Facility Program Manager (Quality Program Manager)

<p>The Pharmacy Quality Program Manager serves as a member of Pharmacy Administration and is responsible for developing policies, procedures, and oversight related to the compliance of pharmaceutical compounding and hazardous drug handling. The incumbent oversees quality management and performance improvement initiatives, ensuring adherence to accreditation standards, regulations, directives, and mandates.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf The duties of the Facility Program Manager (Compliance and Quality Program Manager) include but are not limited to: Ensuring NAVAHCS has a policy and processes in place to assess and monitor compliance with USP <797> and USP <800> standards for the handling of Compounded Sterile Preparations (CSP) including cleanroom design, environmental controls and monitors, and core competencies of personnel involved in CSP processes. Ensuring that the NAVAHCS CSP Advisory Committee reports issues impacting CSP processes to the VISN using processes established by the VISN. Developing a written contingency plan that may be activated to obtain CSPs from an alternative source in situations where CSP preparations at the facility need to be suspended because of non-compliance with relevant standards. Ensuring hazardous drugs (HD) that are transported, stored, and handled by other health care professionals are appropriately labeled to alert staff to handle the HDs as required by USP <800>. Ensuring the pharmacy service has written procedures for compliance with USP <795>, USP <797> and USP <800> standards. Maintaining environmental control of the sterile compounding areas. Coordinates ongoing, proactive processes to evaluate and improve safe medication management strategies. Develops and maintains look alike sound alike (LASA) and high alert medication lists, labeling, and segregation. Participates in root-cause analysis of significant medication errors. Examines the systems failures and human factors contributing to medication errors. Evaluates, develops, implements and documents quality and performance improvements in the provision of clinical and full-service distributive pharmacy services. Ensures and coordinates compliance with accreditation standards [e.g. The Joint Commission (TJC)], federal, state, organizational, and local regulations, directives and mandates and other regulatory agencies (e.g. Office of Investigator General, Drug Enforcement Agency). Provides clinical and administrative supervision to NAVAHCS pharmacy residents. Oversees the pharmacy residency program and assures proper training pharmacy residents. Performs all other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday from 08:00AM to 04:30PM; but tours may vary depending on the needs of the service to include rotating days, nights, weekends and/or holidays. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 0000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized</p><h3>Requirements</h3>You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this 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. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. 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.<h3>Education</h3>IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.