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GENERAL INFORMATION
- Location:
- Pine Ridge, SD
- Salary:
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BENEFITS:
You may participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program, with costs shared with your employer. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#FEHB.
Life insurance coverage is p- Date posted:
- Feb 01 2010
- Date expires:
- Open Until Filled
EMPLOYER
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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must follow the instructions listed on the 'How to Apply' tab. This
vacancy requires that you submit responses to a questionnaire. If
you do not submit this information by the closing date of the
announcement, you will not be considered. Please check 'How to
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absolute preference to qualified Indian applicants and employees who
are qualified and suitable for Federal employment. The Indian
Health Service (IHS) by law is committed to affording employment
preference to American Indian and Alaska Native candidates who meet
the Secretary of the Interior's definition of Indian for appointment
to vacancies within the IHS in accordance with established IHS
policy as outlined in the Indian Health Manual Part 7, Chapter 3.
In other than the above, the Indian Health Service is an Equal
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KEY REQUIREMENTS:
U.S. Citizenship
Licensure, Certification, or Registration required.
Federal employees must achieve time in grade to qualify
Must pass pre-employment examination.
Background and/or Security Investigation required.
Back to top Duties
Additional Duty Location Info:
1 vacancy - Pine Ridge, South Dakota
The incumbent dispenses drugs, maintains controls and security of narcotics and other controlled substances. Monitors drug therapy for interactions, adverse effects and therapeutic efficacy. Provides consultation to Medical, Dental, and Nursing staff. Provides primary patient care where guideline have been developed; exercises clinical judgment in management of chronic care patients, procedures, and care plans in health records.
Back to top Qualifications and Evaluations
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
GS-9 : Successful completion of a 5-year course of study leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in pharmacy from an approved pharmacy school, or 1 year of professional pharmacy experience equivalent to at least GS-7.
GS-11: Successful completion of a 6-year course of study leading to a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree; 1 year of professional pharmacy experience equivalent to at least GS-09.
Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is defined as work involved in compounding prescriptions, and formulating, preparing, bulk compounding, selecting, dispensing, and preserving drugs, medicine, and chemicals. Advising on drug therapy and usage in a hospital, clinic or a facility in the pharmaceutical industry.
MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must be able to distinguish basic colors.
Education: Four-year bachelor's degree in pharmacy recognized by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education.
Licensure: All applicants must be licensed to practice pharmacy in a State, territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
You must be a U.S. citizen to qualify for this position.
You must have a certification, licensure, or registration credentials in License to practice Pharmacy for this position. In some cases, these may be substituted for experience and education.
You will need to successfully complete a background security investigation before you can be appointed into this position.
You must meet time-in-grade restrictions by the closing date of this announcement.
You will be required to make occasional travel.
Applicants for this position must pass a pre-employment medical examination.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
You will be evaluated to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications required; and on the extent to which your application shows that you possess the knowledges, skills, and abilities associated with this position as defined below. When describing your knowledges, skills, and abilities, please be sure to give examples and explain how often you used these skills, the complexity of the knowledge you possessed, the level of the people you interacted with, the sensitivity of the issues you handled, etc.
1. Ability to develop, interpret, monitor and enforce standards for pharmacy.
2. Ability to provide consultation in the pharmacy area to other program areas.
3. Ability to work directly with administrative and professional staff.
4. Knowledge of the issues, trends, research and developments in the field of pharmacy.
5. Ability to establish objectives for the pharmacy services program, plan work, set priorities and analyze resources and needs.