Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Float Position Available In Pinellas, Florida

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

• Flo Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Bay Pines VA Healthcare System
• C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL Summary The primary responsibility of the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (CPS)
• Flo is the provision of evidence-based pharmaceutical care services through direct interaction with pients and providers.

Thus, the CPS is responsible for planning, implementing and maintaining effective clinical pharmacy programs by recommending rional cost effective drug therapies th are consistent with policies established the nional level, VISN 8, and Bay Pines VA Healthcare System.. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/20/2025 to 05/27/2025 Salary $132,985

• $172,883 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Bay Pines, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12732841-25-DMD

Control number 837250200 This job is open to Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to Current Veterans Health Administrion (Agency) Employees ONLY, including Bay Pines VA Healthcare System (Facility) Employees and Current/Past VHA Health Professional Trainee (HPT) Gradues. Facility Employees will have FIRST considerion. Videos Duties The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (CPS)

• Flo has full responsibility to develop necessary services such as physician consultion, pient monitoring (pharmacokinetic, etc), and pient educion.

The CPS shall serve as a provider with prescribing privileges as outlined in the individual’s Scope of Practice (SOP) for disease stes as deemed necessary and approved. The CPS is the expert in all areas reled to drug therapy and functions as a consultant to other health care professionals. In this capacity, the CPS assists with clinical educion activities of pharmacy students and residents, provides drug informion, contributes to research activities and serves as a Bay Pines VA Healthcare System (VAHCS) Pharmacy Service representive. The CPS functions as part of the Pharmacy team to accomplish department missions and goals. Although clinical activities are the prime focus of the CPS position, order processing and non­ clinical activities may be incurred in this position when required. Duties include but are not limited to: Clinical Designs, implements, and monitors therapeutic drug plans to achieve definite outcomes by direct interactions with pients and providers in assigned areas. Provides proactive consultion to physicians, nurses and other health care providers on approprie drug therapy, and rounding with the multidisciplinary team on the unit when approprie. Prescribes medicions as per the CPS’s approved scope of practice. Obtains medicion histories from pients and summarizes significant findings in the medical record and/or to the provider as approprie. Reviews pient medicion regimens for cost effective drug selection, dosing, contraindicions, side effects, potential drug interactions, and therapeutic outcomes as required. Communices findings with prescribers and provides approprie alternives to current trement plans as needed. Monitors for and reports drug errors, adverse drug reactions, allergies, and pient compliance issues. Documents findings per facility and VA policy. Applies a knowledge of normal laborory values in the evaluion of pient care and recognizes significant abnormalities. Functions as an expert in the principles of clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and is able to make dose adjustment recommendions based on objective laborory findings. Reviews and evalues requests for non-formulary and restricted drug consults for approprieness in compliance with established criteria where applicable and provides therapeutic alternives as necessary. Serves as an authoritive informion source on drugs and their utilizion in therapy, with special emphasis on medicions used for hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, anticoagulion, and heart failure. Affords providers a focal resource for discussion of medical problems requiring pharmaceutical intervention. Provides highly specialized educion and training support to other professional services in the broad area of advanced pharmacotherapy and maintains the ability to communice orally and in writing to persuade and influence clinical outcomes. Educion Educes pients on the purpose, proper use, and expected outcomes of prescribed medicions. Designs, implements and supervises the clinical educion and training program for pharmacy students and pharmacy residents during clinical pharmacy clerkships. Provides highly specialized educion and training support to other professional services in the area of advanced pharmacotherapy. Collabores with the other clinical specialists in the provision of specialized training programs and assists in the development of innovive training concepts aimed improving the knowledge and quality of clinical service staff. Serves as a clinical supervisor/preceptor for pharmacy students and for pharmacy residents. Participes in the development and implemention of formal and informal drug educion/clinical consultion to the Bay Pines VAHCS staff in the form of in­ services and continuing educion programs. Distribution Responsible for the safe and approprie distribution or dispensing of medicions. Ensures th all Pharmacy Service and other regulory policies are compliant with regards to medicion labeling, inventory management, formulary management, PBM initiive, equipment maintenance and timeliness of service. Provides supervision of Pharmacy support staff in the conduct of distributive functions. Consults with pients and Bay Pines VAHCS staff whenever there is a question concerning therapeutic or policy mters regarding outpient and/or inpient provider orders.

Work Schedule :

Will be required to work variable tours of duty including evenings, weekends and holidays

Telework :

Not Available Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # :

PD20229F

Relocion/Recruitment Incentives :

Not Authorized Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probionary period. Subject to background/security investigion. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver’s licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examinion. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Qualificions Applicants pending the completion of educional or certificion/licensure requirements may be referred and tentively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements :

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).

Educion:

(1) Gradue of an Accredition Council for Pharmacy Educion (ACPE) accredited College or School of Pharmacy with a baccalauree degree in pharmacy (BS Pharmacy) and/or a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.

D.) degree. Verificion of approved degree programs may be obtained from the Accredition Council for Pharmacy Educion, 20 North Clark Street, Suite 2500, Chicago, Illinois 60602-5109; phone: (312) 664-3575, or through their Web site : . (

NOTE:

Prior to 2005 ACPE accredited both baccalauree and Doctor of Pharmacy terminal degree program. Today the sole degree is Doctor of Pharmacy.) (2) Gradues of foreign pharmacy degree programs meet the educional requirement if the gradue is able to provide proof of achieving the Foreign Pharmacy Gradue Examinion Commission (FPGEC) Certificion, which includes passing the Foreign Pharmacy Gradue Equivalency Examinion (FPGEE) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test (TOEFL iBT)

Licensure-Documention Supplied:

Full, current and unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in a Ste, Territory, Commonwealth of the United Stes (i.e., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia. The pharmacist must maintain current registrion 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 probionary stus may be appointed only in accordance with the provisions in VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, section B, paragraph 16.

NOTE :

Individuals who have or have had multiple licenses and had any such license revoked for professional misconduct, professional incompetence or substandard care, or who surrendered such license after receiving written notice of potential terminion of such license by the Ste for professional misconduct, professional incompetence, or substandard care, are not eligible for appointment to the position unless such revoked or surrendered license is fully restored (38 U.S.C. § 7402(f)). Effective November 30, 1999, this is a requirement for employment. This requirement does not apply to licensed pharmacists on VA rolls as of th de, provided they maintain continuous appointment and are not disqualified for employment by any subsequent revocions or voluntary surrenders of Ste license, registrion or certificion. Licensed Pharmacists may qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion ( only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria ). Grandfhering Provision . All licensed pharmacists employed in VHA in this occupion on the effective de of this qualificion standard are considered to have met all qualificion requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive educion and licensure/certificion/registrion th are part of the basic requirements of the occupion. For employees who do not meet all the basic requirements required in this standard, but who met the qualificions applicable to the position the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply: (1) Employees grandfhered into the GS-660 occupional series may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupion, but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions. (2) Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective de of the qualificion standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed, on a temporary or permanent basis, until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard. Employees initially grandfhered into this occupion, who subsequently obtain additional educion and/or licensure/certificion/registrion, th meet all the basic requirements of this qualificion standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupion. (3) If a licensed pharmacist who was retained under this provision leaves the occupion, the employee loses protected stus and must meet the full VA qualificion standard requirements in effect the time of reentry to the occupion. Grade Determinions for Clinical Pharmacy Specialist•

GS-0660-13

(Above full performance) :

Experience:

In addition to the Basic Requirements, Pharmacists assigned to the GS-13 grade must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12):

Assignments :

For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher the level duties must consist of significant scope, administrive independence, complexity (difficulty) and range of variety as described in this standard the specified grade level and be performed by the incumbent least 25% of the time. Clinical Pharmacy Specialist . The clinical pharmacy specialist (CPS) functions the highest level of clinical practice, works independently under their scope of practice as defined by the individual medical center to directly care for pients. A CPS plays a defined role in budgetary execution and serves as a mid-level provider who functions to initie, modify or discontinue medicion therapy and as a consultant for intensive medicion therapy management services. This includes, but is not limited to, the following: designing, implementing, assessing. monitoring and documenting, therapeutic plans utilizing the most effective, least toxic and most economical medicion trements; helping achieve positive pient centric outcomes through direct and indirect interactions with pients, providers, and interdisciplinary teams in assigned areas; performing physical assessments; and ordering laborory and other tests to help determine efficacy and toxicity of medicion therapy. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA’s) : Pharmacist assigned to this position must demonstre the following

KSAs:

(a) Ability to communice orally and in writing to persuade and influence clinical and management decisions. (b) Expert understanding of regulory and quality standards for their program area. (c) Ability to solve problems, coordine and organize responsibilities to maximize outcomes in their program area or area of clinical expertise. (d) Expert knowledge of a specialized area of clinical pharmacy practice or specialty area of pharmacy. (e) Advanced skill in monitoring and assessing the outcome of drug therapies, including physical assessment and interpretion of laborory and other diagnostic parameters.

Preferred Experience:

PGY1 Pharmacy Residency completion and PGY2 Critical Care, Internal Medicine, and/or Infectious Disease, and current prescribing privileges in an Acute Care Setting, and Board Certificion (BCPS, BCCCP, BCGP).

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-13.

Physical Requirements:

See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.

Educion Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : . Additional informion During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This is a bargaining unit position. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant’s criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Area of Considerion

• Eligible applicions reviewed and referred in the following order: 1.

Current permanent VA employees of the facility. 2. All other VA Agency employees. 3. Current/Past VHA Health Professional Trainee (HPT) Gradues

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

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Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have

• whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee.

You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: License Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter License Other (1) Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/27/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Diana Dieringer Phone Address CW Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 10000 Bay Pines Boulevard Bay Pines, FL 33744 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full

• and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: License Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter License Other (1) Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/27/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

USA JOBS

resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Diana Dieringer Phone Address CW Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 10000 Bay Pines Boulevard Bay Pines, FL 33744 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full

• and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/20/2025 to 05/27/2025 Salary $132,985

• $172,883 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Bay Pines, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12732841-25-DMD

Control number 837250200 ., .