Summary

The Pharmacy service is looking to recruit for one ( 1 ) Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner. The Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner - Pain is responsible for compliance with all policies - regulations - and requirements from all authoritative entities.

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• English Language Proficiency
• Pharmacists must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) - and 7407(d)
• Education: Graduate of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited College or School of Pharmacy with a baccalaureate degree in pharmacy (BS Pharmacy) and/or a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree
• Verification of approved degree programs may be obtained from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education - 20 North Clark Street - Suite 2500 - Chicago - Illinois 60602-5109
• phone: (312) 664-3575 - or through their Web site at: http://www.acpe-accredit.org/
• Foreign Education: Graduates of foreign pharmacy degree programs meet the educational requirement if the graduate is able to provide proof of achieving the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Commission (FPGEC) Certification - which includes passing the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination (FPGEE) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet Based Test (TOEFL iBT)
• Licensure: Full - current and unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in a State - Territory - Commonwealth of the United States (i.e. - Puerto Rico) - or the District of Columbia
• The pharmacist must maintain current registration if this is a requirement for maintaining full - current - and unrestricted licensure
• Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements for employment - the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates
• GS 13 Grade Specific Requirements::GS 13 Experience: In addition to the GS-12 requirements - must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level
• GS 13 Knowledge - Skills and Abilities (KSA's): In addition to meeting the experience for the GS-12 level - applicants must possess the following Knowledge - Skills and Abilities: Ability to communicate orally and in writing to persuade and influence clinical and management decisions
• Expert understanding of regulatory and quality standards for their program area
• Ability to solve problems - coordinate and organize responsibilities to maximize outcomes in their program area or area of clinical expertise
• Expert knowledge of a specialized area of clinical pharmacy practice or specialty area of pharmacy
• Advanced skill in monitoring and assessing the outcome of drug therapies - including physical assessment and interpretation of laboratory and other diagnostic parameters
• Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• This vacancy is being announced above the FPL at a GS-13
• Physical Requirements: The position may require walking - standing - and sitting for long periods of time
• The position also requires climbing stairs - lifting up to 50 pounds - dexterity of the hand and wrist - and arm strength to perform dispensing of medication orders
• All activities are conducted with the goals of self-enhancement and personal growth - and within the guidelines of safety and security regulations.

Duties

• VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner - Pain uses expertise in pain management to optimize patient care as an advanced practitioner of pain pharmacy and is authorized within the guidelines of a scope of practice to function as a provider of services to patients with pain
• Direct patient care activities will be through face-to-face or non-face-to-face encounters and documented as per medical center policy
• Interfaces with physicians and other health care professionals in the care of patients with pain
• This includes direct assistance for other providers in rational medication selection by providing written and/or verbal consultation
• Recognizes adverse drug reactions to pain medications and makes appropriate changes in therapy
• Evaluates the drug literature to compare and contrast therapeutic regimens
• Is responsible for planning - developing - and maintaining effective clinical pharmacy programs that advocate for rational - cost effective drug therapy to improve patient outcomes for pain patients
• This occurs in coordination and partnership with appropriate services/initiatives in the OKC VA Health Care System - such as the multidisciplinary Pain PACT
• Assesses and provides for the educational needs of the patient and family to help ensure that pharmaceutical outcome goals are met
• Provides specialized education and training support to other professional services in the broad area of advanced pharmacotherapeutics
• Supervises pharmacy students on assigned rotations - as scheduled
• Supervises pharmacy residents or fellows on clinical rotations and/or other learning experiences
• Designs and supervises implementation of interdisciplinary programs in education - training - and clinical practice with pharmacy - medical - dental - nursing - and research services
• Evaluates patient medication orders and dispenses appropriate medications and dosage forms - properly labeled after reviewing for completeness - eligibility and appropriateness of drug - dose - route - strength - quantity to be dispensed - reviews for drug incompatibilities - inappropriate combination - potential adverse drug reactions - and dosage ranges
• Provides strict security and accountability of all controlled substances
• Conducts accurate perpetual inventories utilizing prescribed record keeping and audit procedures
• Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m
• to 4:30 p.m
• Telework: Situational ( Ad-Hoc) as determined by the agency policy
• Functional Statement #: 635-54875