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Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Veterans Health Administration

Job Location:

Eugene, OR - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 142379 - 142379

Posted: 18 October 2026 (3 days ago)

Application Deadline: 18 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Summary

The Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner (CPP) functions at the highest level of clinical practice works independently under their individual scope of practice to directly care for patients. A CPP functions as a member of their assigned team(s) and serves as an advanced practice provider to initiate modify or discontinue medication therapy and as a consultant for intensivemedication therapy management services.

Duties

VA Careers - Pharmacy: - Direct Patient Care Activities that require a scope of practice
1. Provide evidence-based pharmaceutical care services through direct and indirect
interaction with patients and providers in practice areas identified in their individual
scope of practice. Practice areas may include but are not limited to:

Anticoagulation Management Clinics
Primary Care/Home-Based Primary Care
Specialty Care Clinics
Mental Health

as a mid-level provider to initiate modify or discontinue medication therapy and as a consultant for intensive medication therapy management services.
3. Orders performs reviews and analyzes appropriate laboratory tests and other diagnosis studies necessary to monitor and support the patients drug therapy.
4. Follows-up with patients on lab or test results.
5. CPP will determine if a referral to a physician is necessary when disease progression occurs or when the patient requires treatment interventions outside the CPP scope of practice.

B. CLINICAL - Indirect Patient Care Activities
1. Identify patients who may benefit from comprehensive medication management through population management reports and during team huddles.
2. Review patient medication regimens for clinical effectiveness drug selection dosing contraindications side effects potential drug interactions and therapeutic outcomes as required. Communicates findings with prescribers and provides appropriate alternatives to current treatment plans as needed.
3. Monitor and report drug errors adverse drug reactions allergies and patient compliance issues. Documents findings per facility procedures.
4. Apply knowledge of normal laboratory values in the evaluation of patient care recognizes significant abnormalities and makes dose adjustment recommendations based on objective laboratory findings.
5. Reviews and evaluates requests for non-formulary and restricted drugs for appropriateness and compliance with established criteria where applicable.
6. Assists Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee with medication use evaluations and other safety initiatives.
7. Promotes and monitors compliance for established drug therapy policies.
8. Works with providers to ensure compliance with national VISN and local initiatives.

C. Education and Research
1. Participates in the training and in-servicing of pharmacists pharmacy technicians pharmacy students pharmacy residents and other staff.
2. Is skilled at using both written and verbal communication techniques in teaching others.
3. Serves as preceptor or professional mentor for students and residents on rotation in practice setting.
4. Assists in new employee orientation competency assessments and mentoring as
required.
5. Complete all required TMS in a timely manner.

D. Drug Information
1. Serves as an authority on drug usage interactions over-dosages and compliance to medical staff nursing staff technicians and students. Uses appropriate references to research drug information.
2. Has a good working knowledge of information resources both written and electronic.
3. Maintains a current knowledge of therapeutics and disease management.
4. Provides timely and accurate responses to drug information inquiries from all customers.

E. Program Management
1. Responsible for coordination and supervision of all pharmacotherapy management activities of assigned patients on the CPPs assigned clinic(s).
2. Serves as an active member of assigned committees.
3. Works with providers to ensure compliance with national VISN and local initiatives.
4. Serves on medical center and/or VISN committees as requested.
5. Adheres to all medical center and department policies and regulations.
6. Manages information security within areas of responsibility to assure that computer system security and confidentiality of sensitive information is maintained and that employee access to sensitive information is limited only to that which the employee requires to perform their duties. Acts as necessary to report and address violations of information security.

Work Schedule: Compressed5/4/9; 8:00 a.m.- 5:30 p.m.. with every other Wednesday off and alternating Wednesdays scheduled from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Telework: Ad-hoc only.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

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.
You may be required to serve a probationary period.
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).
Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities visit

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.
Education (1) 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.) (2) 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.

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements for employment in paragraph 2 the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates.

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - GS-13
Experience. In addition to the GS-12 requirements must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level.

Assignments. Candidates at this grade level are to be in one of the assignments listed below. For all assignments above the full performance level the higher level duties must consist of significant scope administrative independence complexity (difficulty) and range of variety as described in this standard at the specified grade level and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time.

The clinical pharmacy specialist (CPS) functions at the highest level of clinical practice works independently under their scope of practice as defined by the individual medical center to directly care for patients. A CPS plays a defined role in budgetary execution and serves as a mid-level provider who functions to initiate modify or discontinue medication therapy and as a consultant for intensive medication therapy management services. This includes but is not limited to the following: designing implementing assessing monitoring and documenting therapeutic plans utilizing the most effective least toxic and most economical medication treatments; helping achieve positive patient centric outcomes through direct and indirect interactions with patients providers and interdisciplinary teams in assigned areas; performing physical assessments; and ordering laboratory and other tests to help determine efficacy and toxicity of medication therapy.

Pharmacists assigned to this position must demonstrate the following KSAs
- 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 full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13.

Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges universities schools or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information visit:

Additional information

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This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.

VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38 and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicants criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations Security and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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