PHARMACIST 3/WAE

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PHARMACIST 3/WAE

Salary

$7,682.00 - $13,825.00 Monthly

Location

Jennings, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

SWLVH-64-2024

Department

DVA-SW LA Veterans Home

Opening Date

12/10/2024

Closing Date

12/15/2024 11:59 PM Central

• Description

• Benefits

• Questions

Supplemental Information

The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs is an Equal Opportunity Employer and State as a Model Employer (SAME) to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

The mission of the Louisiana Veterans Home is to primarily serve the Veterans’ population of Louisiana through the provision of medical, restorative, and rehabilitative service in an atmosphere of respect and compassion. The primary objective of the home is to provide quality nursing care to eligible veterans with the ultimate goal of returning the veterans to the highest possible levels of physical and mental capacity.

This position is located in the Pharmacy Department of the SW Louisiana Veterans Home in Jennings, Louisiana.

WAE/PRN appointment is available. The Pharmacist 3 position has a minimum pay rate of

$44.32 depending upon experience.

Testing Information:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

• Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *

  There is no guarantee that all applicants will be interviewed. The hiring manager has 90 days from the closing date of the announcement to make a hiring decision. Should you be selected for an interview, you will be notified by the contact information listed on your application.

  For further information about this vacancy contact:

  Charmaine Regan, Brand Deshotel, or Maria Cooper

  charmaine.regan@la.gov

  brandy.deshotel@la.gov

  maria.cooper@la.gov

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice pharmacy plus two years of experience as a licensed pharmacist.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

A master's degree in pharmacy will substitute for one year of the required experience.

A doctorate in pharmacy will substitute for the two years of required experience.

Completion of an accredited pharmacy residency program will substitute for the two years of required experience.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To perform professional level pharmacy tasks.

Level of Work:

Advanced.

Supervision Received:

General from a Pharmacist 4 or other high-level health care personnel.

Supervision Exercised:

May exercise functional supervision over pharmacist interns and lower-level pharmacy support personnel.

Location of Work:

May be used by all state agencies.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from the Pharmacist 2 by the presence of advanced duties and/or lead-worker responsibilities.

Differs from Pharmacist 4 by the absence of supervisory duties.

Differs from Pharmacist 5-A by the absence of serving as a pharmacist-in-charge.

Examples of Work

Dispense drugs to wards, clinics, and clients using proper pharmacy procedure.

Assure the monitoring and evaluation, with medical staff input, of the quality and appropriateness of patient services provided by the pharmaceutical department or service.

Prepare IV piggybacks, large volume parental, chemotherapy solutions, and parental nutrition hyperalimentation solutions.

Participate in patient care rounds to provide drug information regarding therapeutics and medical problems or questions.

Assist in instructing and training staff Pharmacists, residents, and medical and other health care students in therapeutics and clinical pharmacy functions.

Participate in aspects of hospital quality assurance program relating to drug utilization and effectiveness.

Provide drug monitoring services which may include monitoring pharmacokinetic drug levels.

Instruct patient or appropriate nursing staff personnel who advise patient, verbally or in writing, on importance, correct use, and possible side effects of medication to be taken following discharge, in accordance with physician's instructions or written medical staff policy.

Reviews patient's drug regimen for potential interaction, interferences, or incompatibilities prior to dispensing drugs to patient, resolves irregularities with prescribing physician, and notifies nursing service and hospital administration when appropriate.

Collect information in the pharmaceutical department/service, or through hospital quality assurance program, concerning aspects of pharmaceutical services.

Assess data to identify problems in patient care and opportunities to improve care.

Determine usage patterns for drugs according to clinical department or individual prescribers and assists in setting drug use criteria.

Communicate new product information to nursing service and other hospital personnel, as required.

Participate in meetings of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee and implements decisions of that committee.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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  Do you possess a current Louisiana license to practice pharmacy?

• Yes

• No

  02

  If yes, please list the license number, original issue date, and expiration date of your license. If no, please type "N/A".

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State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

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