The incumbent serves as the Chief Pharmacist for the Richmond Service Unit (RSU) and Pharmacy Clinical Application Coordinator (CAC) for the RSU located in Richmond, VA. RSU serves 7 tribes across the entire Commonwealth of Virginia. The main clinic will be in the greater Richmond area with at least one satellite clinic location near the Monacan Indian Nation and several health stations.

Duties

Responsible for all pharmacy-related operations at the service unit and establishes policies, procedures, and processes to establish on-site pharmacy services and Consolidated Mail Order Pharmacy services. Serves as the consultant for the Purchased/Referred Care program on medication related services, questions, follow up, and other tasks needed for contract pharmacy services. Supervises staff, drug inventory procedures, inventory management, and security of drug supplies and medication storage outside of pharmacy. Provides expert pharmaceutical services, with an emphasis and focus on patient therapeutic drug monitoring. Analyzes medication regimens to ensure the most effective, least toxic, and most economical treatment plans are utilized. Interviews patients to ascertain significant past medical/pharmaceutical history. Establishes contracts with local pharmacies to provide pharmacy services to the tribal nations. Advises the Nashville Area Director and other Executive Leadership Team members to expand this program to other field offices. Forecasts and prepares budget requests for pharmacy services and proposed pharmacy staffing plans. Participates as a member of the Health Center leadership team. Responsible for building the Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS) structure for the entire clinic. Provides ongoing support of multi-service clinical software applications. Coordinates the use of pharmacy software for the provision of quality clinical care as well as the use of RPMS information for use in the clinical decision-making process. Manages the implementation, verification, program development, enhancement, troubleshooting, and problem prevention of the information systems.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. 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; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. BASIC REQUIREMENT(S): In addition, to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below- MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: Demonstrated professional experience in directing a hospital or clinic pharmacy program which includes experience in supervising staff, directing all activities in pharmacy, developing and implementing pharmacy policies and procedures, experience in working with accreditation standards and performance improvement activities. Experience in working with and managing healthcare information systems. You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This position has an education 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 will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.

Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Nashville Area Indian Health Service 711 Stewarts Ferry Pike Nashville, TN 37214-2634 US
• Name: Nashville Area HR Inquiries
• Email: [email protected]