Pharmacist

Military Treatment Facilities under DHA; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro, NC, hosts a Pharmacist position within Military Treatment Facilities under DHA. This Direct Hire Solicitation may include relocation incentives and salary negotiation for new Federal employees.

Requirements include a PharmD, U.S. licensure, and at least one year of professional pharmacy experience, with duties spanning order processing, patient consultations, data extraction, and staff training. Immunization and credentialing are part of the role.

Qualifications

• Active pharmacist license in the United States (state, territory, or District of Columbia).
• One year of professional pharmacy experience including processing medication orders and consulting.
• Must distinguish basic colors.
• Foreign education credentials evaluation if applicable.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on pharmacy and administrative issues to staff.
• Process medication orders using computerized order entry.
• Extract data from patient charts for consultations.
• Monitor patient charts or lab data to identify drug order problems.
• Ensure prescribed medications dispensed meet legal and hospital requirements.
• Prepare manufactured items including cytotoxic drugs and IV admixtures.
• Dispense prescriptions, special formulas, extemporaneous compounds, and special preparations.
• Advise patients on proper use of medications.
• Educate staff on operations and policies of the pharmacy department and current drug information.

Education

Doctoral degree in Pharmacy (ACPE-recognized)

Job description

Summary

About the Position: This position is located at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base located in Goldsboro, NC. For more information, please visit the following link: http://www.seymourjohnson.af.mil.

A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized.

Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

• Provide guidance on pharmacy and administrative-related issues to staff.
• Process medication orders using computerized order entry.
• Extract pertinent data from patient charts for consultations with patient or hospital staff.
• Monitor patient charts or laboratory data to identify or resolve drug order problems.
• Ensure prescribed medications dispensed conform to legal and hospital requirements.
• Prepare manufactured items, including cytotoxic drugs, parenteral nutrition, and intravenous admixtures, in accordance with applicable policies and procedures.
• Dispense prescriptions, special formulas, extemporaneous compounds, and special preparations for other therapeutics according to professional and military standards.
• Advise patients on the correct use of their medication.
• Educate staff members on operations and policies of the pharmacy department and current drug information.

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• A Personnel Security Investigation is required.
• Selectees will be required to sign a statement (Condition of Employment) consenting to seasonal influenza vaccinations or must provide a recognized exemption.
• This position is a Testing Designated Position subject to pre-employment screening and random drug testing. Selectees will be required to consent to participation in random drug urinalysis testing.
• Immunization screening is required. Hepatitis B immunization is required for all positions with direct patient contact. Applicants may be required to show proof of other immunizations depending on the type of position.
• Applicants must be able to fulfill non-privileged professional credential requirements.
• Moderate to heavy lifting up to 25 pounds is required.
• A pre-placement medical examination is required.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirement for Pharmacist:

Education: A doctoral degree in Pharmacy that is recognized by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.

Exemption: You are exempt from the basic requirement above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0660 occupational series and have been continuously employed in this occupational series since September 27, 2017 or before. Note: You will be required to provide appropriate documentation to the respective Human Resources Office to validate your status.

Licensure: A current, active, valid, and unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in a State, a territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia.

Medical Requirement: Must be able to distinguish basic colors.

Experience: One year of professional pharmacy experience which includes processing medication orders using computerized order entry, consulting patients or health care professionals, and inspecting patient medical records to identify drug order problems such as adverse drug reactions, accuracy of prescription, acceptable dosing ranges, or allergy contraindication.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
• Position is designated as Mission Essential. The incumbent will be required to report to work during times of contingency operations, natural disasters, extreme weather or other emergency situations.
• Position is designated as Inclement Weather Essential. The incumbent must make every attempt to report for work on time and/or remain on duty during severe weather conditions.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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