Clinical Pharmacist

Clinical Pharmacist

The Clinical Pharmacist will be responsible for providing a variety of pharmaceutical services. These services include but are not limited to reviewing, interpreting, and verifying medication/supply orders for Outpatient Veterans. Processing and filling medication orders in an accurate and timely manner. Duties included but not limited to:

• Dispensing, compounding, and preparing a range of medications including unit dose, sterile products, ophthalmic, narcotics, investigational drugs, oncolytic agents, etc., for eligible Veterans.
• Provide appropriate selection of drug therapy based pharmaceutical principles.
• Provides patient-specific therapeutic drug monitoring and communicates relevant findings and/or recommendations to other health care providers.
• Provides medication counseling to patients.
• Serves as a drug information resource by providing up-to-date drug information to prescribers, other health care professionals, patients, and caregivers.
• Evaluates prescriptions for appropriateness.
• Performs medication reconciliation at all transitions of care.
• Assesses drug safety and efficacy and reports Adverse Drug Events (ADE) and medication errors.
• Recommends formulary alternatives and completes non-formulary consults as assigned.
• Provides pharmacokinetic consultation.
• Manages recalls and medication shortage substitutions.
• Manages various actions, as appropriate, for medication orders such as managing view alerts and using the "hold medication" function.
• Extends refills until next scheduled appointment under the provider's name.
• Performs all tasks related to medication preparation and dispensing for Outpatient and Inpatient services.
• Reviews all medication orders for appropriateness, drug selection, dosage, and amount.
• Ensures all medication orders are entered into the patient's EHR.
• Reviews patient allergies, drug-drug interactions, and drug-nutrient interactions for clinical relevance.
• Review medication profiles and monitors for compliance or potential abuse.
• Selects, compounds, dispenses and fills a range of drugs.
• Maintains adequate drug stock, inspects drug storage areas.
• Supervises the activities of support personnel.
• Ensures proper labeling of all dispensed drugs and pharmaceuticals.
• Actively participates in the pharmacy-training program for students, residents, technicians, and pharmacists.
• Conducts on-the-job training for all pharmacy operations processes and procedures.
• Maintains basic knowledge of pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics.
• Actively participates in staff development.
• Participates in research activities in accordance with FDA guidelines.
• Coordinates the receipt and distribution of all drugs in an investigational and/or clinical evaluation status.
• All other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Shifts vary from 8:00 am to 6:00pm to include weekends and holidays. The hours may vary depending on the needs of the service.

Telework: Not Available.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 61983F, 63307F

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.