Clinical Pharmacist
Elar Cx · Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Inova Alexandria Hospital Pharmacy is seeking a dedicated Clinical Pharmacist to join the team. This role will be full-time; shift varies |Sign-on Bonus & relocation assistance eligible.
Inova is consistently ranked as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.
Clinical Pharmacist Job Responsibilities:
- Interprets, prepares, and verifies medication orders as appropriate.
- Provides clinical consultation and cost-effective alternatives.
- Issues controlled substances in compliance according to the DEA and VA Board of Pharmacy requirements.
- Participates in the medication formulary review and approval process.
- Monitors drug therapies for interactions, allergies, and appropriateness.
- Reports adverse drug reactions promptly and accurately.
- Minimizes non-formulary procurement and supports substitutions.
- Supervises pharmacy support staff.
- Participates in continuous quality improvement.
- May perform additional duties as assigned, including, but not limited to:- Participating in decentralized rounding with clinical teams.
- Responding to emergent bedside alerts and codes (adult and pediatric as designated).
- Precepting learners as appropriate.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education: Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor degree in Pharmacy.
- Licensed Pharmacist in the state of VA.
- Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) for Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 90 days of hire.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience: One (1) year experience as a Clinical Pharmacist.
- PGY1 residency
- EPIC trained