VISN Pharmacy Executive
The incumbent will ensure the VHA and Network mission is met while operating in accordance with Veterans Health Administration (VHA) policies, Network policies, and standards of federal, state, professional, and accrediting agencies external to VHA. Incumbent will assist, mentor and coach facilities to anticipate and meet the pharmaceutical and regulatory needs of their customers in a proactive manner. The principal duties of the position will consist of, but are not limited to:
- .Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) includes monitoring and trending all operational aspects of pharmacy including pharmaceutical costs and workload at all sites, Consolidated Mail-Out Pharmacy (CMOP) utilization, national and VISN level pharmaceutical contract compliance, State Veteran Home Agreements, and pharmacological treatment guideline implementation. - serves as the Chairperson for the VISN 17 P&T Committee and as such serves as the Network liaison to the VA National Formulary Committee. - Provides the committee with guidance in making drug selections, which will provide clinicians with the drug selection necessary for appropriate drug therapy for all Veterans in the Network. - incumbent is responsible for direction of VISN wide Academic Detailing Program to achieve performance measures and contract goals in a global and time-efficient manner. - provides guidance to the Network and Medical Center management in pharmaceutical utilization and cost in support of all clinical programs and pharmacy programs such as drug information/patient education, Academic Detailing, pharmacokinetic dosing, anticoagulation, chronic disease management and other Ambulatory Care pharmacist clinics; and in support of Network Clinical Services. - Provides consultations to Network and facility management concerning outpatient and inpatient pharmacy manual and automated distribution systems, CMOP utilization to assure pharmaceutical services are provided in the most efficient and effective manner. - serves as a professional and technical consultant to the VISN 17 office, VISN 17 P&T Committee, VISN 17 Health Systems Board and Executive Leadership Committee, VISN 17 Local Pharmacy Managers, and the State Veterans Home Advisory Board. - develops and coordinates implementation of Network wide effective and efficient policies and procedures that will assure that Veterans will receive consistent high quality pharmaceutical services with positive outcomes at all Network facilities. - responsible for developing and maintaining pharmacy related databases to monitor drug usage and provide guidance and recommendations to the Network and Facility Management and the P&T and PMAW Committee. - provides professional guidance to Network and Medical Centers management concerning pharmacy budgets, equipment, space, construction, and staffing requirements. - facilitates pharmaceutical research efforts in all Network facilities. - provides guidance and recommendations on pharmacy education; facility pharmacy residency programs and oversees VISN 17second year residency in Pharmacy Outcomes and Healthcare Analytics. Work Schedule:
Monday - Friday, 8:
00 a.m. to 4:
30 p.m. Financial Disclosure Report:
Required 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 (1) 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.) (2) 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). 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. (1) Exception. Non-licensed pharmacists who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements may be given a temporary appointment at the entry level as a Graduate Pharmacist under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405(c)(2)(B). The appointing official may waive the requirement of licensure for a period not to exceed 2 years for a pharmacist that provides care under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. For grade levels above the GS-11, the candidate must be licensed. (2) Failure to Obtain License. In all cases, pharmacists must actively pursue meeting state prerequisites for licensure starting from the date of their appointment. At the time of appointment, the supervisor will provide the unlicensed pharmacist with the written requirement to obtain licensure, the date by which the license must be acquired, and the consequences for not becoming licensed by the deadline. Failure to become licensed within 2 years from date of appointment will result in removal from the GS-0660 Pharmacist series and may result in termination of employment. Grandfathering Provision. All licensed pharmacists employed in VHA in this occupation on the effective date of this qualification standard are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive education and licensure/certification/registration that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation. Physical Requirements. See VA Directive and Handbook 5019. Grade Determinations:
In addition to the basic requirements for employment in paragraph 2, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates GS-15 (a) Experience. In addition to the GS-14 requirements, must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level. (b) Grade Level Criteria. At the GS-15 level, Chiefs of Pharmacy must meet the following:
1. Individuals are assigned as Chiefs of Pharmacy at Complexity Level 1a, 1b or 1c VHA facilities; or 2. Individuals are assigned as Chief of Pharmacy at Complexity Levels 2 or 3 and must meet the criteria noted in 2a and b below. a. Must meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Manages a complex medical center based pharmacy program that is defined as having multiple practice settings (e.g. hospital ambulatory care, long-term care, behavior health care) that require Joint Commission review as separate standards. (2) In addition to the medical center pharmacy, has responsibility for pharmacy services at one or more of the following:
CBOCs, Rural Health Program, domiciliary, or provides dispensing and/or clinical services to State Veterans Home. (3) Presence of advanced clinical pharmacy programs that include pharmacist(s) that have approved scopes of practice with prescriptive privileges. (4) Pharmacy provides clinical pharmacist services to three (3) or more specialty areas such as, but not limited to, hemodialysis, oncology, operating room or an emergency department. b. In addition to the requirements listed in 2a above, must meet at least two of the following:
(1) An ASHP Accredited Pharmacy Residency Program. (2) A Research Program that is accredited by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP). (3) Actively involved in committees or advisory/work groups at the VISN and/or National level. (4) An ongoing pharmacy student rotation in both the intermediate and advanced practice experience settings. (c) Assignments. Candidates at this grade level are to be in one of the assignments listed below. For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher level duties must consist of significant scope, administrative independence, complexity (difficulty) and range of variety as described in this standard at the specified grade level and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time. Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) Pharmacist Executive (VPE). VPEs are program managers responsible for the administration and management of Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) Services for an entire network. Serves on the National Formulary Committee and makes decisions on the structure and content of the National Formulary. Serves as an advisor to VACO for development of PBM policy. Assignment may be collateral duty or a separate position within the VISN. Serves as the network pharmacy lead on all aspects of facility pharmacy operations within a network, including new pharmacy construction, pharmacy physical requirements, inpatient, outpatient and controlled substance distribution models used, as well as all pharmacy processes including drug research, clinical pharmacy practice, pharmacy automation, adverse drug event reporting, drug recalls, and related pharmacy issues. Serves as the point of contact for VISN pharmacy contracts, including diabetes test strip selection, first/urgent fill pharmacy contract and Veteran State Home Contracts/Agreements. Responsible for oversight of the total network drug and CMOP budget. Reports to the Network Director or designee but works closely with the VISN Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and/or other VISN level clinical positions in areas involving pharmacy services. References:
Qualification standards for this position may be found in VA Handbook 5005, Part II, appendix G15. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-15. Physical Requirements:
Work is generally sedentary, but requires standing, walking, bending, stooping, and reaching for objects when conducting Health Care System on-site evaluations.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
- .Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) includes monitoring and trending all operational aspects of pharmacy including pharmaceutical costs and workload at all sites, Consolidated Mail-Out Pharmacy (CMOP) utilization, national and VISN level pharmaceutical contract compliance, State Veteran Home Agreements, and pharmacological treatment guideline implementation. - serves as the Chairperson for the VISN 17 P&T Committee and as such serves as the Network liaison to the VA National Formulary Committee. - Provides the committee with guidance in making drug selections, which will provide clinicians with the drug selection necessary for appropriate drug therapy for all Veterans in the Network. - incumbent is responsible for direction of VISN wide Academic Detailing Program to achieve performance measures and contract goals in a global and time-efficient manner. - provides guidance to the Network and Medical Center management in pharmaceutical utilization and cost in support of all clinical programs and pharmacy programs such as drug information/patient education, Academic Detailing, pharmacokinetic dosing, anticoagulation, chronic disease management and other Ambulatory Care pharmacist clinics; and in support of Network Clinical Services. - Provides consultations to Network and facility management concerning outpatient and inpatient pharmacy manual and automated distribution systems, CMOP utilization to assure pharmaceutical services are provided in the most efficient and effective manner. - serves as a professional and technical consultant to the VISN 17 office, VISN 17 P&T Committee, VISN 17 Health Systems Board and Executive Leadership Committee, VISN 17 Local Pharmacy Managers, and the State Veterans Home Advisory Board. - develops and coordinates implementation of Network wide effective and efficient policies and procedures that will assure that Veterans will receive consistent high quality pharmaceutical services with positive outcomes at all Network facilities. - responsible for developing and maintaining pharmacy related databases to monitor drug usage and provide guidance and recommendations to the Network and Facility Management and the P&T and PMAW Committee. - provides professional guidance to Network and Medical Centers management concerning pharmacy budgets, equipment, space, construction, and staffing requirements. - facilitates pharmaceutical research efforts in all Network facilities. - provides guidance and recommendations on pharmacy education; facility pharmacy residency programs and oversees VISN 17second year residency in Pharmacy Outcomes and Healthcare Analytics. Work Schedule:
Monday - Friday, 8:
00 a.m. to 4:
30 p.m. Financial Disclosure Report:
Required 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 (1) 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.) (2) 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). 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. (1) Exception. Non-licensed pharmacists who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements may be given a temporary appointment at the entry level as a Graduate Pharmacist under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405(c)(2)(B). The appointing official may waive the requirement of licensure for a period not to exceed 2 years for a pharmacist that provides care under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. For grade levels above the GS-11, the candidate must be licensed. (2) Failure to Obtain License. In all cases, pharmacists must actively pursue meeting state prerequisites for licensure starting from the date of their appointment. At the time of appointment, the supervisor will provide the unlicensed pharmacist with the written requirement to obtain licensure, the date by which the license must be acquired, and the consequences for not becoming licensed by the deadline. Failure to become licensed within 2 years from date of appointment will result in removal from the GS-0660 Pharmacist series and may result in termination of employment. Grandfathering Provision. All licensed pharmacists employed in VHA in this occupation on the effective date of this qualification standard are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive education and licensure/certification/registration that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation. Physical Requirements. See VA Directive and Handbook 5019. Grade Determinations:
In addition to the basic requirements for employment in paragraph 2, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates GS-15 (a) Experience. In addition to the GS-14 requirements, must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level. (b) Grade Level Criteria. At the GS-15 level, Chiefs of Pharmacy must meet the following:
1. Individuals are assigned as Chiefs of Pharmacy at Complexity Level 1a, 1b or 1c VHA facilities; or 2. Individuals are assigned as Chief of Pharmacy at Complexity Levels 2 or 3 and must meet the criteria noted in 2a and b below. a. Must meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Manages a complex medical center based pharmacy program that is defined as having multiple practice settings (e.g. hospital ambulatory care, long-term care, behavior health care) that require Joint Commission review as separate standards. (2) In addition to the medical center pharmacy, has responsibility for pharmacy services at one or more of the following:
CBOCs, Rural Health Program, domiciliary, or provides dispensing and/or clinical services to State Veterans Home. (3) Presence of advanced clinical pharmacy programs that include pharmacist(s) that have approved scopes of practice with prescriptive privileges. (4) Pharmacy provides clinical pharmacist services to three (3) or more specialty areas such as, but not limited to, hemodialysis, oncology, operating room or an emergency department. b. In addition to the requirements listed in 2a above, must meet at least two of the following:
(1) An ASHP Accredited Pharmacy Residency Program. (2) A Research Program that is accredited by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP). (3) Actively involved in committees or advisory/work groups at the VISN and/or National level. (4) An ongoing pharmacy student rotation in both the intermediate and advanced practice experience settings. (c) Assignments. Candidates at this grade level are to be in one of the assignments listed below. For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher level duties must consist of significant scope, administrative independence, complexity (difficulty) and range of variety as described in this standard at the specified grade level and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time. Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) Pharmacist Executive (VPE). VPEs are program managers responsible for the administration and management of Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) Services for an entire network. Serves on the National Formulary Committee and makes decisions on the structure and content of the National Formulary. Serves as an advisor to VACO for development of PBM policy. Assignment may be collateral duty or a separate position within the VISN. Serves as the network pharmacy lead on all aspects of facility pharmacy operations within a network, including new pharmacy construction, pharmacy physical requirements, inpatient, outpatient and controlled substance distribution models used, as well as all pharmacy processes including drug research, clinical pharmacy practice, pharmacy automation, adverse drug event reporting, drug recalls, and related pharmacy issues. Serves as the point of contact for VISN pharmacy contracts, including diabetes test strip selection, first/urgent fill pharmacy contract and Veteran State Home Contracts/Agreements. Responsible for oversight of the total network drug and CMOP budget. Reports to the Network Director or designee but works closely with the VISN Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and/or other VISN level clinical positions in areas involving pharmacy services. References:
Qualification standards for this position may be found in VA Handbook 5005, Part II, appendix G15. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-15. Physical Requirements:
Work is generally sedentary, but requires standing, walking, bending, stooping, and reaching for objects when conducting Health Care System on-site evaluations.
- Department:
0660 Pharmacist - Salary Range:
$158,581 to $170,800 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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