical emergencies including code teams and emergency preparedness activities.

Work Schedule: Full time, Monday - Friday, 08:00am - 4:30pm

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 92505A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized