City/State
Suffolk VAWork Shift
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Sentara is hiring a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Obici Hospital
$15000 Sign on Bonus for Qualified Candidates
Location: Obici Hospital Suffolk VA
Status: Full Time (40 hrs/wk)
Shift: Day
Weekends: Every 3rd weekend
Holiday Rotation
The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist participates in all aspects of the medication-use system while delivering comprehensive and personalized pharmaceutical care to patients in their designated areas. This role assumes leadership and accountability for specific clinical pharmacy areas demonstrates advanced skills and expertise and obtains advanced certification in their practice area if available.
Manages patient drug therapy in accordance with applicable clinical practice standards
Assures the appropriateness of all provider medication orders in maintaining a high level of patient care and safety
Maintains advanced knowledge of medication use disease states and regulations applicable to their area of practice
Serves as the primary resource for drug information and education
Provides in-depth patient counseling when required
Supports the training of new employees and participates in the creation and maintenance of training materials
Assumes local and system responsibility and ownership for assigned tasks
Consistently follows and assists with the development of policies and procedures
Demonstrates superior customer service effective communication decision-making and organization to ensure efficient job performance and success
Ensures adequate supplies are available for continuous patient care
Triages and escalates any questions or issues outside the scope of practice as needed
Uses appropriate systems for processing of patient information
Ensures quality assurance is maintained according to departmental and legal requirements
Precepts pharmacy students and/or pharmacy residents as assigned
Provide peer coaching and constructive feedback to other colleagues in a professional and productive manner
Successfully leads local and system implementation of various system initiatives
Serves as a system expert and site lead in specialized clinical pharmacy functions
In addition to the above job responsibilities other duties may be assigned
Education
Bachelors Level Degree in Pharmacy (Required)
Doctorate Degree in Pharmacy (Preferred)
Certification/Licensure
Virginia Pharmacist License (Required)
Basic Life Support (BLS) (Required)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) (Required)
Experience
Minimum 3 years of Clinical Pharmacist experience (Required)
Residency Trained (Preferred)
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Sentara Obici Hospital a 175-bed state-of-the-art facility is located on Godwin Boulevard in Suffolk VA. Our full-service hospital continues a legacy of providing residents of Western Tidewater with high-quality patient-centered care. As a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence the hospital specializes in orthopedic and spine heart and vascular advanced imaging gynecological and comprehensive breast services behavioral health maternity weight loss surgery and a heartburn treatment center.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30000-member workforce. Diversity inclusion and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission to improve health every day this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Louisiana Maine Maryland Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Required Experience:
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Sentara Health, is an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system in Virginia and North Carolina. Sentara improves health everyday.