Pharmacist(Clinical Specialist)

Join the VA as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (CPS) at the GS-13 level, independently providing high-level clinical care and medication therapy management.

• *Key Responsibilities:**
• Function as a mid-level provider, initiating, modifying, or discontinuing medication therapy.
• Serve as a consultant for intensive medication therapy management services.
• Design, implement, assess, monitor, and document therapeutic plans for optimal patient outcomes.
• Engage directly and indirectly with patients, providers, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Perform physical assessments and order relevant laboratory/diagnostic tests.
• Contribute to budgetary execution within your defined role.
• *Requirements:**
• **Citizenship:** United States Citizenship (non-citizens may be considered per VA policy).
• **Education:** Graduate of an ACPE-accredited College/School of Pharmacy with a BS or Pharm.D. degree. Foreign pharmacy graduates must have FPGEC Certification (including FPGEE and TOEFL iBT).
• **Licensure:** Full, current, and unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in a U.S. State, Territory, Commonwealth (e.g., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia. Must maintain current registration if required for licensure.
• **Experience (GS-13):** Minimum 1 year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 level, performing higher-level duties with significant scope, administrative independence, and complexity at least 25% of the time.
• *Required Skills & Abilities:**
• Strong oral and written communication to persuade and influence clinical/management decisions.
• Expert understanding of regulatory and quality standards for program area.
• Ability to solve problems, coordinate, and organize responsibilities effectively.
• Expert knowledge in a specialized area of clinical pharmacy practice.
• Advanced skill in monitoring and assessing drug therapy outcomes, including physical assessment and interpreting lab/diagnostic parameters.
• *Preferred Experience:**
• Advanced knowledge/skills in managing and educating VA patients receiving oncology and pain therapies.
• Completion of an oncology pharmacy practice residency or Oncology Board Certification (BCOP).
• 3 years of VA oncology practice experience with an established scope of practice.