Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (PACT) Geriatrics Position Available In Washington, Tennessee

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (PACT) Gerirics Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Veterans Health Administrion Summary The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (Gerirics-Pient Aligned Care Team (PACT)) is a licensed pharmacist having completed a pharmacy practice and/or specialty residency or with other directly relevant equivalent clinical experience and encouraged to hold or pursue active board certificion in an approprie pharmaceutical specialty (e.g.

BCPS, BCACP, BCGP

). Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/23/2025 to 07/03/2025 Salary $134,857 – $175,317 per year

SSR V492

Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Johnson City, TN 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

CBTG-12751376-25-MAM

Control number 839259700 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 Current, permanent employees in the Department of Veterans Affairs and Past/Current HPT Gradues (Pharmacy Residents). Videos Duties VA Careers –

Pharmacy :

The incumbent is responsible for general clinical pharmacy support of the Gerirics PACT clinic, including directing formulary use, cross-coverage of pharmacy managed clinics, and assuring compliance with nional performance measures, while serving as Pharmacist provider assisting Physicians, Nurse practitioners, and Physician assistants in active Pharmacotherapy management of individual pients. Duties include and are not limited to: Develops and maintains an in-depth clinical knowledge of common geriric care chronic disease stes and antithrombotic/anticoagulion management including pharmacotherapy, laborory, monitoring, and outcomes management. Assists in the global and daily administrion of the medical center Geri-PACT clinic services. Assists in prescription/drug regimen review and pient educion of assigned Geri-PACT pients. Develops professional relionships with non-pharmacy clinical personnel, and projects the highest level of pharmacy practice and competence. Monitors and manages pient medicion therapy utilizing advanced skills in physical assessment, pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and interpretion of laborory and other diagnostic parameters. Provides direction to Geri-PACT providers on nional formulary management issues including compliance with nional pharmacy performance measures. Reviews Geri-PACT non-formulary requests against nional criteria for use for approval/disapproval recommendions. Reviews and evalues prescribed drug therapy for approprieness, effectiveness, cost-benefit, adverse drug reactions, allergies, drug-drug and drug-disease interactions, and communices and documents recommendions to providers and pharmacists as necessary. Appropriely renders pharmaceutical care to the Geri-PACT and anticoagulion pients and documents care in the medical record. In coordinion with the multidisciplinary team, collabores in determining an individual trement plan for each Veteran in Geri-PACT clinic with periodic assessment, and approprieness of pients for any self-medicion program with emphasis on meeting the individualized Veteran’s medicion management needs, as well as discharge planning to promote veteran educion and skill development designed for improved self-care. Identifies, interprets, and resolves prescribing and dispensing issue including pharmacotherapeutic and formulary issues. Documents interventions as necessary. Designs and performs relevant drug use evaluions under direction of the Clinical Pharmacy Coordinor. Participes in research studies in ambulory care areas as assigned.

Work Schedule :

Monday-Friday, 07:45 AM- 04:30

PM Compressed/Flexible :

Not Available Telework :

Not eligible for

Telework Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # :61173-

F 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.

NOTE :

This applies to current/past/upcoming VHA HPTs only. An HPT is an individual appointed to a temporary position in one or more VHA medical facilities performing clinical or research training experiences to sisfy program or degree requirements or receiving VA Health Professional Scholarship Program. HPTs can be either VA-paid or Without Compension (WOC).

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.

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 : 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 Tect (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.

English Language Proficiency:

Pharmacists must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), and 7407(d). In addition to the basic requirements listed above, the below qualificion requirements must be met.

Grade Determinions :

GS-13 Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Experience . Must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level th includes: (Must be documented on your resume.) Knowledge of professional pharmacy practice. Ability to communice orally and in writing to both pients and health care staff. Knowledge of laws, regulions, and accredition standards reled to the distribution and control of scheduled and non-scheduled drugs and pharmacy security. Skill in monitoring and assessing the outcome of drug therapies, including physical assessment and interpretion of laborory and other diagnostic parameters. 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. Pharmacists assigned to this position must demonstre the following

Full Performance KSAs:

Ability to communice orally and in writing to persuade and influence clinical and management decisions. Expert understanding of regulory and quality standard for their program area. Ability to solve problems, coordine and organize responsibilities to maximize outcomes in their program area or area of clinical expertise. Expert knowledge of a specialized area of clinical pharmacy practice or specialty area of pharmacy. Advanced 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-13.

Physical Requirements:

Applicants must be able to perform the following duties: lifting (up to 50 lbs); carrying (up to 50 pounds). Applicants must have use of all fingers. Walking or standing for up to 8-hours. Kneeling intermittently multiple times for up to 8-hours. Use of both legs is required. Must possess visual acuity to read typed print. Keen hearing (aids permitted). Mental stability must be required to handle rigors of the position. The loss or impairment of a specific function may be compensed by sisfactory use of prosthesis. Educion

IMPORTANT

A transcript must be submitted with your applicion if you are basing all or part of your qualificions on 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.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members :

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 Copy of 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. 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 DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (Schedule A) License Copy of 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. Resume SF-15 SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ Preference:

When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 “Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference” with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans’ Preference, please . 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 07/03/2025 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 Marco Martinez Address James H Quillen VA Medical Center Corner of Lamont Street and Veterans Way Mountain Home, TN 37684 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 Copy of 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. 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 DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (Schedule A) License Copy of 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. Resume SF-15 SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ Preference:

When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 “Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference” with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans’ Preference, please . 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 07/03/2025 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 Marco Martinez Address James H Quillen VA Medical Center Corner of Lamont Street and Veterans Way Mountain Home, TN 37684 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 06/23/2025 to 07/03/2025 Salary $134,857 – $175,317 per year

SSR V492

Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Johnson City, TN 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

CBTG-12751376-25-MAM

Control number 839259700 ., .