Job Title: PHARMACIST

This announcement may be used to fill one or more vacancies.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

Education:  Four-year bachelor's degree in pharmacy recognized by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education.

License:  All applicants must be licensed to practice pharmacy in a State, territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience at the next lower qualifying pay band or equivalent grade under the General Schedule (GS) or other pay systems.   Examples of creditable specialized experience include:  demonstrating the ability to compound, formulate, select, dispense and preserve drugs, medicines and chemicals; principles of chemical, biological, pharmacological and biopharmaceutical sciences in order to read and interpret prescriptions.  Creditable specialized experience is experience that may have been gained while working assignments working as a pharmacist in a local hospital, clinic or store that provides pharmacy needs. 

Your resume must list the appropriate academic fields and all courses you have taken (including those failed) which appear to satisfy the qualification requirements of this position for which you are applying. List graduate and undergraduate courses separately.  Provide information for each course within the appropriate academic field (e.g. pharmacy).  Include the descriptive title and course code, completion date, grade, number of semester, quarter or classroom hours (for education completed at business, secretarial, technical school or military schools) and graduate and undergraduate classes.

GS:  All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sectors. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's web site at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/IORs/gs0600/0660.htm.  Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES / JOB ELEMENTS:  

COMBINING EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:  (STANDARD VERBIAGE WHEN APPROPRIATE)

Education and experience can be combined to meet the minimum qualification requirements, as allowed in the applicable qualifications standard, for the position being filled.  Additional information can be obtained at

http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-II/s2-e6.asp#e5 

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid work on the same basis as for paid experience. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. To receive credit for such experience you must indicate clearly the nature of the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the number of hours per week spent in such employment.

Only experience obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

You MUST provide transcripts to support your educational claims.  Unless otherwise stated, unofficial transcripts on college letterhead are acceptable. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements. You must show proof that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT/OTHER SIGNIFICANT FACTS

• The employee is subject to random drug testing.
• Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
• Shift work and emergency overtime may be required.
• Employees must maintain current certifications.

1. We recommend you visit the following web sites for bases in which you are interested for information on the local community, cost of living expenses, education, employment, housing availability, relocation and support services: Standard Installation Topic Exchange Service:   http://www.dmdc.osd.mil/sites, Official public Air Force sites: http://www.af.mil/sites.  The Department of Air Force will not pay or assume liability for personal travel, moving expenses, or other relocation costs incurred in accepting employment.

2. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program and the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Program (ICTAP). If you are an eligible Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant you may apply for special selection over other candidates for this position. You must be a current or former federal employee displaced from non-DoD Federal agencies (e.g., IRS, VA, Dept of Labor, etc.).   Applicants eligible under ICTAP are provided priority selection for vacancies within the local commuting area for which they apply and are determined well qualified.