Pharmacist (Pharmacokinetics)-CC-DH
Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Description: Department Of Health And Human Services is presently looking of Pharmacist (Pharmacokinetics)-CC-DH right now, this vacancy will be reside in Maryland. For detail informations about this vacancy opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. The NIH is the premier biomedical research center for the world. Its 27 Institutes and Centers employ approximately 18,000 employees! doing a vast array of jobs, all supporting efforts for a healthy nation. For information on the NIH mission, goals, and Institutes and Centers, visit NIH Overview .
The successful candidate will be an exceptionally talented, knowledgeable, and motivated pharmacokineticist with experience conducting collaborative and independent applied research on drugs used in clinical studies supporting several Institutes of the NIH. The pharmacokineticist must demonstrate a mastery of the application of pharmacokinetic principles to optimize and individualize drug dosage in clinical research studies. The candidate must understand research methodologies, protocol design, and implementation. The ideal candidate will have a thorough understanding of analytical methods used to characterize the pharmacokinetic parameters by Mass Spec, and HPLC. In addition, the candidate must demonstrate a mastery of data analysis approaches including pharmacokinetic modeling software. A Doctor of P! harmacy degree, post-graduate year 1 and year 2 residency trai! ning, and research fellowship are highly desired for this position. KEY REQUIREMENTS
U.S. Citizenship requirement met by closing date.
Position is subject to a background investigation.
Pre-employment medical screening may be required.
This position is emergency essential.
This position may include shift and weekend work. DUTIES:
As the Pharmacist (Pharmacokinetics) in the Pharmacy Department for Clinical Center (CC) your duties will include but are not limited to the following:
• Understands the physiological variables that play a role in drug pharmacokinetics
• Performs assignments that have a significant impact on biomedical research programs and therapeutics
• Advises, interfaces, and participates in the design of complex drug treatment plans as well as in the design of trials characterizing the pharmacokinetics of diverse pharmacologic agents
• Participates in medical rounds to better understand the pati! ent population related to pharmacokinetic drug studies
• Evaluates complex drug literature in order to design pharmacokinetic clinical trials
• Provides direction and supervision to students, residents, and fellows in clinical pharmacokinetic research
• Designs and conducts research leading to publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Actively collaborates with NIH clinical researchers in the design and implementation of research protocols, collection of data, and the interpretation of results
• Serves on one of the NIH Institutional Review Boards
• Acts as an expert pharmacokinetic resource
• Reviews, directs, and analyzes research data generated by selection of appropriate pharmacokinetic principles to adequately describe absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs
• Determines adequate mathematical or empiric models that describe the data to understand predictive capabilities of the model in order that knowledge gai! ned can be utilized in designing better and more rational drug dosage r! egimens. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Education: Four-year Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy recognized by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education;or Successfully completed a 5-year Course of study leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in pharmacy from an approved pharmacy school; or Successfully Completed a 6-year course of study leading to a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.) degree.
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Licensure: All applicants must be licensed to practice pharmacy in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
Additionally, in order to qualify at the GS-13 level; you should have (1) successfully completed a 6-year course of study leading to a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree OR, (2) demonstrate in your resume at least one (1) year of qualifying experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal Government. Examples of qualifying experience include:
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This position has an education requirement. You must submit a copy of your transcripts (or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades). Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package; however, official transcripts will be required prior to receiving an official offer. Click here for information on Foreign Education . If you are currently or were previously in this occupation series you do not need to submit transcripts. Instead, submit an SF-50 showing the appointment in this occupational series.
Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered with Selective Service. HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Traditional rating and ranking of applications does not apply to this vacancy. Applications will be evaluated against the basic qualifications. Qualified candidates will be referred for consideration in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management direct hire guidelines . Veteran's Preference d! oes not apply to the direct hire recruitment procedures. Selections mad! e under this bulletin will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current civil service employees would, therefore, be given new appointments to the civil service. BENEFITS:
The federal government offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System. For more information, check out New Employee Benefits at NIH and OPM's Employee Benefits Information . OTHER INFORMATION:
We are unable to pay relocation expenses.
A one-year probationary period may be required upon selection/placement.
NIH may repay certain outstanding Federally-insured student loans to facilitate the recruitment and retention of highly qualified people. Recipients will be determined on a case-by-case basis based on organizational need, specific case justification, and budget limitations.
A newly appointed or reappointed employee may ! receive service credit for prior work experience or active duty uniformed service that otherwise would not be creditable for the purpose of determining his or her annual leave accrual rate. All creditable service must be directly related to the duties of the position being filled and decisions to allow for such credit must be finalized prior to the selecteeÂ's entrance on duty. The use of this service credit incentive is at the discretion of the selecting official and service credit is granted only for a position deemed hard-to-fill.
This position is designated as an 'emergency' position and the selected candidate will be considered an 'emergency' employee and will be required to be available, ready, willing, and able to report for duty under all circumstances, e.g., inclement weather, government closings and holidays, lapse in appropriations, non-emergency and emergency situations for operation 24 hours a day and 365 days per year coverage.
Employees do not ha! ve a pre-arranged work schedule and are required to rotate work on week! ends and holidays and rotating shifts.
Additional selections may be made through this vacancy announcement. The National Institutes of Health participates in the USCIS Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program ( E-Verify ). E-Verify helps employers determine employment eligibility of new hires and the validity of their Social Security numbers. The NIH maintains a tobacco free work environment and campus .
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This vacancy starts available on: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:44:51 GMT
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