Pharmacist (Facility Program Manager-Pharmacy Informatics)

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs seeks a Facility Program Manager for Pharmacy Informatics to lead pharmacy information systems, automation, data platforms, and technology-enabled medication-use workflows.

The incumbent ensures clinical, operational, and inventory processes are optimized and supported by emerging technologies, including VA's transition to the Federal electronic health record, with emphasis on safety and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required.
• Full, current license to practice pharmacy in a U.S. state/territory/DC.
• Pharmacy degree from ACPE-accredited program (PharmD or BS Pharm).
• May qualify under Grandfathering Provision for current VHA employees.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME and program manager for pharmacy information systems, automation, data systems and tech-enabled workflows.
• Ensure optimization of clinical, operational and inventory processes with aligned technologies, including EHR transition.

Skills

Oral and written communication

Regulatory & quality standards

Problem solving & coordination

Clinical pharmacy expertise

Pharmacy informatics awareness

Education

ACPE-accredited PharmD or BS Pharmacy

Foreign pharmacy degree with FPGEC (if applicable)

Job description

The Facility Program Manager for Pharmacy Informatics is the medical center's subject-matter expert and program manager for all pharmacy information systems, automation, data systems, and technology-enabled medication-use workflows. The incumbent ensures that the pharmacy's clinical, operational, and inventory-management processes are optimized, safe, and fully supported by existing and emerging technologies, including the VA's transition to the Federal electronic health record.

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: 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.)
  • 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.
• 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).

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

GS-13 experience. In addition to the GS-12 requirements, must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level.

Pharmacists assigned to this position must demonstrate the following KSAs:

• Ability to communicate orally and in writing to persuade and influence clinical and management decisions.
• Expert understanding of regulatory and quality standards for their program area.
• Ability to solve problems, coordinate and organize responsibilities to maximize outcomes in their program area or area of clinical expertise.
• Expert knowledge of a specialized area of clinical pharmacy practice or specialty area of pharmacy.
• Advanced skill in monitoring and assessing the outcome of drug therapies, including physical assessment and interpretation of laboratory and other diagnostic parameters.

Preferred Experience: Prior Informatics experience.

Reference

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

The full performance level of this vacancy is 13.