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The Cincinnati VA Medical Center is looking for a Resident-Student Coordinator/Clinical Pharmacy Provider (CPP) who is responsible for the overall coordination of the pharmacy student programs at the Cincinnati VAMC, supporting the RPD and maintaining a practice as a clinical pharmacy specialist. The employee will also coordinate education programs for Pharmacy Students and assist with Pharmacy Staff and preceptor training and development. 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: Clinical * Evaluates a wide variety of patients assigned to the PACT and home-based primary care (HBPC) teams and in specialty clinics, makes appropriate recommendations on drug therapy; assesses for efficacy and toxicity, and develops pharmaceutical care plans, including establishment of outcome goals. * Develops, implements and maintains Clinical Pharmacy Clinics as part of PACT, HBPC, and/or specialty clinics as assigned to ensure timely follow-up for patients. * Serves as a liaison between Pharmacy Service and assigned clinical areas. * Works with patients who have been identified as having compliance/adherence issues with their medications by conducting encounters, assessing barriers to compliance, and identifying and educating on ways to improve compliance. * Works directly with assigned teams to help ensure continuity of care for patients leaving the hospital. Ensures timely completion of pharmacy chart reviews that assess safety and efficacy of medications for HBPC teams as assigned. * Provides timely and accurate drug information to assist providers and other medical staff with the development of therapeutic plans and medication issues. * Participates in the focused and ongoing professional practice (FPPE & OPPE) evaluation process. Program Coordination for Student/Residents Residency Support: * Supports the RPD in various duties, including the possibility of residency recruitment, application review, and interview/selection processes, as well as organization of resident-student combined tasks (such as precepting rotations, education, etc). * Coordinates the orientation process for the new residents. * Coordinates the end of year residency retreat including current PGY1 residents and preceptors in order to review the program. Student Coordination: * Ensures that all pharmacists involved in the precepting of pharmacy students at the Cincinnati VAMC receive initial and ongoing training to ensure their competency in effectively carrying out the duties and responsibilities of being a preceptor. * Establishes or oversees a mutually agreeable student rotation schedule with all pharmacy student preceptors annually. * Communicates or oversees communication with each affiliated college of pharmacy to schedule pharmacy student rotations. * Coordinates with pharmacy administration to ensure that all students complete all the required training and security checks prior to starting the student rotation. * Coordinates or oversees coordination with Education Service to ensure all students coming to pharmacy are documented and have completed all the necessary paperwork (surveys, etc.) * Coordinates or oversees coordination of Cincinnati VAMC preceptor responsibilities at affiliated colleges of pharmacy. * Coordinates the training activities for all preceptors and preceptors in training and ensures training is documented. * Plans, develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates regular formal and informal preceptor development training and education of pharmacists, PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residents, and pharmacy students. * Coordinates specialized pharmacotherapeutic education and training to pharmacy residents. * Facilitates joint Residency Advisory Committee (RAC) meetings. * Coordinates and manages continued review and updating of the PGY1/PGY2 Residency Manual. Education/Research: * Assesses and provides for educational needs of the patient and family to help ensure that pharmaceutical outcome goals are met. * Provides patients and families with education on necessary lifestyles, preventive medicine and wellness issues to help achieve outcome goals. * Provides educational programs to pharmacy and non-pharmacy staff and trainees. * Serves as a primary clinical preceptor for pharmacy students and pharmacy residents. * Plans, develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates regular formal and informal preceptor development training and education of pharmacists, and PGY2 pharmacy residents, and pharmacy students. * Designs and/or participates in research activities involving drug therapy or outcome measures. * Completes all assigned training by the due date. * Participates in self-development activities to maintain and improve professional competency. Work Schedule: Monday -Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Telework: AD-HOC, per agency policy discretion. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 93500-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.