[Hiring] Informatics Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner @Durham VA Medical Center

Role Description

The Informatics Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner serves as a lead informatics resource for the National Telepharmacogenomics Program (NTPGx) and the broader National Pharmacogenomics Program (NPP), functioning at the highest level of clinical informatics practice. This is a national program position supporting NPP sites and veterans located across the VA system. This position optimizes the effectiveness of precision medicine initiatives and systems management in alignment with the VHA mission.

The incumbent is responsible for complying with all terms of their applicable telework or remote work agreement, including any requirements related to duty station, equipment, availability, and periodic reporting to a VA facility if required. The increasing complexity and scope of NPP's work requires advanced, creatively applied skills in data visualization, automation, data warehousing, and application development, alongside strong coordination, prioritization, and troubleshooting ability.

Responsibilities

• Clinical Pharmacogenomics Practice (~20%):
  • Provide expert clinical pharmacogenomic review and interpretation of PGx test results for veterans across VA, including both asynchronous and synchronous clinical encounters.
  • Conduct population health work to monitor, optimize, and drive outcome-based results for veterans and the NPP.
  • Serve as a clinical subject matter expert supporting provider and facility-level PGx consultation, mentorship, and education.
• Technology, and Informatics/Data, Program Management (~80%):
  • Perform core informatics functions: application support, business architecture management, enterprise data management, content management, system optimization, change management, requirements management, and partnership management.
  • Serve as the National Telepharmacogenomics (NTPGx) lead Informatacist in collaboration with the National Pharmacogenomics program.
  • Evaluate clinical computing systems and analyze the effect of interventions on health outcomes.
  • Enable healthcare capabilities and the evolution of technology adjoined to the EHR.
  • Design, modify, and support management information systems and databases.
  • Develop and maintain interactive dashboards and visualizations using Power BI, Power BI Report Builder, SSRS, SSAS, and/or DAX-based modeling.
  • Utilize SQL and potentially other programming and modeling languages for data extraction, transformation, and loading.
  • Measure data accuracy, completeness, consistency, computability, and timeliness.
  • Develop and maintain data dictionaries and metadata repositories.
  • Communicate and collaborate with team members, act autonomously, be adaptable/flexible, serve as a leader, and innovate.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Full, current and unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in a State, Territory, Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
• May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation.

Requirements

• Experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) is required.
• Licensed pharmacist with at least one year of documented direct patient care experience in a clinical pharmacy practice.
• Demonstrate formal training in pharmacogenomics or active clinical PGx practice.
• At least one year of hands-on clinical informatics experience, completion of an informatics-focused residency or fellowship, or equivalent experience.

Benefits

• Not Authorized for Relocation/Recruitment Incentives.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) is Not Authorized.

Company Description

This is a virtual position.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

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Physical demands are limited to those required to work at a computer workstation.