Clinical Pharmacist NE-PRN
UVA Health•Culpeper, VA
About The Position
The pharmacist serves as part of the healthcare team by supporting personalized relationships with patients and their chosen support system. The pharmacist collaborates with team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized plans of care that promote optimal health, and accepts responsibility, authority, accountability, and ownership for management and provision of care in accordance with current policies and procedures. This is a PRN position with variable hours. The role may require travel between facilities and locations, including campus buildings, remote facilities, and out of town. On-call responsibilities may be assigned. The role may require use of safety equipment such as a HEPA mask for infection prevention.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Committee (FPGEC) Certification.
- One year of experience through a postgraduate year 1 residency or fellowship, or a minimum of two years of experience as a registered pharmacist in health system pharmacy.
- Current Virginia pharmacist licensure, to be completed within 30 days of the start date by examination or reciprocity.
- American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification.
- Ability to drive or travel to multiple facilities and locations as needed.
- Ability to work as part of a high-performing, change-ready, and resilient team.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of constant standing, frequent walking, bending/stooping, and lifting, pushing, or pulling up to 100 pounds; Safe Handling Equipment must be used for weights over 35 pounds.
- Proficient communicative, auditory, and visual skills; attention to detail; and ability to write legibly.
Responsibilities
- Provide optimal medication management and promote medication safety.
- Perform patient assessments.
- Participate in direct patient care activities and rounding opportunities where available.
- Monitor therapy for appropriateness, dosage, effectiveness, interactions, and adverse drug reactions.
- Review and act upon clinical decision support surveillance.
- Complete organizational and/or departmental required documentation.
- Prescribe and/or administer medications as allowed by law and scope of practice.
- Maintain up-to-date, evidence-based knowledge required for services provided.
- Ensure timely and consistent communication, including timely responses to service line requests and inquiries.
- Participate in patient education and wellness-based initiatives as driven by scope of practice.
- Check and control the quality and accuracy of work performed by pharmacy team members.
- Prioritize workflow to ensure services are performed in a timely manner.
- Maintain and follow formulary approvals, interchanges, stocked medications, and the non-formulary process.
- Monitor and enhance compliance with clinical programs.
- Develop and deliver effective education to pharmacists and other healthcare providers.
- Serve as a preceptor to residents and students.
- Participate in onboarding pharmacists and other team members.
- Provide ongoing feedback to fellow pharmacists to achieve desired outcomes.
- Serve as a mentor to the pharmacy team.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
