National TeleOncology Pharmacist (Clinical Specialist)

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. Verification of approved degree programs may be obtained from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, 20 North Clark Street, Suite 2500, Chicago, Illinois 60602-5109; phone: (312) 664-3575, or through their Web site at: http://www.acpe-accredit.org/. (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 A COPY OF FPGEE AND TOEFL WITH YOUR APPLICATION 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. Preferred Qualifications: 1. Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist (BCOP) 2. Completed PGY2 in oncology pharmacy 3. 3+ years of VA oncology experience with a scope of practice Grade Determinations GS:13: Must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level. Examples of experience include: reviewing, interpreting, and verifying medication orders for appropriateness; processing and filling medication orders; interacting with and making recommendations to other clinical staff regarding medication therapy ordered to ensure safe and effective care; reviewing the patient's medications, allergies, labs, and other pertinent information from the medical record to identify and solve medication-related problems; providing refill extensions and partial medication supplies; performing medication reconciliation; providing drug information; assisting in formulary management including therapeutic substitutions, nonformulary reviews and medication usage evaluations; and documenting and assessing adverse drug events (ADEs). In addition, you must have experience which demonstrates the following knowledge, skills and abilities: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 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. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner (CPP) is responsible for oncology pharmacy care activities, including care of patients receiving chemotherapy and other oncological and hematological therapies. Privileges will be granted to practice as a provider under the supervision of NTO pharmacy program manager as directed by the chief of NTO. The NTO CPP will serve in many key roles in the care of oncology patients as a highly trained expert functioning with a scope of practice.

• The primary role of the Oncology CPP is to serve as a core member of the oncology team, providing direct patient care serving their patients through the provision of oncology pharmacy services. Provides care based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients served in the assigned areas (i.e. adult and geriatric populations) Delivers care through a team or consult based approach Provides expert guidance to the oncology team in regard to treatment selection, comprehensive treatment plan review, supportive care, and assistance with monitoring for safety and efficacy of the prescribed treatment. This may include toxicity checks, oral anticancer therapy management, medication reconciliation, management of benign hematology treatment, E-Consults, and enrollment and evaluation for REMS programs Collaborates closely with the spoke site pharmacy teams to ensure safe and timely delivery of anticancer therapy Uses clinical screening tools to evaluate and assess patients Serves as an authoritative information source on drugs and their utilization in therapy Evaluates the drug literature by analysis of experimental design and evaluation, in order to compare and contrast therapeutic regimens and roles for new drugs as it applies to patient care Evaluates prescribed drug therapy and communicates daily to physicians/pharmacists for appropriateness, effectiveness, cost-benefit, adverse drug reactions, allergies, and disease states Appropriately renders care to patients in Oncology Clinic and other clinics where oncology or hematology products are prepared Assures that all cumulative doses of patients receiving bleomycin or anthracyclines are tracked to assure patient safety Acts as a provider with specialty training in oncology with a scope of practice, providing expertise to providers, pharmacists, nursing, and other disciplines as appropriate Assists in developing ordering templates for all chemotherapeutic regimens Designs and/or participates in research studies (including drug utilization evaluations) with the Oncology and/or physicians Designs dosage regimens from current pharmacokinetics principles and specific patient parameters, effectively communicates recommendations to the patient's provider, and documents activity in the patient's medical record Designs a therapeutic regimen or plan based on patient specific information that includes establishing a therapeutic endpoint, selecting an appropriate drug and related therapy, and establishing an appropriate dosage regimen and monitoring parameters Provides consultation on selection of appropriate dosage regimens as follow-up when non- therapeutic drug levels are obtained for patients Establish and maintain processes and standards for virtual oncology, pharmacy including chemotherapy ordering Participates in the development and enforcement of Oncology Pharmacy, PBM, TeleOncology and Oncology Program Office policies and procedures as requested Attends Oncology Program Office and TeleOncology service meetings Provides suggestions for improving overall efficiency and effectiveness of pharmacy operations within TeleOncology Serves as a subject matter expert in the Oncology Program Office through intraoffice collaboration on pharmacy aspects of the Offices programs, projects and policies Responsible for training clinical pharmacy practitioners and technicians joining the National TeleOncology Program in operations Serves as a preceptor to pharmacy residents and pharmacy students during rotations Additional duties as assigned Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm (subject to change based on the needs of the service) Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Not Available Remote: This is a remote position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized