The Lead Pharmacist
Leads and supports pharmacists and ancillary staff to ensure high-quality patient-centered pharmacy services.
Organizes and oversees daily operations of assigned pharmacy areas including staff scheduling workload distribution and resource allocation.
Develops coverage plans for planned and unplanned staffing gaps including weekends vacations and unanticipated absences.
Assists the Pharmacy Manager with employee management activities including staff evaluation coaching training and performance support.
Assist with new hire interviews and onboarding as needed.
Compiles work statistics and maintains required records in accordance with Carilion and departmental policies.
Ensures compliance with all applicable federal and state statutes laws regulations standards and policies governing pharmacy practice.
Assists the Pharmacy Manager in maintaining departmental and facility readiness for regulatory surveys including State Federal and Joint Commission requirements.
Plans conducts analyzes and reports departmental quality improvement performance improvement and research initiatives.
Delegates tasks appropriately and monitors performance to ensure regulatory operational and service line requirements are met across assigned sites.
Provides education and training for pharmacy staff and students nursing staff and students medical staff and students and patients and families.
Maintains effective working relationships with pharmacy staff and interdisciplinary teams to promote collaboration engagement and high morale.
Collaborates with inventory specialists to maintain appropriate inventory levels and ensure medication availability.
Provides age-specific pharmaceutical care services across the patient population.
Maintains responsibility and accountability for pharmacy operations in compliance with all applicable United States Pharmacopeia chapters including but not limited to nonsterile compounding sterile compounding and hazardous drug handling standards.
Provides input and analysis related to budgeting cost containment and resource utilization initiatives.
Assists the Pharmacy Manager in preparing and managing departmental budgets.
Works with medications devices and supplies that are high-cost and have significant budgetary impact.
Education: Graduate of a College of Pharmacy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy; Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy.
Experience: 3 years of pharmacy experience required.
Licensure Certification: Licensed to practice pharmacy in the Commonwealth of Virginia required.
Life Support: N/A.
Other Minimum Qualifications: Knowledge of institutional pharmacy practice required including familiarity with a broad range of pharmaceutical products dosage forms indications and precautions; proficiency with general office equipment computer systems and keyboarding required; ability to manage time effectively work efficiently and accurately and follow established procedures with minimal supervision required; strong leadership communication and interpersonal skills required.
This job description is only meant to be a representative summary of the major responsibilities and accountabilities performed by the incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description.
Recruiter:
Dave NivenRecruiter Email:
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Carilion Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer: We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin age (40 or older) disability genetic information or veterans status. Carilion is a Drug-Free Workplace. For more information or for individuals with disabilities needing special assistance with our online application process contact Carilion HR Service Center at 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Required Experience:
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