Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (Anticoagulation/PACT)
Location: Fort Wayne Indiana
Description: Department of Veterans Affairs is currently seeking to employ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (Anticoagulation/PACT) right now, this job will be placed in Indiana. Detailed specification about this job opportunity please read the description below. Vacancy Identification Number (VIN)
945215
OUR MISSION:
To fulfill President Lincoln's promis! e - "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.
How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?
VA Northern Indiana Health Care System (VANIHCS) was formed in 1995 by the integration of the VA Medical Centers in Fort Wayne and Marion, Indiana. The mission of VANIHCS is to provide coordinated, compassionate and comprehensive quality primary care, mental health services, and extended care to Veterans in a timely, accessible and cost effective manner. The Fort Wayne campus offers primary and secondary medical and surgical services, and the Marion campus offers a full range of psychiatry services, nursing home care and extended care services. Primary care clinics are available at both campuses and at Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) located in South Bend, Goshen, Peru and Muncie, Indiana.
The Professional Standards Board (a peer-review! group) will review the selected candidateÂ's education and experience and recommend the step at which the candidate will be placed in that specific grade. The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.
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.
Relocation Expenses:
Relocation expenses are not authorized for this position.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
Must pass pre-employment examination
Must be proficient in written and spoken English
Designated and-or Random Drug Testing required
Background and-or Security Investigation required
DUTIES:
The primary responsibility of the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist is the provision of evidence-based pharmaceutical care services through both direct and indirect interaction with patients and pr! oviders.
The primary therapeutic responsibility is coordination and provision of clinical pharmacy services to patients enrolled in the Anticoagulation Clinic. The scope of this practice includes direct and indirect patient care, patient teaching, quality assurance, staff education and consultation, and is often in association with or in support of pharmacists, physicians, nurses, dietitians and other health care practitioners.
The secondary responsibility of the position is coordination and provision of clinical pharmacy services to patients in the Patient Aligned care Team (PACT). He/she will monitor and manage drug therapy for patients referred with chronic disease states. The incumbent promotes and manages drug therapy based on current clinical knowledge that is consistent with policies established at the national, VISN, and local levels. The scope of practice includes patient teaching quality assurance, staff education and consultation and is often in! association with or in support of pharmacists, providers, nurses, diet! itians and other health care practitioners.
Tour of Duty:
8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
U.S. citizenship. Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
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. 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 (FPG! EE) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test (TOEFL iBT). Full, current, and unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in a State, Territory, Commonwealth of the Unites 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. Proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), and 7407(d).
Preferred Experience:
Experience in Anti-Coagulation is preferred.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
GRADE DETERMINATIONS:
For the GS-13 grade level: In addition to the GS-12 requirements (1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11), or Completion of an ACPE-accredited Pharm.D. program), must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower gr! ade level (GS-12). Examples of experience includes: plays a defined rol! e 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.
References:
VA Handbook 5005/23 Part II, Appendix G15, Licensed Pharmacist Qualification Standard, dated June 7, 2012.
PLEASE NOTE:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of! Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website:
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
Al
l education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. 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.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Incumbents must be able to walk in a variety of conditions affected by weather and traffic; lift; stand and sit for prolonged amounts of time; bend frequently; reach; push; move and stoop repetitively. Mental/sensory requirements ! include: recollection, reasoning, problem solving, hearing, speaking cl! early, writing legibly, keyboarding, reading and logical thinking.
Veterans' Preference:
When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference on the Occupational Questionnaire in the section provided and provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) and/or documentation related to your active duty service which shows dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), or dates of impending separation.
Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Application for 10 Point Veterans Preference" with required proof as stated on the form. For more information, please review the information for disabled Veterans in the application
checklist
or visit
http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx
.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Your application, résumé and/or s! upporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
BENEFITS:
Working for the Department of Veterans Affairs offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, thrift savings plan, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System. In addition to traditional "dollars and cents" benefits, we offer a range of benefits to help balance work and life. For more information please visit us at
http://www.va.gov/JOBS/Job_Benefits/benefits.asp
.
Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.
OTHER INFORMATION:
This job opportunity announcement may be used to ! fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Se! rvice and does not confer competitive status.
- .
If you were eligible to this job, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Department of Veterans Affairs.
If you interested on this job just click on the Apply button, you will be redirected to the official website
This job starts available on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:22:11 GMT
Apply Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (Anticoagulation/PACT) Here
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.