Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Informaticist

Department of Veterans Affairs

The Informatics Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner serves as a key informatics resource for the National Telepharmacogenomics Program (NTPGx) and the broader National Pharmacogenomics Program (NPP), functioning at the highest level of clinical informatics practice. This is a national program position supporting NPP sites and veterans located across the VA system. This position optimizes the effectiveness of precision medicine initiatives and systems management in alignment with the VHA mission.

• Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to: The incumbent is responsible for complying with all terms of their applicable telework or remote work agreement, including any requirements related to duty station, equipment, availability, and periodic reporting to a VA facility if required. This position optimizes the effectiveness of precision medicine initiatives and systems management in alignment with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) mission, specifically as it relates to pharmacogenomics and other precision medicine approaches. At a minimum, the incumbent will perform the following eight core informatics functions: application support, business architecture management, enterprise data management, content management, system optimization, change management, requirements management, and partnership management. Clinical Pharmacogenomics Practice (20%) Provide expert clinical pharmacogenomic review and interpretation of PGx test results for veterans across NTPGx sites, including both asynchronous and synchronous (eConsult and telehealth) encounters. Conduct population health safety monitoring for high, and as tools and capacity allow, moderate priority drug-gene interactions, applying pharmacogenomic, therapeutic, and outcomes literature to identify veterans at risk and recommend interventions. Serve as a clinical subject matter expert supporting provider and facility-level PGx consultation, mentorship, and education. Technology, Informatics/Data, Program Management (80%) Evaluate clinical computing systems and analyze the effect of interventions on health outcomes. Enable healthcare capabilities and the evolution of technology adjoined to the EHR (e.g., CPRS/VistA and, as sites transition, Oracle Cerner) to deliver quality care by developing, implementing, monitoring, maintaining, and optimizing informatics tools and access to them. Responsible for designing, modifying, and supporting management information systems and databases in a manner that will support and promote planning and implementation for clinical/pharmacy programs. Develop and maintain interactive dashboards and visualizations using Power BI, Power BI Report Builder, SSRS, SSAS, and DAX-based modeling to track key performance indicators (e.g., PGx testing rates, turnaround times, drug-gene interaction alert volume, result note accuracy and timeliness) and provide actionable insights to stakeholders across NPP, including but not limited to NTPGx. Utilize SQL and other programming and modeling languages, including but not limited to Python, R, JavaScript, and DAX, to extract, transform, and load data from various sources, including the Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW), for use in reporting, analytics, and clinical informatics workflows. Use automated and manual methods to measure data accuracy, completeness, consistency, computability, and timeliness, with the goal of maintaining data integrity and improving the overall quality of clinical and operational data, including data that feeds directly into veteran care notes and provider result reporting. Execute the entire standards lifecycle from problem definition to solution development and eventual retirement. The preponderance of standards management effort in support of Enterprise Data Management is devoted to operational implementation and maintenance of data standards in HIT systems for the collection, analysis, and exchange of data. Develop and maintain data dictionaries and metadata repositories to facilitate data understanding and reuse. Proven ability to communicate and collaborate with team members (e.g., the Data Informatics Team) to achieve milestones and effectively convey progress to both internal and external stakeholders. Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Informaticist National Pharmacogenomics Program GS-0660-13 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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