Clinical Pharmacist NE-PRN

UVA Health Northern Virginia & Culpeper•Culpeper, VA

21d

About The Position

The Clinical Pharmacist serves as part of the healthcare team, supporting personalized relationships with patients and their chosen support systems. 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 managing and providing care in accordance with current policies and procedures. The role supports medication management and safety, patient assessment and direct care, therapy monitoring, clinical decision support, documentation, medication prescribing or administration within applicable law and scope of practice, and communication with patients and care teams. The pharmacist also contributes to quality activities, education, precepting, onboarding, mentoring, and teamwork. This is a PRN position with varying hours and may involve on-call responsibilities and travel among facilities and locations.

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 work as part of a high-performing, change-ready, and resilient team.
Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including constant standing; frequent walking and bending/stooping; proficient communication, auditory, and visual skills; attention to detail; legible writing; and ability to lift, push, or pull 100 pounds. Safe Handling Equipment must be used for weights over 35 pounds.
Ability to use safety equipment such as a HEPA mask when required for infection prevention.
Ability to meet on-call responsibilities as directed.

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 required organizational and/or departmental documentation.
Prescribe and/or administer medications as allowed by law and scope of practice.
Maintain current, evidence-based knowledge for services provided.
Ensure timely and consistent communication and respond promptly to service line requests and inquiries.
Participate in patient education and wellness-based initiatives as appropriate to 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 non-formulary processes.
Monitor and enhance compliance with clinical programs.
Develop and deliver 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 and serve as a mentor to the pharmacy team.
Perform additional duties as assigned.
Travel or drive to multiple facilities and locations as needed.