Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-PACT

Veterans Health Administration

Augusta (GA)

On-site

USD 141,000 - 183,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in Augusta, Georgia, seeks a PACT Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner to provide high-level clinical pharmacotherapy services. You will monitor chronic disease states, adjust medications within your scope, and coordinate care with providers to optimize veteran outcomes.

The role emphasizes independent practice, patient education, and leadership in medication use and safety. Work hours are typically Monday-Friday with a focus on outpatient care and telehealth support

Qualifications

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.
If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit for that education.

Responsibilities

Monitors and manages drug therapy for veterans including hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, COPD, and heart failure to achieve outcomes per VHA measures.
Initiates, changes, and discontinues prescription and OTC medications within independent scope of practice in outpatient settings.
Provides veteran education and medication management via clinic visits or telehealth (MyHealtheVet, e-mail, etc.).
Assists in training pharmacy staff and serves as a preceptor for PharmD students as assigned.

Job description

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This position is located in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Southeast Network (VISN 7), VA Augusta Health Care System (VAAHCS) in Augusta, Georgia located in the Pharmacy Department. The PACT Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner (CPP) functions at the highest level of clinical practice, works independently under their scope of practice to directly care for patients.

Key Responsibilities

VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws Duties to include but not limited to: Monitors and manages drug therapy for veterans including but not limited to the following chronic disease states: hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, COPD, and heart failure to achieve optimal outcomes as measured by VHA Clinical Performance Measures or provider guidance: Makes drug and dosage adjustments as needed per scope of practice.

Operates independently under a defined scope of practice to initiate, change, and discontinue prescription and OTC medications in an outpatient clinical pharmacy practice setting. In collaboration with the appropriate provider, provides additional advanced medication services outside of defined clinical scope without need for provider co-signature and excluding controlled substances.

Completes drug adherence assessment and assists the provider with medication management challenges (e.g. non-adherence, adverse drug event identification and reporting, chronic narcotic use, polypharmacy, drug/drug interactions, etc.) as needed. Improves clinical care to veterans through interventions to reduce the frequency of drug related problems and adverse drug events. Provides close follow-up medication management care via telephone or other electronic mechanism (i.e.

MyHealtheVet, E-mail, etc.) per clinic policy. Serves as an authority on appropriate pharmaceutical care provision to patients for medical, nursing and pharmacy staff. Recognized as a drug information resource. Evaluates of a wide variety of patients in selected patient care areas with appropriate recommendations regarding drug therapy.

Maintenance of close liaison with providers while developing, implementing, and maintaining effective mechanisms to promote the safe, economical and rational use of medications.

Routinely advises medical staff on therapeutic matters with respect to therapeutic options, dosages, uses, general administration, toxicity, precautions, drug interactions, adverse reactions, bioequivalence and bioavailability Provide veteran and staff education/training regarding the safe and effective use of medications Be a point of contact for veteran and clinic staff in various pharmacy related areas.

Activities can be broad and cover the entire spectrum of pharmacy services Ensures that veterans have their pharmaceutical needs met in a timely and patient centric manner. Participate in evaluation of professional pertinence reviews of peer performance as assigned by Chief, Pharmacy Service or designee such as the Associate Chief, Pharmacy, Clinical Services Serves as a consultant and active participant in the medication use evaluation process.

Assistance in developing medication use criteria as well as organizing, conducting and coordinating medication use studies Maintain extensive contact with providers to minimize and/or quickly resolve medication-related problems and improve the value of pharmaceutical services provided. Serve as liaison between the clinic staff and facility leadership/PBM to meet medication cost savings initiatives and assist providers to achieve targets set.

Assists in the training of pharmacy employees, American Society of Health Care Pharmacist (ASHP) accredited residents and serves as a preceptor for Doctor of Pharmacy students as assigned. Integrates research protocol criteria and study medication use into the patient pharmaceutical care dispensing procedures Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm; Subject to change based upon agency needs

Requirements & 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: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $140997 – $183299/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-14.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.