Clinical Pharmacist I Medication Renewal Program
Chesapeake, VA - USA
Job Summary
City/State
Chesapeake VAWork Shift
First (Days)Overview:
Location: Remote
Status: Full-Time (40 hours/week)
Shift: Days
Anticipated Schedule: Mon-Fri 7:30AM-4:00PM or 8:00AM-4:30PM
The Pharmacist manages patient drug therapy in accordance with applicable clinical practice standards and assures the appropriateness of all provider medication orders in maintaining a high level of patient care and safety.
Responsible for providing safe effective and timely pharmacy services while supporting optimal patient outcomes through evidence-based medication management. Manages patient drug therapy in accordance with applicable clinical practice standards and ensures the appropriateness of medication-related requests and provider medication orders to maintain a high level of patient care and safety. Maintains current knowledge of medications disease states treatment guidelines and emerging best practices relevant to assigned areas of practice. Must possess and maintain a valid Pharmacist (RPh) license in the state of practice.
- Independently performs pharmacist responsibilities by exercising sound clinical judgment when reviewing evaluating and managing medication-related requests to ensure safe and effective patient care.
- Maintains current knowledge of medications disease states treatment guidelines and emerging best practices to support appropriate evidence-based medication management and compliance with applicable requirements.
- Serves as a trusted clinical resource for medication-related information demonstrating strong customer service communication problem-solving and decision-making skills while fostering collaborative relationships to support coordinated patient care in a primarily electronic workflow environment.
- Supports quality assurance performance improvement and patient safety initiatives ensuring compliance with departmental organizational and regulatory standards while identifying and escalating concerns outside established scope or protocols as appropriate.
- Adheres to organizational policies procedures regulatory requirements and professional standards.
- Utilizes electronic health records pharmacy systems and other technology platforms accurately and efficiently.
- Demonstrates ownership and accountability for assigned responsibilities projects and operational goals while contributing to process improvement and departmental initiatives.
- Serves as a role model for professionalism collaboration teamwork and continuous improvement.
- Participates in onboarding training mentoring and education of team members students and other learners as assigned.
- Precepts pharmacy students residents and other learners as assigned.
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Education
Bachelors Level Degree in Pharmacy (Required)
Doctorate Level Degree in Pharmacy (Preferred)
Certification/Licensure
Virginia Pharmacist License (Required)
Basic Life Support (BLS) (Required)
Experience
2 years experience in Clinical or Ambulatory Pharmacy (Preferred)
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Legal Resources Plan
Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus ifestablished system and employee eligibility criteria is met.
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:
IC
About Company
Sentara Health, is an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system in Virginia and North Carolina. Sentara improves health everyday.