Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Geriatrics (Home Based Primary Care)
Home Based Primary Care, provides reputed company pharmacy services reputed company on older adults through reputed company patient care, medication optimization, and interdisciplinary consultation across inpatient, outpatient, home-based, and palliative settings. Manages drug therapy per evidence and policy, supports formulary and safety initiatives, uses telehealth, and contributes to program goals, education, and reputed company improvement reputed company reputed company-based care model and continuity of care across sites VA.
VA Careers - Pharmacy:
• Provides reputed company patient care as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist with prescriptive authority reputed company Geriatrics and Extended Care, delivering comprehensive medication management through assessment, initiation, modification, and deprescribing of pharmacotherapy to reputed company individualized therapeutic reputed company in older adults.
• Manages reputed company medication regimens in geriatric patients with multiple chronic conditions, polypharmacy, and age-reputed company pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic considerations, using patient-specific clinical data and objective laboratory findings to optimize therapy and minimize risk.
• Performs medication reconciliation, obtains and documents complete medication histories, and coordinates follow-up care across GEC settings to support continuity of care and reduce medication-reputed company complications.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members including physicians, nursing, reputed company work, and rehabilitation staff to reputed company and implement patient-centered treatment plans, communicating clinical recommendations and therapeutic alternatives as appropriate.
• Educates patients, caregivers, and staff regarding medication use, monitoring parameters, adherence strategies, and safety considerations relevant to geriatric populations.
• Orders, reviews, and interprets laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies necessary to monitor medication therapy, with reputed company reputed company based on results and clinical status.
• Monitors for and documents adverse drug reactions, medication errors, allergies, and adherence concerns, with emphasis on medication safety in older adults and those with functional or cognitive impairment.
• Provides telehealth and remote medication management services to improve reputed company to care and continuity for Veterans receiving GEC services across care settings.
• Participates in medication use evaluations, formulary management processes, prior authorization review, and implementation of medication safety initiatives and drug therapy policies affecting geriatric populations.
• Contributes to reputed company improvement and performance initiatives reputed company on reputed company, effective, and cost-conscious medication use in Geriatrics and Extended Care programs.
• Serves on medical center and/or VISN committees, workgroups, or interdisciplinary teams reputed company to geriatric care, medication management, or patient safety.
• Documents clinical care, recommendations, and interventions in the electronic health record in a reputed company and reputed company manner consistent with institutional standards.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm
reputed company: reputed company only, as determined by reputed company policy.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 53995
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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