Pharmacist

Summary

About the Position: This position is located at Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia. This position is for a mid-shift/evening shift Pharmacist (Outpatient) Primarily mid-shifts and evenings, rotating through other shifts as needed, weekends, and holidays. Work hours will be discussed during the interview. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel.

Duties

• Interview patients to assess for drug allergies and past adverse medication reactions.
• Document pharmaceutical care activities in the medical record as appropriate.
• Oversee technician staff that process and fill prescriptions and/or sterile and non-sterile pharmaceuticals.
• Interface with physicians or other health care providers in the design of a drug treatment plan and monitors drug therapy for patients.
• Responsible for the monitoring, detecting, documenting, reporting, and managing of adverse drug events.
• Provide drug information to physicians, nurses, and patients on investigational drugs being utilized and ensures that up to date information is readily available in the patient care units.
• Interview patients to assess for drug allergies and past adverse medication reactions.
• Evaluate, transcribe and interpret of physician’s prescription order (written and verbal) for appropriateness of drug therapy to include evaluation of the drug selected and the regimen prescribed (dose, frequency, duration).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.