Pharmacist
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National Institutes of Health
Baltimore, MD (In Person)
$165,503 Salary, Full-Time
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Pharmacist Department of Health and Human Services Nional Institutes of Health Summary The ideal candide an exceptionally talented, knowledgeable, and motived pharmacist with extensive experience with health-system pharmacy operions. The candide must exemplify an understanding of medicion safety standards, process improvement, educion/training, and process improvement standards. The candide must demonstre a mastery of hospital experience and understand regulory oversight. Learn more about this agency Summary The ideal candide an exceptionally talented, knowledgeable, and motived pharmacist with extensive experience with health-system pharmacy operions. The candide must exemplify an understanding of medicion safety standards, process improvement, educion/training, and process improvement standards. The candide must demonstre a mastery of hospital experience and understand regulory oversight. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/11/2026 to 05/15/2026 Salary $143,913 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Locions Few vacancies in the following locions: Baltimore, MD Montgomery County, MD Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 14 Job family (Series) 0660 Pharmacist Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number
NIH-SR-DH-26-12943060
Control number 868184200 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Nional. Foreign nionals or legal permanent residents are not eligible for considerion. Duties Help Provides pharmaceutical guidance and expertise to program. Monitors and evalues drug therapy for beneficial therapeutic outcome. Serves as technical authority and resource by providing drug informion to physicians, nurses and pients on commercial and investigional drugs being utilized and ensures up-to-de informion is readily available. Conducts clinical pharmacy research and actively collabores with staff and clinical researchers in the design and implemention of complex investigional drug development and research protocols, including Phase 1, first in human studies. Monitors active investigional studies in Clinical Unit to ensure th all FDA, ethical issues and Pharmacy Department policies concerning the use of investigional drugs are being followed. Provides ongoing educion in clinical setting and reviews and provides recommendions to others on pharmacy reled issues where technical expertise is required. Crees reports and participes in educion pertaining to pharmacology/toxicology and use of investigional and legend drugs and provides literure when approprie. Responsible for the development, formulion and stabilizion of suitable dosage forms of chemicals and drugs for investigional use in the Clinical Unit participant care. Manage a research pharmacy including USP 797 clean room maintenance requirements and guidelines, performing sterile and non-sterile compounding, and low to high-risk compounding specificions and formulions such as capsules and suspensions. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship requirement or proof of being a U.S. Nional must be met by closing de. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a background investigion, verificion of qualificions, completion of onboarding forms, submission of required documents, and any other job-reled requirement before or after appointment. Applicants must meet all qualificion requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered with the Selective Service. Position requires active, current license as a Pharmacist. Position requires Educion (You are highly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts.) Applicants must be able to distinguish basic colors. This position is designed as an "emergency essential" position, and the selected candide required to be available, ready, willing, and able to report for duty under all circumstances Qualificions To qualify for the Pharmacist, GS-0660-14, you must meet the following qualificion requirements: Educion Requirement A doctoral degree in Pharmacy th is recognized by the Accredition Council for Pharmacy Educion (ACPE) or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion the time the degree was obtained. AND Licensure Requirement An active, current license as a pharmacist in a Ste, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United Stes; AND You must have least one year of professional pharmacy experience equivalent to least the GS-13 level in the Federal Government obtained in either the prive or public sector, performing the following types of tasks: Providing advanced clinical and research pharmacy services in a medical or research facility. Compounding, formuling, and managing sterile and investigional drug products. Collaboring with physicians, clinical investigors, and research staff on drug therapy plans and research protocols. Conducting audits, studies, evaluions, and quality assurance activities reled to drug utilizion and pharmacy operions. Independently managing research pharmacy operions, including regulory compliance, USP 797 requirements, staff training, and oversight. You will receive credit for all experience merial to the position, including experience gained in religious, civic, welfare, service, and organizional activities, regardless of whether you received pay. Do not copy and paste the duties or specialized experience from this announcement into your resume as th will not be considered a demonstrion of your qualificions for this position. We may verify or assess your qualificions any time. Infled or unsupported qualificions may affect your ring. Any misrepresention or merial omission of facts may be sufficient cause to end further considerion of your candidacy. Persons listed as knowing your past accomplishments or experience in your applicion may be contacted for verificion purposes any time. Verificion may, but need not, begin before receiving an offer. In addition to the previous requirements, you must demonstre possession of active, current license as a Pharmacist. Preview applicion questionnaire before you apply: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12943060 Educion This position has an educion requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts (or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades). Unofficial transcripts accepted in the applicion package. Official transcripts required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer. Click here for informion on Foreign Educion . Additional informion This position is designed as an " emergency essential " position and the selected candide considered an " emergency essential " employee and required to be available, ready, willing, and able to report for duty under all circumstances (e.g., inclement weher, government closings and holidays, lapses in appropriions, non-emergency and emergency situions) for operion 24 hours a day and 365 days per year coverage. Based on your appointment, a one or two-year trial/probionary period may be required. A decision regarding your continued employment with NIH made as you near the end of this period. PHS Commissioned Officers interested in performing the duties of this position within the Commissioned Corps should also apply online to this announcement in order to receive considerion. The Nional Institutes of Health participes in the USCIS Electronic Employment Eligibility Verificion Program ( E-Verify ). E-Verify helps employers determine employment eligibility of new hires and the validity of their Social Security numbers. The NIH maintains a tobacco free work environment and campus. Must be able to perform the essential duties of the position, with or without reasonable accommodion. Visit our Help Applying page for helpful informion on the applicion process. If selected, you may be eligible to receive a salary above the minimum based on superior qualificions and/or a special need of the Government for your services. This applies to employees paid under the General Schedule (GS) and Federal Wage System (FWS) pay systems and is the discretion of the hiring manager. A salary above the minimum must be approved before the appointment. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. The position(s) advertised in this announcement are covered by a direct hire authority. Traditional ring and ranking of applicants, including cegory ring, does not apply to this vacancy. You initially evalued against the basic qualificions only. Qualified applicants referred for considerion in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management direct hire guidelines . Veterans' Preference does not apply to positions covered by a direct hire authority. This position is also covered by the agency's Reemployment Priority List (RPL). Any qualified priority candides further evalued on job-reled criteria through a resume review, placed into one of the following cegories, and referred to the hiring office for first priority once veterans' preference is applied. Qualified Well Qualified Best Qualified To be considered well qualified for the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) and the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) , you must be able to sisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry and substantively exceed the basic qualificions and meet all eligibility, physical, medical, suitability, and all other requirements. Additional selections may be made for similar positions across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) within the local commuting area(s) of the locion identified in this announcement. By applying, you agree to have your applicion shared with interested selecting official(s) HHS. Clearance ofCTAP/ICTAP
applied for similar positions across HHS. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 Required Documents HelpREQUIRED FOR ALL APPLICANTS RESUME
Your resume must clearly demonstre, in two pages or less , how your skills and experiences align with the "Qualificions" section and support your questionnaire responses. While cover letters provided with your applicion shared with hiring officials, they will not be used for initial qualificion determinions. We cannot assume required experience based on your work or academic history. If your resume exceeds two pages, only the first two reviewed. Use a legible font such as Lo, Calibri, Helvetica, or Arial, with 0.5-inch margins.Suggested formting:
14-point for titles and 10-point for body text. You may use the USAJOBS Resume Builder or upload your own resume. If uploading, ensure it includes all required informion and is organized so we can mch the following to each position: Job title Employer name Employment des (MM/DD/YYYY) Hours worked per week (full-time assumed; part-time prored) Detailed duties, accomplishments, skills, responsibilities, and supervisory details (if applicable) Series and grade or equivalent (for federal positions) If the position has an educion requirement or you are qualifying on the basis of educion, you must list your educion history including the type of degree and your major of study. If the position requires a certain number of credit hours, you are strongly encouraged to list the relevant courses in your resume. Do not include a photograph or video of yourself, or any sensitive informion (age, de of birth, marital stus, protected health informion, religious affiliion, social security number, etc.) on your resume or cover letter. We will not access web pages linked on your resume or cover letter to determine your qualificions. For resume writing guidance, please the following resources: NIH Help Applying , USAJOBS Resource Center , and the USAJOBS Resume Guidance . If the position has an educion requirement or you are qualifying on the basis of educion, you need to list your educion history including the type of degree and your major of study.APPLICATION QUESTIONNAIRE
You must submit a completed applicion questionnaire. Unless otherwise sted, we will only use the informion above to determine your qualificions. Not providing the required informion may result in a determinion th you do not meet minimum requirements for the position (e.g., an ineligible ring) or a lower ring.REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION FOR CAREER TRANSITION CLAIMS
Visit our websites to claim selection priority through the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP):CTAP:
https://jobs.nih.gov/announcement-links/CTAP.htmICTAP:
https://jobs.nih.gov/announcement-links/ictap.htm If you do not provide the required informion, we will assume you are not eligible or you do not wish to be considered for any preference or eligibility. Please do not submit any other supplementary documention th is not requested of you. To protect your personal informion, we will only send your resume and cover letter to the selecting official or hiring manager. 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help To apply for this position, please read and follow all instructions in this announcement, complete the online applicion, and submit the documention specified in the "Required Documents" section. Your complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time (ET) on 05/15/2026 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion . You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package . See the "Required Documents" section for any additional forms and/or supplemental merials required. Read all Eligibility questions and respond accordingly to any Eligibility you wish to claim . You will only be considered for those Eligibility questions (Stus Applicant, Reinstement, Schedule A, etc.) you respond in the affirmive to, regardless of wh documention you submit. We cannot assume you intended to respond differently to a question based on other informion in your applicion package. Complete the applicion questionnaire . Applicants are asked all questions regardless of their considerion preferences. We will only consider you for the grades, series, locions, specialties, and other considerions th you self-identify as being qualified for or interested in. Preview assessment questionnaire before you apply: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12943060 Verify all required documention is included in your applicion package , review your responses to the assessment questionnaire for accuracy, and then submit your applicion. In addition to the required documents, we encourage you to submit a cover letter, copy of your transcripts, and any applicable certificions or licenses. Even though this informion is not required the time of applicion, we may request this informion ler. We cannot assume responsibility or grant extensions for personal issues (e.g., troubles naviging the applicion process, loss of internet, not understanding a question) when applying to our announcements. For technical difficulties, contact HR Systems Support between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM ET Monday through Friday hrss@nih.gov . If you need any other accommodion or assistance with applying, please contact Joseph Dold doldjc@mail.nih.gov. Requests for reasonable accommodions must be made before the announcement closing de. Visit our site for informion on NIH's EEO program, Reasonable accommodion procedures, laws, policy stements, and the operion of the EEO complaint process. Agency contact informion Joseph Dold Phone 301-402-5026 doldjc@mail.nih.gov Address Nional Institutes of Health 6701 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20892 US Next steps Once you submit your applicion package, you will receive an acknowledgement email. You notified of the stus of your applicions via email. In addition, you can track the progress of your applicion package through your USAJOBS account . At the discretion of the agency, you may be contacted via phone or email for an interview or to provide additional informion up to several months from the closing de of the announcement. Please ensure you have provided accure contact informion. To remain in considerion, you must respond in a timely manner to our correspondence and requests for documention or informion throughout the hiring process. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents HelpREQUIRED FOR ALL APPLICANTS RESUME
Your resume must clearly demonstre, in two pages or less , how your skills and experiences align with the "Qualificions" section and support your questionnaire responses. While cover letters provided with your applicion shared with hiring officials, they will not be used for initial qualificion determinions. We cannot assume required experience based on your work or academic history. If your resume exceeds two pages, only the first two reviewed. Use a legible font such as Lo, Calibri, Helvetica, or Arial, with 0.5-inch margins.Suggested formting:
14-point for titles and 10-point for body text. You may use the USAJOBS Resume Builder or upload your own resume. If uploading, ensure it includes all required informion and is organized so we can mch the following to each position: Job title Employer name Employment des (MM/DD/YYYY) Hours worked per week (full-time assumed; part-time prored) Detailed duties, accomplishments, skills, responsibilities, and supervisory details (if applicable) Series and grade or equivalent (for federal positions) If the position has an educion requirement or you are qualifying on the basis of educion, you must list your educion history including the type of degree and your major of study. If the position requires a certain number of credit hours, you are strongly encouraged to list the relevant courses in your resume. Do not include a photograph or video of yourself, or any sensitive informion (age, de of birth, marital stus, protected health informion, religious affiliion, social security number, etc.) on your resume or cover letter. We will not access web pages linked on your resume or cover letter to determine your qualificions. For resume writing guidance, please the following resources: NIH Help Applying , USAJOBS Resource Center , and the USAJOBS Resume Guidance . If the position has an educion requirement or you are qualifying on the basis of educion, you need to list your educion history including the type of degree and your major of study.APPLICATION QUESTIONNAIRE
You must submit a completed applicion questionnaire. Unless otherwise sted, we will only use the informion above to determine your qualificions. Not providing the required informion may result in a determinion th you do not meet minimum requirements for the position (e.g., an ineligible ring) or a lower ring.REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION FOR CAREER TRANSITION CLAIMS
Visit our websites to claim selection priority through the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP):CTAP:
https://jobs.nih.gov/announcement-links/CTAP.htmICTAP:
https://jobs.nih.gov/announcement-links/ictap.htm If you do not provide the required informion, we will assume you are not eligible or you do not wish to be considered for any preference or eligibility. Please do not submit any other supplementary documention th is not requested of you. To protect your personal informion, we will only send your resume and cover letter to the selecting official or hiring manager. 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help To apply for this position, please read and follow all instructions in this announcement, complete the online applicion, and submit the documention specified in the "Required Documents" section. Your complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time (ET) on 05/15/2026 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion . You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package . See the "Required Documents" section for any additional forms and/or supplemental merials required. Read all Eligibility questions and respond accordingly to any Eligibility you wish to claim . You will only be considered for those Eligibility questions (Stus Applicant, Reinstement, Schedule A, etc.) you respond in the affirmive to, regardless of wh documention you submit. We cannot assume you intended to respond differently to a question based on other informion in your applicion package. Complete the applicion questionnaire . Applicants are asked all questions regardless of their considerion preferences. We will only consider you for the grades, series, locions, specialties, and other considerions th you self-identify as being qualified for or interested in. Preview assessment questionnaire before you apply: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12943060 Verify all required documention is included in your applicion package , review your responses to the assessment questionnaire for accuracy, and then submit your applicion. In addition to the required documents, we encourage you to submit a cover letter, copy of your transcripts, and any applicable certificions or licenses. Even though this informion is not required the time of applicion, we may request this informion ler. We cannot assume responsibility or grant extensions for personal issues (e.g., troubles naviging the applicion process, loss of internet, not understanding a question) when applying to our announcements. For technical difficulties, contact HR Systems Support between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM ET Monday through Friday hrss@nih.gov . If you need any other accommodion or assistance with applying, please contact Joseph Dold doldjc@mail.nih.gov. Requests for reasonable accommodions must be made before the announcement closing de. Visit our site for informion on NIH's EEO program, Reasonable accommodion procedures, laws, policy stements, and the operion of the EEO complaint process. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Joseph Dold Phone 301-402-5026 doldjc@mail.nih.gov Address Nional Institutes of Health 6701 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20892 US Next steps Once you submit your applicion package, you will receive an acknowledgement email. You notified of the stus of your applicions via email. In addition, you can track the progress of your applicion package through your USAJOBS account . At the discretion of the agency, you may be contacted via phone or email for an interview or to provide additional informion up to several months from the closing de of the announcement. Please ensure you have provided accure contact informion. To remain in considerion, you must respond in a timely manner to our correspondence and requests for documention or informion throughout the hiring process. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/11/2026 to 05/15/2026 Salary $143,913 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Locions Few vacancies in the following locions: Baltimore, MD Montgomery County, MD Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 14 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement numberNIH-SR-DH-26-12943060
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