Specialty Clinical Pharmacist

Pharmacist Position at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Location: Sentara Norfolk General Hospital - Norfolk, VA

Status: Full Time (40 hrs/wk)

Shift: Rotating Days shift, Mon-Fri

Hours: 8am-4:30pm / 8:30am-5pm / 9:30am-6pm

One consecutive week of On-Call duty is required every 10 weeks for Specialty Pharmacy after-hours assistance.

The Specialty Clinical Pharmacist is responsible and accountable for the provision of safe, effective, and prompt pharmacy services. Participates in all necessary aspects of the medication-use system while providing comprehensive and individualized pharmaceutical care to the patients in their assigned areas.

Responsibilities include:

• Demonstrates the ability to work in areas of pharmacy practice competently and independently
• 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 current knowledge of medication use and disease states applicable to their area of practice
• Serves as the primary resource for drug information and education
• Provides in-depth patient counseling when required
• Participates in the training of new employees as assigned
• Assumes local responsibility and ownership for assigned tasks
• Consistently follows policies and procedures
• Continually seeks out additional training opportunities and stays abreast of new and changing information for assigned areas
• Demonstrates superior customer service, effective communication, decision-making, and organization to ensure efficient job performance and success
• Serves as a role model in the following areas: professionalism, collaboration, and teamwork.
• 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
• Operates pharmacy equipment appropriately
• Precepts pharmacy students as assigned
• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned

Education:

• Bachelor's Level Degree in Pharmacy (Required)
• Doctorate Level Degree in Pharmacy (Preferred)

Certification/Licensure:

• Virginia Pharmacist License (Required)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) (Required)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) (Preferred)

Experience:

• Previous Clinical Experience Preferred
• Drug Counseling Experience
• Knowledge of Specialty Medications
• PGY1/PGY2 Residency Trained Preferred

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans • Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000 • Paid Time Off and Sick Leave • Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave • Emergency Backup Care • Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans • Life Insurance • 401k/403B with Employer Match • Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education • Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000 • Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development • Pet Insurance • Legal Resources Plan • Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

Here at Sentara, we are committed to consistently enhancing our training, advancement tracks, work-life benefits, and more. Our goal is to make you feel more excited to be here every day!

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 525-bed tertiary care facility that is home to the only Level I Adult Trauma Center and burn trauma unit in Hampton Roads, and also serves as the primary teaching hospital for Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-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.

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.