Clarification from the agency

This vacancy is opened to U.S. Citizens and other federal employees. Applicants that are internal to Durham VA Healthcare System are required to apply to the following internal announcement: CBTA-13068939-26-JG NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position.

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Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• The incumbent is responsible for complying with all terms of their applicable telework or remote work agreement, including any requirements related to duty station, equipment, availability, and periodic reporting to a VA facility if required. This position optimizes the effectiveness of precision medicine initiatives and systems management in alignment with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) mission, specifically as it relates to pharmacogenomics and other precision medicine approaches.
• At a minimum, the incumbent will perform the following eight core informatics functions: application support, business architecture management, enterprise data management, content management, system optimization, change management, requirements management, and partnership management.
• Clinical Pharmacogenomics Practice (20%)
  • Provide expert clinical pharmacogenomic review and interpretation of PGx test results for veterans across NTPGx sites, including both asynchronous and synchronous (eConsult and telehealth) encounters.
  • Conduct population health safety monitoring for high, and as tools and capacity allow, moderate priority drug-gene interactions, applying pharmacogenomic, therapeutic, and outcomes literature to identify veterans at risk and recommend interventions.
  • Serve as a clinical subject matter expert supporting provider and facility-level PGx consultation, mentorship, and education.
• Technology, Informatics/Data, Program Management (80%)
  • Evaluate clinical computing systems and analyze the effect of interventions on health outcomes.
  • Enable healthcare capabilities and the evolution of technology adjoined to the EHR (e.g., CPRS/VistA and, as sites transition, Oracle Cerner) to deliver quality care by developing, implementing, monitoring, maintaining, and optimizing informatics tools and access to them.
  • Responsible for designing, modifying, and supporting management information systems and databases in a manner that will support and promote planning and implementation for clinical/pharmacy programs.
  • Develop and maintain interactive dashboards and visualizations using Power BI, Power BI Report Builder, SSRS, SSAS, and DAX-based modeling to track key performance indicators (e.g., PGx testing rates, turnaround times, drug-gene interaction alert volume, result note accuracy and timeliness) and provide actionable insights to stakeholders across NPP, including but not limited to NTPGx.
  • Utilize SQL and other programming and modeling languages, including but not limited to Python, R, JavaScript, and DAX, to extract, transform, and load data from various sources, including the Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW), for use in reporting, analytics, and clinical informatics workflows.
  • Use automated and manual methods to measure data accuracy, completeness, consistency, computability, and timeliness, with the goal of maintaining data integrity and improving the overall quality of clinical and operational data, including data that feeds directly into veteran care notes and provider result reporting.
  • Execute the entire standards lifecycle from problem definition to solution development and eventual retirement. The preponderance of standards management effort in support of Enterprise Data Management is devoted to operational implementation and maintenance of data standards in HIT systems for the collection, analysis, and exchange of data.
  • Develop and maintain data dictionaries and metadata repositories to facilitate data understanding and reuse.
  • Proven ability to communicate and collaborate with team members (e.g., the Data Informatics Team) to achieve milestones and effectively convey progress to both internal and external stakeholders.

Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday
Telework: Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Informaticist National Pharmacogenomics Program GS-0660-13
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the 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.
• 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 identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

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.
• 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.

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: Experience. In addition to the GS-12 requirements, must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level.

Preferred Experience: Licensed pharmacist with at least one year of documented direct patient care experience in a clinical pharmacy practice, including patient assessment, clinical chart review, medication therapy management, and initiation, modification, monitoring, or discontinuation of medication therapy under an authorized/advanced scope of practice, care coordination agreement, collaborative practice agreement, or equivalent clinical practice model. Experience limited primarily to dispensing, order verification, medication distribution, operational coverage, or inpatient or outpatient staffing does not satisfy this preferred experience. Seeking applicants who demonstrate formal training in pharmacogenomics or active clinical PGx practice, including interpretation of patient-specific PGx results and development or communication of medication recommendations.

Also seeking applicants who demonstrate at least one year of hands-on clinical informatics experience, completion of an informatics-focused residency or fellowship, or equivalent experience designing, building, implementing, maintaining, or optimizing: clinical data extraction, transformation, and modeling (e.g., SQL, Excel Power Query, DAX, or Python); dashboards and reports (e.g., Power BI, Power BI Report Builder, or Pyramid); workflow and application automation (e.g., Power Automate, Power Apps, SharePoint, or other Microsoft 365 tools); and clinical decision support or population-health safety monitoring tools (e.g., medication alerts, patient registries, or automated identification of high-risk drug-gene interactions).


Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-13.

Physical Requirements: This position involves typical office work. Physical demands are limited to those required to work at a computer workstation, including extended periods of sitting or standing, use of a keyboard and monitor(s), and other tasks common to a standard office environment.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your application, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following Competencies for this position:

• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Flexibility
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Learning
• Reasoning
• Self-Management
• Stress Tolerance
• Teamwork

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.