Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - PMOP Coordinator

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Marion (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Marion VA Medical Center is seeking a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - PMOP Coordinator. This role serves within the Marion VA Health Care System and supports program development, quality resources, and specialist coordination across multiple locations.

Required are US citizenship, an ACPE-accredited pharmacy degree (Pharm.D. or BS Pharmacy), and a full, current license to practice pharmacy in the United States. Preference for ASHP residency, board certification, and direct patient care experience.

Qualifications

• Requires U.S. citizenship.
• Graduate of ACPE-accredited school with Pharm.D. or BS Pharmacy.
• Full, current and unrestricted licensure to practice pharmacy in a U.S. state/territory/DC.

Responsibilities

• Manage a distinct program within Pharmacy Service to optimize costs and patient outcomes.
• Coordinate a complex pharmacy operation or multiple program areas within a facility.
• Develop and manage program areas across the medical facility and related sites.

Skills

Program management

Policy development

Quality assurance

Budgeting

Education

Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D. or BS Pharmacy)

Licensed pharmacist in US

Job description

Marion VA Medical Center is currently hiring for Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - PMOP Coordinator. The PMOP Coordinator serves within the Marion VA Health Care System (VAHCS).

This announcement is open to all U.S. Citizens. Current Marion VA employees, other VA agency employees, and employees of other federal agencies, please apply to announcement: CBSS-13055298-26-JCR.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Education: (1) 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. Verification of approved degree programs may be obtained from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, 20 North Clark Street, Suite 2500, Chicago, Illinois 60602-5109; phone: [phone], or through their Web site at: http://www.acpe-accredit.org/. (NOTE: Prior to 2005 ACPE accredited both baccalaureate and Doctor of Pharmacy terminal degree program. Today the sole degree is Doctor of Pharmacy.) (2) Graduates of foreign pharmacy degree programs meet the educational requirement if the 2 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 (FPGEE) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet Based Test (TOEFL iBT).
• Licensure. Full, current and unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in a State, Territory, Commonwealth of the United 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 VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, section B, paragraph 16. NOTE: Individuals who have or have had multiple licenses and had any such license revoked for professional misconduct, professional incompetence or substandard care, or who surrendered such license after receiving written notice of potential termination of such license by the State for professional misconduct, professional incompetence, or substandard care, are not eligible for appointment to the position unless such revoked or surrendered license is fully restored (38 U.S.C. § 7402(f)). Effective November 30, 1999, this is a requirement for employment. This requirement does not apply to licensed pharmacists on VA rolls as of that date, provided they maintain continuous appointment and are not disqualified for employment by any subsequent revocations or voluntary surrenders of State license, registration or certification.

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinations

Experience

• Manages all aspects of a distinct program to include policy development, quality resources and specialty functions unique to the program to optimize cost effectiveness (budget) and patient outcomes.
• Coordinates a single program area of a complex pharmacy operation, or multiple program areas within a facility to develop, organize, manage, and control complex pharmacy programs.
• Develops, organizes, coordinates and manages 6 single or multiple program areas within the medical facility; this may include a single program area at multiple facilities.
• The Program Manager title is reserved for those individuals who have one or more of the following: supervisory responsibilities for various sections within Pharmacy Service; a complex program requiring coordination of multiple locations such as medical center care facilities, Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs), rural health, telemedicine, etc; specialized areas of a complex nature such as nuclear pharmacy, quality assurance, pharmacy informatics, clinical applications coordinator, Home Based Primary Care, pharmacoeconomist or liaison pharmacist duties requiring the coordination of processes with other medical facilities or VISNs. Pharmacists assigned to this position must demonstrate the KSAs identified in subparagraph 3b(3)(b)1 above.

Preferred Experience

• Completion of ASHP Accredited Pharmacy Residency Program
• Pharmacy Board Certification
• Previous experience in a direct patient setting working under a Pharmacy Scope of Practice

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13.

Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.