Pharmacist

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located at the Army Health Clinic Presidio within the Pharmacy Service at Monterey, California. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirement for Pharmacist: Education: A doctoral degree in Pharmacy that is recognized by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S.

Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.

Exemption: You are exempt from the basic requirement above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0660 occupational series and have been continuously employed in this occupational series since September 27, 2017 or before.

Note: You will be required to provide appropriate documentation to the respective Human Resources Office to validate your status.

Licensure: A current, active, valid, and unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in a State, a territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia.

Medical Requirement: Must be able to distinguish basic colors.

Experience: One year of professional pharmacy experience which includes dispensing medications prescribed by physicians or health practitioners, providing medication counseling to patients, and monitoring patient drug therapies.

Major Duties:

• Provide technical expertise and relevant oversight to Civilian, Military, and Contract Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians.
• Serve as the subject matter expert and provide advice, guidance, and direction on a wide range of pharmacy and administrative-related issues.
• Monitor patient drug therapy in patient’s medical record, pharmacy medication profile, appropriate laboratory data, medication administration records and/or through patient/family interview.
• Identify and effectively resolve drug order problems to include accuracy, proper indication/use, acceptable dosing range, dosing adjustment, drug interactions, essential monitoring activities and allergy contraindication.
• Prepare and dispense prescriptions, special formulas, extemporaneous compounds, and special preparations for other therapeutics according to professional and military standards.
• Advise patients on the correct use of their medication with objective of maximizing patient compliance.