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Summary The Cincinnati VA Medical Center is looking for a e pharmacy supervisor for inpatient pharmacy operations, in conjunction with the associate chief, who has oversight responsibilities for the daily operations of the inpatient pharmacy and supervisory duties over the inpatient pharmacy technicians. The pharmacy supervisor for inpatient pharmacy operations is primarily located at the Cincinnati VAMC Vine Street Campus. Responsibilities The Cincinnati VA Medical Center (CVAMC) is a two-division campus located in Cincinnati, OH and Fort Thomas, KY serving 15 counties in Southwest OH, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana with 6 Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Bellevue, KY; Florence, KY; Lawrenceburg, IN; Hamilton, OH; Clermont County, OH, and Georgetown, OH. The CVAMC also supports two off main campus locations in the Cincinnati area via an Eye Center and Mental Health Outreach Community Division. Duties and responsibilities included but not limited to: a. Administration/Supervisor/Leadership- Inpatient Pharmacy Operations: 1. Plans, directs, and controls the comprehensive pharmacy services provided by the inpatient pharmacy. With the inpatient program manager, manages the day-to-day operation of the inpatient pharmacy. Provides direct supervision of technicians assigned to the inpatient section. Supports the associate chief with other administrative functions or projects as assigned. 2. Provides a full range of supervisory duties over staff including but not limited to: assignment of duties, development of performance standards, performance evaluations, employee counseling and low-level disciplinary actions, recommendations for appointments, awards, advancement, or disciplinary action, and interviewing potential employees. 3. Serves as an Acting Associate Chief, Pharmacy Service, when assigned. Provides cross coverage to the Sterile Compounding Program Manager. 4. Obtains, reviews, and tracks work output, productivity, and quality performance measures. Uses this information in strategic planning, performance appraisals, performance awards, or disciplinary action as appropriate. Monitors and maintains appropriate data and prepares reports and correspondence in a complete, accurate, and timely manner. 5. Establishes section goals and objectives consistent with department goals and develops the operational plans and policies to achieve them. Assists other pharmacy leadership in establishing and accomplishing the pharmacy's missions and goals. 6. Approves or disapproves leave requests, formulates work schedules with the lead pharmacy technician and the associate chief, performs timekeeping functions, and ensures appropriate staffing for the work of the section. 7. Ensures compliance with all DEA, FDA, VHA, and VISN regulations and policies and TJC standards. 8. Initiates and demonstrates actions to support Equal Employment Opportunity. 9. Leads ongoing process improvement efforts in the applicable section of pharmacy utilizing system redesign principles. 10. Participates in local, VISN, and/or National workgroups, committees, initiatives, etc. 11. Leads selection panels and makes recommendations to the chief for staffing selections. 12. Develops and maintains intra and interdepartmental relationships to ensure that services provided are consistent with the needs of internal and external customers. 13. Develops and implements policies and procedures to provide safe and efficient care to patients, maintain compliance with all pertinent rules and regulations. 14. Assists with the training, orientation, and ongoing competency of pharmacists, technicians, residents, and students in the Inpatient Pharmacy. 15. Works with associate chief on the development, monitoring, and reporting of quality and process improvements. b. Training/Education: 1. Provides training to pharmacy and non-pharmacy staff and trainees as needed. 2. Assists in precepting pharmacy students and pharmacy residents. 3. Completes all assigned training by the due date. 4. Participates in self-development activities to maintain and improve professional competency. Supervisory Controls related to the position. The employee is administratively accountable to the Inpatient Associate Chief, Pharmacy Service. The incumbent is also accountable to the Chief, Pharmacy Service or their designee, for professional licensure, competency, and continuing education. Customer Services Requirements. a. Relationships with management, co-workers, patients, and the public are consistently courteous, respectful, and cooperative in nature. b. Employee will display a caring, helpful attitude with a willingness to be of assistance in resolving issues of concern. c. Employee will ensure productivity is maintained at the established level for the program for which he/she is responsible. Work Schedule: Supervisor will discuss hours of operation to meet the needs of the facility. Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized. Telework: AD HOC, as determined by the agency policy. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 91588-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probationary period. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Qualifications Basic Requirements: 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.) 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. NOTE: Individuals who have or have had multiple licenses and had any such license revoked for professional misconduct, professional incompetence or substandard care, or who surrendered such license after receiving written notice of potential termination of such license by the State for professional misconduct, professional incompetence, or substandard care, are not eligible for appointment to the position unless such revoked or surrendered license is fully restored (38 U.S.C. § 7402(f)). Effective November 30, 1999, this is a requirement for employment. This requirement does not apply to licensed pharmacists on VA rolls as of that date, provided they maintain continuous appointment and are not disqualified for employment by any subsequent revocations or voluntary surrenders of State license, registration or certification. 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. 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. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Grade Determinations: GS13 (a) Experience. In addition to the GS-12 requirements, must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level. (b) 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. Pharmacy Supervisor. Responsible for the professional and administrative management of an assigned area in pharmacy service, to include budgetary execution. Such individuals have responsibilities for supervising multiple pharmacists and technicians. Manages people, maintains effective interdepartmental relations, and cooperates with other services to accomplish the medical facility's mission and goals. Develops performance standards, assures that the program area is compliant with all regulatory and accrediting body requirements, designs and implements orientation and training programs for staff, and develops and maintains systems to monitor the performance of staff activities. Develops policies and procedures relative to their assigned area. Pharmacists assigned to this position must demonstrate the following KSAs: a. Ability to effectively supervise subordinate staff. b. Ability to communicate orally and in writing to persuade and influence clinical and management decisions. c. Expert understanding of regulatory and quality standards pertaining to pharmacy. d. Skill in managing people or programs Preferred Experience: Inpatient operations experience, supervisory experience. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is a 13. Physical Requirements: Work requires moderate lifting, walking, bending, stooping, sitting, pushing, and pulling. May require long periods of standing. Education Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. Additional Information Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed. 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