Clinical Pharmacist

Department of Veterans Affairs

This Clinical Pharmacist position serves the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Pharmacy Service in Little Rock, AR and performs the full range of accepted ethical and professional practices of pharmacy, observing all legal requirements.

• Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties of the Clinical Pharmacist include, but are not limited to: Reviews patient prescription and medical records to identify, monitor drug related problems and acts to resolve prescription/drug-related problems and potential problems including adverse drug reactions, drug interactions (drug, lab, food), inappropriate dosage, polypharmacy, patient compliance, and to facilitate timeliness of discharge prescriptions, outpatient prescriptions and inpatient medication orders Verifies accuracy of transcription and/or transcribes information into computer system or medication administration record as appropriate Provides consultation to physicians, nurses and other health professionals on pharmacotherapy including basic and patient specific drug therapy and pharmacokinetics Interacts directly with patients by evaluating patient's ability to understand medication instruction, providing oral and written counseling as appropriate on their drug therapy, and documenting these activities. Assures the patient medication list is complete and accurate through consultation with the patient and/or the patient's caregiver. Assures that the medical record contains an accurate and complete medication list and that this list is provided to the patient upon discharge from the facility Recognizes, from a verbal or written patient presentation of symptoms, signs, laboratory tests and diagnoses, important medical problems, disease states, symptoms or abnormal laboratory values which may be induced by drug therapy and which may necessitate having drug therapy altered Provides clinical pharmacy services under appropriate supervision and developed protocols Performs advanced clinical services requiring in-depth knowledge and advanced monitoring skills and assessing patient outcomes and serves as a resource to other pharmacists and health professionals in this area. Documents appropriately in the patient record Interviews patients to obtain and record in the medical records pertinent information required for dosing determination and medication histories Documents in the medical records patient education and information regarding side effects of pharmacologic therapy or treatment rationale Serves as a clinical role model for other pharmacists, residents and students, accomplished through exposure of these individuals to advanced clinical practice Collaborates with Clinical Pharmacists to perform medication use evaluation in conjunction with the Medication Use Evaluation Subcommittee and quality assurance programs for the medical center Performs evaluations and maintains quality assurance monitoring records (ie maintenance of automated dispensing units, tracking dispensing errors, 72-hour narcotic inventories, etc) Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:00am-3:30pm, with weekend, overnight, evening, and holidays (Subject to change based on the needs of the service) Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: GS-11, 598-00226-F; GS-12, 598-00151-F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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