Pharmacist Facility Program Manager - Informatics

Full Job Description

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program.

You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment.

Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application.

Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

English Language Proficiency: Pharmacists must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), and 7407(d).

Education: Graduate of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited College or School of Pharmacy with a baccalaureate degree in pharmacy (BS Pharmacy) and/or a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.

degree. (NOTE: Prior to 2005 ACPE accredited both baccalaureate and Doctor of Pharmacy terminal degree program. Today the sole degree is Doctor of Pharmacy).

TRANSCRIPTS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH APPLICATION.

Graduates of foreign pharmacy degree programs meet the educational requirement if the graduate is able to provide proof of achieving the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Commission (FPGEC) Certification, which includes passing the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination (FPGEE) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test (TOEFL iBT).

YOU MUST SUBMIT COPY OF FPGEC CERTIFICATION WITH THE APPLICATION PACKAGE. Licensure.

Full, current and unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in a State, Territory, Commonwealth of the United States (i.e., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia.

The pharmacist must maintain current registration if this is a requirement for maintaining full, current, and unrestricted licensure.

A pharmacist who has, or has ever had, any license(s) revoked, suspended, denied, restricted, limited, or issued/placed in a probationary status may be appointed only in accordance with the provisions in VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, section B, paragraph 16.

YOU MUST SUBMIT A COPY OF CURRENT LICENSE WITH THE APPLICATION PACKAGE. Creditable Experience. Knowledge of Professional Pharmacy Practices.

To be creditable, the experience must have demonstrated the use of knowledge, skills, and abilities associated with professional pharmacy practice.

Professional practice means paid/non-paid employment as a professional or unlicensed graduate pharmacist as defined by the appropriate licensing board. Residency and Fellowship Training.

Residency and fellowship training programs in a specialized area of clinical pharmacy practice may be substituted for creditable experience on a year-for-year basis.

The pharmacy residency program must be accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

A fellowship program that is not accredited by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) will need to have comparable standards for experience to be creditable (Professional Standards Board refers to the Deputy Chief Consultant for Professional Practice for the determination).

Quality of Experience. Qualifying experience must be at a level comparable to pharmacy experience at the next lower level.

Experience as a Graduate Pharmacist is creditable provided the candidate was used as a professional pharmacist (under supervision) and subsequently passed the appropriate licensure examination.

Part-time Experience. Part-time experience as a professional pharmacist is credited according to its relationship to the full-time workweek.

For example, a pharmacist employed 20 hours a week, or on a 1/2-time basis, would receive 1 full-time workweek of credit for each 2 weeks of service.

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinations: Pharmacist (Facility Program Manager), GS-13 Experience: In addition to the GS-13 basic requirements for employment stated above, you must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) and must demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs): Ability to communicate orally and in writing to persuade and influence clinical and management decisions.

Expert understanding of regulatory and quality standards for their program area.

Ability to solve problems, coordinate 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 interpretation of laboratory and other diagnostic parameters.

Preferred Experience: Expertise and proficiency in drug file structure and maintenance, data management skills (including data mining and creating dashboards and other visual displays), pharmacy automation, inpatient and outpatient pharmacy workflow, and excellent verbal communication skills are highly desired.

Prior work experience as an Informatics Pharmacist (especially within VA or DoD) is highly desired.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13.

Physical Requirements: Reference VA Directive and Handbook 5019 Major Duties:

VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws The VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) has an immediate opening for an Informatics Pharmacist Program Manager.

A key role of this position is to utilize and display data to drive performance and efficiencies.

This position is responsible for extensive pharmacy data management functions, maintenance of the electronic health record files (drug files, etc.), pharmacy workload reports and back up assistance with pharmacy automation at the three inpatient/outpatient pharmacies and Community Based Outpatient Clinics in our system (Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Livermore, San Jose, Monterey).

This Program Manager should have extensive knowledge in data-mining pharmacy electronic files (via SQL and other programs), programming skills, and of inpatient and outpatient pharmacy operations and understanding of the use of pharmacy automation to streamline workflow and accuracy.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Program Management Activities: Maintains electronic health record (EHR) pharmacy information files and order menus, in collaboration with another Informaticist Pharmacist.

Data Manager responsibilities including pulling data utilizing SQL and other modalities for A3/MUE/pharmacoeconomic/PGY1 and PGY2 projects that are formalized pharmacy process improvement activities by creating code, validating results and providing in a usable/logical format; providing data for service and facility leadership and FOIA requests; managing Pharmacy Service SharePoint site (posting documents, modifying site content, assign access keys); creating/maintaining dashboards to display Pharmacy Service KPI (key performance indicators); creating/maintaining program to visually display real-time data of select KPI to drive daily performance in the operational settings (such as; for outpatient: pharmacy wait time, total pending prescriptions, number of pending prescriptions over 6 days old and for inpatient: pending orders, order verification wait time, missing dose rate, AOU restock rate, Omnicell restock rate, pending orders, order verification wait time).

Pharmacy Automation Program Management Activities: Maintains an in-depth working knowledge of all forms of pharmacy automation in the inpatient and outpatient settings (e.g., Omnicell Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADC), Anesthesia Work Stations (AWS), Omnicell XR2 Robot, Med-Carousel, Yuyama, ScriptPro) to ensure continual optimization, troubleshooting, training, quality assurance audits and electronic access to users.

Actively participates in precepting trainees (i.e., pharmacy residents and pharmacy students) as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 07670F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.

Contact V21CCOEEDRP@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized