Clinical Pharmacist

VA Careers - Pharmacy: is an OCA announcement and applicants will be referred weekly or bi-weekly until the position has been filled. It may close before the posting date if a qualified applicant is found.

Major duties:

• Verifies accuracy and appropriateness of medication orders and prescriptions during order finishing.
• Consults with medical center staff when there are questions concerning therapeutic or policy matters regarding outpatient prescriptions or inpatient physician orders.
• Ensures formulary guidelines are followed in accordance with all applicable rules regulations and guidelines.
• Enures the accuracy of drug dispensing based on patient history and medication profile review good clinical practice and other pertinent factors.
• Provides drug information to physicians nurses and other associated health care professionals. Provides oral and written drug information to inpatient and outpatient veterans as appropriate.
• Conducts clinical screening procedures such as the calculation of creatinine clearances for at risk patients.
• Provides discharge medication counseling to veterans and family discharging to home from medicine service and short-stay rehabilitation.
• Assists the Chief of Pharmacy in maintenance of the formulary. Gathers information supporting the inclusion of drugs into (or removal of drug from) the formulary at the national Veterans Integrated Service Network or local level.
• Participates in interdisciplinary rounds (eg: Discharge planning falls assessments etc.) with the interdisciplinary team and makes suggestions to improve therapy and/or ease transition to home as appropriate.
• Assists with instruction of professional or technical level pharmacy students and assists in the training of new technicians and pharmacists.
• Participates in quality improvement activities involving drug therapy and clinical pharmacy functions.
• Provides a monitoring program for all adverse drug reactions (as required by The Joint Commission).

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

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:

• Citizen of the United States. (Noncitizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with chapter 3 section A paragraph 3g this part.)
• 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.
  • Graduates of foreign pharmacy degree programs meet the educational requirement if 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. (Must maintain current registration if this is a requirement for maintaining full current and unrestricted licensure. A pharmacist who has or has ever had any license(s) revoked suspended denied restricted limited or issued/placed in a probationary status may be appointed only in accordance with the provisions in VA Handbook 5005 Part II Chapter 3 section B paragraph 16.)
• English Language Proficiency - must be proficient in spoken and written English

• Knowledge of professional pharmacy practice.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing to both patients and health care staff.
• Knowledge of laws regulations and accreditation standards related to the distribution and control of scheduled and non-scheduled drugs and pharmacy security.
• Skill in monitoring and assessing the outcome of drug therapies including physical assessment and interpretation of laboratory and other diagnostic parameters.