Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (PACT) / Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner

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Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (PACT) / Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner

Description

Serve as a Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner for a Primary Care Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT), providing comprehensive medication management for complex patients in primary care settings. Independently initiate, modify, or discontinue medication therapy within scope of practice, order and interpret laboratory tests, and ensure therapeutic appropriateness while minimizing interactions, adverse effects, and polypharmacy. Also provide drug information expertise, supervise clinical pharmacy technicians, and serve as an anticoagulation provider as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide face-to-face, telephone, and VA video connect (VVC) encounters for comprehensive medication management
• Design, implement, and monitor therapeutic drug plans with an independent scope of practice
• Initiate, modify, or discontinue medication therapy for intensive medication therapy management
• Order, perform, review, and analyze laboratory tests and diagnostic studies; follow up with patients on results
• Review for therapeutic duplications and drug-related interactions (drug-drug, drug-food, drug-lab, drug-disease)
• Evaluate medication regimen appropriateness and determine need for physician referral when outside scope is required
• Order supply items as appropriate for patient care
• Serve as an independent anticoagulation provider in the anticoagulation clinic as needed/scheduled
• Supervise clinical pharmacy technicians: monitor/direct tasks, set priorities, review work, and take corrective action
• Provide authoritative drug information (usage, interactions, overdoses, adherence) to staff and learners
• Recommend formulary alternatives and complete non-formulary consults
• Provide timely, accurate responses to drug information inquiries
• Support staff development and provide pharmacy-related education to nursing, medical staff, and ancillary services
• Maintain competency through current literature and updates in pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics/pharmacotherapeutics
• Participate in training and in-servicing; precept pharmacy students and residents
• Support research activities in compliance with FDA/VHA guidance and assist with study design; submit research proposals to IRB/R&D as required
• Serve on medical center and/or VISN committees as assigned; adhere to all policies and regulations

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Full, current, unrestricted pharmacist license in a U.S. state/territory/commonwealth or DC
• ACPE-accredited BS Pharmacy and/or Pharm.D. degree
• Proficiency in written and spoken English
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Pass pre-employment physical examination
• Complete VA online onboarding and I-9 requirements (REAL ID compliant ID starting May 7, 2025)
• Selective Service registration if applicable
• Comply with testing-designated position urinalysis requirements
• Seasonal influenza vaccination program participation
• Complete all required documents listed in the announcement
• Accept a 1–2 year trial period with continued employment contingent on certification advancing the public interest

Benefits

Federal employee benefits package (eligibility depends on position type and status).