Clinical Pharmacist Position Available In Middlesex, Massachusetts

Clinical Pharmacist Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion VA New England Healthcare System Summary This position is eligible for the Educion Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP applicion within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP applicion. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/10/2025 to 06/25/2025 Salary $111,799 – $154,523 per year Pay scale & grade

GS 11 – 12

Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Bedford, MA 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 12 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

CBTD-12746700-25-MV

Control number 838520200 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 employees of the Bedford VA Healthcare System. Videos Duties The clinical pharmacist is responsible for analyzing real and potential drug-reled medical problems and implementing corrective action to ensure th pients receive optimal drug therapy. The clinical pharmacist also applies standards reling to all aspects of distribution and control of scheduled and non scheduled drugs. The primary function of a clinical pharmacist is to assure the safe and approprie use of medicions, and be an advoce of rional drug therapy through the following: evaluion of the approprieness of drug therapy based on pient specific factors; individualizion of drug therapy; evaluion, dispensing and providing medicions, and drug informion. Duties for this position may include, but not limited to: Provides approprie selection of drug therapy based upon the pharmaceutical principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; monitoring for efficacy, side effects and clinical outcome; and advises prescribers as approprie. Provides pient-specific therapeutic drug monitoring and communices relevant findings and/or recommendions to other health care providers in charge of the pient both orally and in writing. Provides medicion counseling to pients. Completes pient medicion histories, interviews and counseling. Serves as a drug informion resource including pharmacokinetic consultion, including dosing vancomycin and aminoglycosides. Reports ADEs, near misses, and medicion errors in alignment with

VA ADERS

reporting program. Participes in the medical center medicion utilizion evaluion (MUE) program. Implements P&T Committee policies including therapeutic interchanges and automic substitutions to include approprie pient and provider educion. Manages recalls and medicion shortage situions by substituting alterne dosage strengths and instructions of the same medicion to equal the prescribed dose and schedule. Enters supply orders approprie for pient care per facility policy. Manages various actions, as approprie, for medicion orders. Extends refills until next scheduled appointment under the provider’s name per facility policy. Assumes an active role in staff development of peers and provides educional in-services to nursing, medical staff or to other ancillary services. Reviews all medicion orders for approprieness, drug selection, dosage, route of administrion and the amount, prior to dispensing. Maintains adeque drug stock, inspects drug storage areas, supervises prepacking and the operion of automed dispensing equipment. Supervises the activities of support personnel. Ensures drugs dispensed are completely and correctly labeled and packaged in full compliance with Federal rules and regulions. Provides educion to health care providers regarding medicion use. Maintains basic knowledge of pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics in the area of practice. Provides timely verbal and/or written informion th is thorough and correct, using clear and precise communicion methods to ensure th pients and other health care providers understand. VA Careers –

Pharmacy :

Work Schedule :

Full-Time, Mon-Fri, 9:00am to 5:30pm.

Compressed/Flexible :

Not Authorized.

Telework :

Not Authorized.

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : F01586.

Relocion/Recruitment Incentives :

Not Authorized.

EDRP Authorized:

Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VHA.ELRSProgramSupport@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinor for questions/assistance. Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized.

Notificions:

This position is in the Excepted Service. Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. This position is eligible for coverage by a NAGE Bargaining Unit. This position is covered by a special re. Narrive responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) may be required from the selectee in order to proceed with the appointment. 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 :

United Stes 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) accreditedCollege 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 : http://www.acpe-accredit.org/. (

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:

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.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).

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 licens e 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.

Exception:

Non-licensed pharmacists who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements may be given a temporary appointment the entry level as a Gradue 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 th provides care under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. For grade levels above the GS-11, the candide must be licensed. Failure to

Obtain License:

In all cases, pharmacists must actively pursue meeting ste prerequisites for licensure starting from the de of their appointment. At the time of appointment, the supervisor will provide the unlicensed pharmacist with the written requirement to obtain licensure, the de 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 de of appointment will result in removal from the GS-0660 Pharmacist series and may result in terminion of employment. 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).

Grade Determinions :

GS-11

Pharmacist:

Experience, Educion, and Licensure. None beyond the basic requirements. GS-12 Clinical Pharmacist (Full Performance Level): 1. One (1) year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level, OR 2. Completion of an ACPE-accredited Pharm.

D. program. Pharmacists assigned to this position must demonstre the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs): 1. Knowledge of professional pharmacy practice. 2. Ability to communice orally and in writing to both pients and health care staff. 3. Knowledge of laws, regulions, and accredition standards reled to the distribution and control of scheduled and non-scheduled drugs and pharmacy security. 4. Skill in monitoring and assessing the outcome of drug therapies, including physical assessment and interpretion of laborory and other diagnostic parameters.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-11. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-11 to GS-12.

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 Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion)

Leave:

Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed. 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 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.

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: Resume SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Resume Reminder:

Your resume must include the following informion for each job listed: 1. Job title 2. Duties (be as detailed as possible). 3. Month & year start/end des (e.g. June 2019 to June 2020) 4. Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week). Please be aware th your answers verified against informion provided on your resume. Be sure th your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail. An incomplete applicion will receive a ring of IFFM (ineligible due to missing forms). Requests for reconsiderion will not be considered for applicants who fail to submit a complete applicion package. We cannot be held responsible for incompible software or fax transmissions. 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 Pharmacy License – Full, current and unrestricted license. Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (for Eligibility): If you are a current federal employee, you must tach your most recent, non-award SF-50. This SF-50 should not be more than a year old and must show your current position, grade and step. Award SF-50’s typically do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted if they do not include Grade and Step.

Examples of approprie SF-50’s include: Within grade increases the highest grade held. Promotions with an effective de more than one year old. SF-50’s the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old. 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 06/25/2025 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 Molina Vantha Phone Address VA Bedford Healthcare System 200 Springs Road Bedford, MA 01730 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: Resume SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Resume Reminder:

Your resume must include the following informion for each job listed: 1. Job title 2. Duties (be as detailed as possible). 3. Month & year start/end des (e.g. June 2019 to June 2020) 4. Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week). Please be aware th your answers verified against informion provided on your resume. Be sure th your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail. An incomplete applicion will receive a ring of IFFM (ineligible due to missing forms). Requests for reconsiderion will not be considered for applicants who fail to submit a complete applicion package. We cannot be held responsible for incompible software or fax transmissions. 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 Pharmacy License – Full, current and unrestricted license. Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (for Eligibility): If you are a current federal employee, you must tach your most recent, non-award SF-50. This SF-50 should not be more than a year old and must show your current position, grade and step. Award SF-50’s typically do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted if they do not include Grade and Step.

Examples of approprie SF-50’s include: Within grade increases the highest grade held. Promotions with an effective de more than one year old. SF-50’s the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old. 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 06/25/2025 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 Molina Vantha Phone Address VA Bedford Healthcare System 200 Springs Road Bedford, MA 01730 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 06/10/2025 to 06/25/2025 Salary $111,799 – $154,523 per year Pay scale & grade

GS 11 – 12

Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Bedford, MA 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 12 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

CBTD-12746700-25-MV

Control number 838520200 ., .