Clinical Pharmacist

Job Title

Clinical Pharmacist

Duties

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Promoting evidence-based cost-effective therapy including, but not limited to drug, dose and frequency of administration, duration of therapy, monitoring and costs associated with therapy.
• Recognizing, reporting, and managing medication-related complications adverse drug reactions and errors.
• Recommending appropriate drug therapy as indicated by P&T committee approved pharmaceutical care plans.
• Providing clinically appropriate drug information to patients, patient's family members, and medical center staff as appropriate.
• Demonstrating the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to adult and geriatric patients in his or her assigned unit, area or department.
• Communicates with physicians concerning appropriate medication therapy and solves technical problems independently.
• Recommending appropriate drug therapy as indicated by P&T committee approved pharmaceutical care plans. Enforces the VA formulary and provides physicians with alternate medications (including, but not limited to, prior authorization drug requests, prior authorization-facility level requests, restricted drug requests, etc). Implement P&T Committee policies including therapeutic interchanges and automatic substitutions to include appropriate patient and provider education.
• Recognizing, reporting and managing medication-related complications adverse drug reactions and errors.
• Completing medication reconciliation for patients with medications filled in the VA, nonVA, remote VA facilities, specialty pharmacies, etc.
• Completion of medication use evaluation (MUE) as needed to assess appropriateness of medication therapy.

Distributive Functions

• Computer verifying (with provider order entry) of all prescriptions for patients both for outpatients and clinic administration.
• Directing pharmacy technician support, where applicable.
• Coordinating medication orders with central pharmacy or CMOP when necessary.
• For non-emergent medications, prescriptions will be entered for mail-out from CMOP (90-day supplies will be encouraged for maintenance medications).
• Filling and dispensing medication to patients using the automated dispensing cabinet or Scriptpro system.
• Ensuring prescriptions are properly routed via window pick-up, mail, overnight carrier.
• Maintains adequate drug stock, inspects drug storage areas, supervises prepacking/loading and the operation of automated dispensing equipment.
• Ensures appropriate storage and stability for all medications stored in clinic; including, responding to temperature excursions during tour hours, communicating with team members in clinic as necessary for medication storage, as well as ensuring medication security if moved outside of tour hours.
• When necessary, counsel patients and/or relatives on prescription before they are dispensed when requested by the patient. Patient counseling will be provided to ensure that:
• Performs other clinical and staff pharmacist duties as required in periods of acute staffing needs.

Educational Functions

• Acquisition and maintenance of the clinical knowledge necessary to provide clinical pharmacy services to the inpatient and ambulatory care areas.
• Responsibility for keeping abreast of changes in the Pharmacy Service (i.e. formulary additions and deletions, interdepartmental memoranda, relevant station memoranda, and policies and procedures. and to maintain a general knowledge of VA, DEA and Joint Commission regulations).
• Provision of orientation and training to all Doctor of Pharmacy students and residents assigned to their area.
• Participation in the education and training of new employees or employees introduced to selected practice areas.

Interpersonal Relations Functions

• Contact with patients, relatives, staff members and other individuals dealing with the Medical Center demonstrates a concerned, compassionate and helpful attitude to enhance a positive image of the Medical Center and the VA system.
• Develops and promotes a "can do" resourcefulness helping patients, relatives, staff members and others within and between services by providing information in a professional, dependable, reliable, and timely manner to facilitate accomplishing deadlines.
• Interacts with coworkers in a way that promotes a harmonious and cooperative working environment.
• Provides timely verbal and/or written information that is thorough and correct, using clear and precise communication methods to ensure patients and other health care providers understand.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM

Telework: Available, Ad-Hoc

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 62561F, 60136F

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.

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Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.