Pharmacist Facility Program Manager

Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.

Duties

• Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include but are not limited to: Must be a registered pharmacist having extensive professional experience with and broad and specialized knowledge of the following: selection, compounding, dispensing and preservation of drugs and other therapeutic agents. prescribing practices and trends, medication utilization trends, provision of drug information to medical and nursing staffs, contemporary drug distribution systems, pharmacy automated data processing (ADP) program hardware and software, other DHCP/ VISTA core applications for Medical Administration, Lab, Radiology, CPRS, DSS, and other services as applicable. Understands the complexities of pharmacy operations, management philosophy, and the interactions between pharmacy and other services to be able to integrate them with the specialized Pharmacy Service ADP software programs. Responsible for developing, supplying, and interpreting comprehensive computer-generated data on a regular basis to the Chief and Associate Chief for planning and evaluating pharmacy operations and for use in reviewing the efficiency and effectiveness of Pharmacy Service program. Responsible for customizing the pharmacy ADP program software to reflect the characteristics of this Pharmacy Service. Responsible for pharmacy user management, which includes defining users, establishing user menus, and determining user access to ensure appropriate use and security of the Pharmacy Service and Medical Center ADP software programs and the comprehensive patient data base. Serves as a Pharmacy Service liaison and works cooperatively with IRM/OIT, MAS, Lab, and other services to explore, organize and implement interdisciplinary ADP programs and to assure the integrity and security of the Medical Center's integrated patient database. Responsible for maintaining all pharmacy ADP programs, which involves, updating pharmacy database files, reviewing, and updating pharmacy user access and menus as appropriate, evaluating, and implementing new versions of existing programs, and training pharmacy personnel on new version changes. Responsible for developing pharmacy related computer searches and projects that may ultimately serve to upgrade the quality of patient care through improving the efficiency and effectiveness of Pharmacy Service and Medical Center activities. Exercise a high degree of originality, imagination, innovation, initiative, and resourcefulness, for projects often require departing from past approaches, extending traditional techniques, or developing new ones to meet major objectives without compromising pharmacy laws, rules, or principles. Required to interact effectively and exchange general and specialized pharmacy, clinical and ADP applications information at a professional level with coworkers, patients, and clinical and administrative staff on both a routine and non-routine basis. Develops database and information management systems in support of all areas of Pharmacy practice within the medical Center. Assists with center-wide instruction on packages that impact pharmacy service (CPRS) and consults with Clinical Application Coordinators regarding pharmacy orders and troubleshooting pharmacy specific problems. Actively manages the CPRS ordering menus to guide intuitive, safe, effective, and cost-conscious ordering of pharmaceutical products consistent with the VA National Formulary and National, VISN, and local \ initiatives. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm, holidays and hours outside tour of duty, subject to change based on the needs on of the facility. Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Robert Knudsen Robert.Knudsen@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. Paid Time Off: 37-50 days…

Qualifications

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. English Language Proficiency. Pharmacists must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), and 7407(d). 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: (312) 664-3575, 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 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. (1) Exception. Non-licensed pharmacists who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements may be given a temporary appointment at the entry level as a Graduate Pharmacist under the authority of 38 U.S.C. § 7405(c)(2)(B). The appointing official may waive the requirement of licensure for a period not to exceed 2 years for a pharmacist that provides care under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. For grade levels above the GS-11, the candidate must be licensed. (2) Failure to Obtain License. In all cases, pharmacists must actively pursue meeting state prerequisites for licensure starting from the date of their appointment. At the time of appointment, the supervisor will provide the unlicensed pharmacist with the written requirement to obtain licensure, the date by which the license must be acquired, and the consequences for not becoming licensed by the deadline. Failure to become licensed within 2 years from date of appointment will result in removal from the GS-0660 Pharmacist series and may result in termination of employment. Grade Determinations: GS-13 Pharmacist Facility Program Manager: Experience. In addition to the GS-12 requirements, must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level. Facility Program Manager. 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 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 com…