Clinical Pharmacist

This Clinical Pharmacist position is within the Pharmacy Service within VA White River Junction Healthcare System at the White River Junction Vermont location.

VA Careers - Pharmacy: Pharmacist position is responsible for a broad range of pharmacy work. The responsibilities for this position is primarily inpatient and with some outpatient service. The primary function will be the provision of pharmaceutical care to both inpatient and outpatient services. Incumbent should have knowledge in all aspects of pharmacy practice.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Verifies provider medication orders documents medication admissions history facilitates medication reconciliation interprets physicians orders dispenses appropriate medications or supplies and counsels patients on proper medication administration.
• Independently uses clinical judgment and expertise to resolve issues as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team.
• Provides consultation to providers nurses and other staff on drug usage availability interactions and compliance.
• Performs other related duties as required by Pharmacy supervisors to meet VA directives DEA compliance and Joint Commission and Office of Inspector General requirements.
• Interfaces with providers including physicians PAs ARNPs in the design of the veterans treatment regimen to achieve optimization of rational and cost-effective drug therapy as required.
• Serves as a source on medication management and utilization in therapy.
• Evaluates the drug literature by analysis of experimental design and methodology to compare efficacy of existing and new therapeutic regimens.
• Interprets patient drug history medical history and ongoing patient specific monitoring of medication therapy with documentation in the formal patient medical record.
• Reviews the therapeutic regimen or plan based on patient-specific information which includes defining a therapeutic endpoint selecting appropriate drug therapy and establishing an appropriate dosage regimen.
• Monitors and assesses therapeutic and adverse effects of drug therapy (including drug interactions) through selection and evaluation of physical and laboratory parameters and makes referrals as acute management problems arise.
• Provides consultation on selection of appropriate therapeutic regimens as a follow-up to clinical results obtained from ambulatory care and inpatients as required.
• Provides physicians and other providers a resource for discussion of medication management requiring a pharmaceutical intervention.
• Evaluates the risk-benefit ratio of various therapeutic alternatives assists in developing a therapeutic plan utilizing the most efficacious least toxic and most economical pharmacological treatment modalities available and communicates plans to the patients provider.
• Promotes cost effective pharmacy services offering reasonable appropriate alternatives to high cost medications when available.
• Provides objective self-assessment or any other medical milieu appropriate to the overall treatment plan.
• Cross-trains in all areas of pharmacy (inpatient/outpatient) service to facilitate processing and verification of medication orders.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

• 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 identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation.
• 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.

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: or through their Web site at: (NOTE: Prior to 2005 ACPE accredited both baccalaureate and Doctor of Pharmacy terminal degree program. Today the sole degree is Doctor of Pharmacy.)
  • 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. 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.
  • NOTE: Individuals who have or have had multiple licenses and had any such license revoked for professional misconduct professional incompetence or substandard care or who surrendered such license after receiving written notice of potential termination of such license by the State for professional misconduct professional incompetence or substandard care are not eligible for appointment to the position unless such revoked or surrendered license is fully restored (38 U.S.C. 7402(f)). Effective November 30 1999 this is a requirement for employment. This requirement does not apply to licensed pharmacists on VA rolls as of that date provided they maintain continuous appointment and are not disqualified for employment by any subsequent revocations or voluntary surrenders of State license registration or certification.

1. One (1) year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-11 OR
2. Completion of an ACPE-accredited Pharm.D. program.

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