- Position Title
- Clinical Pharmacist
- Agency
- Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBST-10851379-20-AYC Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Tuesday, June 30, 2020 to Wednesday, July 22, 2020
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you currently employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
3.
Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
4.
Are you a current permanent Federal employee from an agency other than Department of Veterans Affairs?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form.
Assessment 1
BASIC REQUIREMENTS: This section evaluates if you meet the basic requirements for the position and if you can demonstrate the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of this position. For each question below, answer yes or no.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
Citizenship:
Are you a citizen of the United States (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3g, this part.)?
Are you a citizen of the United States (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3g, this part.)?
2.
Education:
Do you possess either one of the following degrees:
(a) A baccalaureate degree in pharmacy (BS Pharmacy) and/or a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from a School of Pharmacy or a college accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) OR
(b) a foreign pharmacy degree?
You must provide a copy of your transcript documenting receipt of one of the above degrees to qualify unless applying under grandfathering provision. Review required additional documentation for foreign pharmacy degrees.
Grandfathering Provision. All persons employed in VHA as a licensed pharmacist as of June 7, 2012, are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series, and grade held, including positive education, and registration and/or certification that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation. For employees who do not meet all the basic requirements in this standard, but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed, may be reassigned, promoted up to, and including, the full performance (journeyman) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupation, but may not be promoted beyond the journeyman level, or placed in supervisory or managerial positions.
NOTE: If a licensed pharmacist is covered under the grandfathering provision and leaves the GS- 0660 licensed pharmacist series, then she/he loses the grandfathering protection. If he/she chooses to return at a later date to the GS-0660 series, she/he must be licensed to qualify for employment as a licensed pharmacist.
Do you possess either one of the following degrees:
(a) A baccalaureate degree in pharmacy (BS Pharmacy) and/or a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from a School of Pharmacy or a college accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) OR
(b) a foreign pharmacy degree?
You must provide a copy of your transcript documenting receipt of one of the above degrees to qualify unless applying under grandfathering provision. Review required additional documentation for foreign pharmacy degrees.
Grandfathering Provision. All persons employed in VHA as a licensed pharmacist as of June 7, 2012, are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series, and grade held, including positive education, and registration and/or certification that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation. For employees who do not meet all the basic requirements in this standard, but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed, may be reassigned, promoted up to, and including, the full performance (journeyman) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupation, but may not be promoted beyond the journeyman level, or placed in supervisory or managerial positions.
NOTE: If a licensed pharmacist is covered under the grandfathering provision and leaves the GS- 0660 licensed pharmacist series, then she/he loses the grandfathering protection. If he/she chooses to return at a later date to the GS-0660 series, she/he must be licensed to qualify for employment as a licensed pharmacist.
3.
Licensure:
Do you possess a 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? COPY OF UNEXPIRED VALID LICENSURE REQUIRED IF NOT APPLY FOR EXCEPTION OR GRANDFATHERING PROVISION
Exception. Non-licensed pharmacists who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements may be given a temporary appointment at the entry level as a Graduate Pharmacist under the authority of 38 U.S.C. § 7405(c)(2)(B). The appointing official may waive the requirement of licensure for a period not to exceed 2 years for a pharmacist that provides care under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. For grade levels above the GS-11, the candidate must be licensed.
Grandfathering Provision. All persons employed in VHA as a licensed pharmacist as of June 7, 2012, are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series, and grade held, including positive education, and registration and/or certification that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation. For employees who do not meet all the basic requirements in this standard, but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed, may be reassigned, promoted up to, and including, the full performance (journeyman) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupation, but may not be promoted beyond the journeyman level, or placed in supervisory or managerial positions.
NOTE: If a licensed pharmacist is covered under the grandfathering provision and leaves the GS- 0660 licensed pharmacist series, then she/he loses the grandfathering protection. If he/she chooses to return at a later date to the GS-0660 series, she/he must be licensed to qualify for employment as a licensed pharmacist.
Do you possess a 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? COPY OF UNEXPIRED VALID LICENSURE REQUIRED IF NOT APPLY FOR EXCEPTION OR GRANDFATHERING PROVISION
Exception. Non-licensed pharmacists who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements may be given a temporary appointment at the entry level as a Graduate Pharmacist under the authority of 38 U.S.C. § 7405(c)(2)(B). The appointing official may waive the requirement of licensure for a period not to exceed 2 years for a pharmacist that provides care under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. For grade levels above the GS-11, the candidate must be licensed.
Grandfathering Provision. All persons employed in VHA as a licensed pharmacist as of June 7, 2012, are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series, and grade held, including positive education, and registration and/or certification that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation. For employees who do not meet all the basic requirements in this standard, but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed, may be reassigned, promoted up to, and including, the full performance (journeyman) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupation, but may not be promoted beyond the journeyman level, or placed in supervisory or managerial positions.
NOTE: If a licensed pharmacist is covered under the grandfathering provision and leaves the GS- 0660 licensed pharmacist series, then she/he loses the grandfathering protection. If he/she chooses to return at a later date to the GS-0660 series, she/he must be licensed to qualify for employment as a licensed pharmacist.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
4.
This position requires a pre-employment physical, are you willing to complete the physical?
5.
Are you proficient in spoken and written English?