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Job Title: Hiring Three Clinical Pharmacists + $5000 recruiting bonus! -
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Location: pittsburgh, PA
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Applications due by midnight Wednesday December 10th, 2008.
Be a member of a team providing compassionate healthcare to veterans! The Department of Veterans Affairs is an employer of choice as a center of excellence in patient care, education and research. The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) is an integrated healthcare system offering acute care, nursing home, domiciliary care and mental health services. We value trust, respect, commitment, compassion, and excellence; we value you. For more information on VAPHS, go to http://www.va.gov/pittsburgh/.
The areas of focus for these positions will include surgery, cardiology and pulmonary transplant. The incumbent provides and promotes appropriate, rational and cost effective drug therapy; provides pharmaceutical care services to assigned patient care areas, including monitoring drug usage, resolving clinical issues, recommending appropriate drug therapy, and solving other pharmacy related issues. Additionally, provides both clinical and administrative services as a representative of the Pharmacy Manager; assures the accuracy and appropriateness of drug dispensing and compounding of medications based on patient history and medication profile review, assists in the creation, review and updating of pharmacy procedures, treatment guidelines and drug protocols and non-formulary review process; provides supervision and training to pharmacy practice residents and pharmacy students during hospital and clinical rotations. Other assignments will include P&T and DUE activities and anticoagulation clinic.
KEY REQUIREMENTS:
U.S. Citizenship
Licensure, Certification, or Registration required.
Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
a. Citizenship: All applicants must be citizens of the United States.
b. Education: (1) Graduate of a degree program in pharmacy from an approved college or university. The degree program must have been approved by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE), or prior to the establishment of ACPE, have been a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). Verification of approved degree programs may be obtained from the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education, 311 West Superior Street, Suite 512, Chicago, Illinois 60610 Phone: Register to View ). (2) Graduates of foreign pharmacy degree programs meet the educational requirement if their degree is found to be equivalent to degree programs recognized by the ACPE. This finding may be based on any of the following: (a) A letter of acceptance into a U.S. graduate pharmacy program recognized by the ACPE. (b) Written certification from the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Commission, 700 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068 Phone Register to View , that the individual has successfully passed the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination. (c) A letter from a U.S. college or university with a pharmacy degree program recognized by ACPE stating that the individual?s foreign pharmacy degree has been evaluated and found to be equivalent to its Bachelor of Pharmacy degree.
c. Licensure: 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. 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 chapter 3, section B, paragraph 16 of this part.
Grade Level Criteria: Completion of Residency is highly desirable. Completion of the equivalent of 1 year of creditable experience at the next lower grade level which is directly related to the position to be filled. Clinical Pharmacist: A Clinical Pharmacist spends a majority of time practicing in a major specialty (e.g., medicine, surgery, psychiatry, neurology, spinal cord injury, ambulatory care, rehabilitation medicine, geriatrics, medical research, etc.). Pharmacy Specialists are responsible for a major program area within Pharmacy Service (e.g., ADP systems, quality assurance/utilization review, drug information, etc.). In addition to the experience required, pharmacists in these assignments must demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics:
a. In depth knowledge of a specialized area of clinical pharmacy practice or a specialty area of pharmacy such as quality assurance/utilization review, ADP systems, drug information, etc.;
b. Advanced knowledge of pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics;
c. Skill in monitoring and assessing the outcome of drug therapies including physical assessment and interpretation of laboratory and other diagnostic parameters;
d. Knowledge of the design, conduct, and interpretation of controlled clinical drug trials or other research related to health care;
e. Ability to communicate orally and in writing with a wide variety of individuals. This would typically include beneficiaries, professionals in other health care disciplines, and health related groups in the community; and
f. Knowledge of the standards related to distribution and control of scheduled and non-scheduled drugs (including research and investigational drugs.) This includes, but is not limited to, the standards established by DEA, FDA, VA, the State (Territory or District of Columbia, if appropriate), and Joint Commission.
General Public:
HOW TO APPLY:
You must submit your application so that it will be received by the closing date of the announcement.
Please submit a narrative response to each knowledge, skill or ability listed. Your response should describe what you did, how often you performed this activity, the guidelines available, the complexity of the assignment, and who you performed the activity for or with.
If education is used to qualify for this position, please include sufficient information in your resume so you can be evaluated. You may mail a list of college courses that includes hours and grades to provide detail.
Please submit Application for Associated Health Positions (VA Form 10-2850c))(http://www.va.gov/vaforms), and Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306)http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/of0306.pdf. Veteran applicants should also submit a copy of member 4 of their DD-214, Military Discharge (and if service connected for disability, they must include a SF-15 with proof of disability). Send application materials to VA Pgh Healthcare System, Human Resources (05-A), University Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15240. All application materials must be received in Human Resources no later than the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
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Melissa Sands
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Compensation: $96,189.00 - $111,581.00 / year + $5000 recruiting bonus
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