Supervisory Pharmacist (Informatics)
- Employer
- National Institutes of Health
- Location
- Bethesda, Maryland
- Salary
- salary ranges from $139,395 to $181,216 per year.
- Closing date
- Aug 15, 2024
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- Position Type
- Clinical Pharmacist
- Specialty Area
- Informatics
- Work Setting
- Health System
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center
GS-0660-14–Supervisory Pharmacist (Informatics)
Are you an innovative, energetic, Pharmacist bored with the daily grind of traditional pharmacy roles? Do you daydream about a career that inspires you and where you can make a difference? Are you looking for a new leadership challenge in a place where what you do each day impacts millions of lives? If this sounds like you, the National Institutes of Health’s Pharmacy Informatics Program is looking for you. What we do here changes the world! The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC) Pharmacy is seeking a highly motivated Informatics Pharmacy Supervisor, providing pharmaceutical care and research support for the patients and study participants enrolled in the NIH Intramural Research program in our 200-bed federal research hospital. The NIH Clinical Center is the research hospital on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, MD, where the NIH scientists and volunteer patients partner to create new medical innovations. Some of the Clinical Center’s numerous successes include pioneering the cure of cancerous solid tumors with chemotherapy; the use of nitroglycerin to treat heart attacks; identifying a genetic component in schizophrenia; conducting the first successful replacement of a mitral valve to treat heart disease; creating blood tests to identify both Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and hepatitis; and contributing to the development of mRNA vaccine technology. These and innumerable other research advances originating from the Clinical Center are now standard practice in medical and pharmaceutical care throughout the world. The rapid translation of scientific observations and laboratory discoveries into new approaches for diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease has improved and saved countless lives. The 200-bed Clinical Center has been the leader in “bench-to-bedside” medicine and is the largest hospital in the world dedicated exclusively to research. About 1,600 clinical research studies are underway at the Clinical Center, including protocols focused on cancer, infectious diseases, blood disorders, heart disease, lung disease, alcoholism, and drug abuse. The Supervisory Pharmacist (Informatics) serves in the Pharmacy Business Management Service Section. Pharmacy Business Management services provide supply chain management services in support of a robust and secure medication-delivery infrastructure, business process engineering services in support of pharmacy workflow and processes, and informatics and technology services to support the integration of informatics and technology into the medication-use process. The primary purpose of the Supervisory Pharmacist (Informatics) is to provide leadership and direction in the planning, evaluation, and implementation for internal and external state-of-the-art, Clinical Center-wide, pharmaceutical technologies to promote safe medication use. The incumbent supervises Pharmacists (Informatics) who analyze, maintain, and support the various Clinical Center Pharmacy systems and interfaces through communication and collaboration with the IT and ancillary departments to promote safe, accurate, and efficient prescription dispensing and administration of medication in the Clinical Center. For this position, the highly desired candidate will also have post-graduate residency training and/or at least 3-5 years of pharmacy informatics experience. The position is in the Business Services Section of the Pharmacy Department, CC. The selected candidate will join in on an incredible multidisciplinary team practicing in an environment of progressive, integrated pharmaceutical services. The Supervisory Informatics Pharmacist position will collaborate with world-renowned physicians and clinician scientists conducting pioneering clinical research as well as providing clinical care for the clinical center. In addition, the selected candidate will serve as a recognized agency expert and program authority to develop new policies and regulations for administering programs or services and new developments to solve problems requiring new approaches. Applicants must be licensed to practice Pharmacy in a State, territory of the U.S., the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and have a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, or meet the minimum educational requirements as described on USAJOBS. The generous benefits package associated with federal employment are also included. The salary ranges from $139,395 to $181,216 per year. For information about the position call Saly Gabriel, PharmD, MBA at (301) 402-7091 or e-mail saly.gabriel@nih.gov. To learn more about the Pharmacy and the NIH, please visit www.cc.nih.gov/phar or the NIH website at www.nih.gov. The NIH CC vacancy announcement for this position contains complete application procedures and lists all mandatory information which you must submit with your application. This announcement will be available from Monday July 29, 2024, until midnight on Friday August 2, 2024. Please visit the USAJOBS website at www.usajobs.gov and search Keyword: Pharmacist; Location: Montgomery County, MD. This position’s announcement number is NIH-CC-DH-24-12474458. All application materials must be received before midnight on Friday, August 2, 2024. |
U.S. Citizenship requirement must be met by the closing date of August 2, 2024.
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Questions on application procedures in USAJOBS may be addressed to the HR Specialist, Javonna Welch, at 301-496-4498 or via e-mail Javonna.welch@nih.gov
HHS and the NIH are Equal Opportunity Employers. Selection for this position will be based solely on merit, without discrimination for non-merit reasons such as race, color, religion, sex, national origin, politics, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental handicap, age or membership, or non-membership in an employee organization. All applicants will be subject to a background investigation.
Diversity, equity, and accessibility (DEIA) is a core competency for the Clinical Center (CC) so candidates should submit a diversity statement describing their commitment to promoting DEIA as evident in a track record of activities within their resume/cover letter. If invited for an interview the candidate will be required to describe their record of promoting diversity and inclusion such as, but not limited to, mentoring individuals from underrepresented groups, participating in mentoring programs as designed to promote diversity, and DEIA-related outreach activities.
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