City/State
Virginia Beach, VAWork Shift
First (Days)Overview:
Sentara is hiring a Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for our Specialty Pharmacy
Location: Hybrid- Virginia Beach, 23464
Status: Full Time (40 hrs/wk)
Shift: Days
The Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist participates in delivering comprehensive and individualized pharmaceutical care to patients. Assumes leadership responsibility and accountability for daily clinical operations, coordination of clinical workflows, quality and service, strategic planning involving pharmacy, and medication management locally and within the system.
• Manages patient drug therapy in accordance with applicable clinical practice standards and oversees formulary implementation and compliance with P&T-approved criteria at the local facility.
• Serves as a clinical expert, system-level pharmacy representative, and liaison for clinical pharmacy
• Assists with the development of policies and procedures and ensures staff training of clinical policies, procedures, and job aids
• Precepts pharmacy students and/or pharmacy residents as assigned
• Serves as Residency Program Director, Residency Program Coordinator, or Student Coordinator as relevant to the site
• Leads and coordinates site implementation of various clinical system initiatives and local clinical programs
• Develop and implement clinical patient monitoring policies and procedures
• Participates in local and/or system committees related to population health management, quality/safety evaluations, system clinical pharmacy programs, payer contracts, and clinical initiatives as necessary
• Develop drug use evaluation procedures to ensure usage is continuously evaluated to meet patient care requirements
• Develops, implements, and evaluates clinical pharmacy services, protocols, policies & procedures
• 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)
Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Certification (Required)
Experience
Minimum 5 years of Clinical Pharmacist experience (Required)
Experience in Specialty or Clinical Pharmacy (Preferred)
Clinical Program Development (Preferred)
Project Management Experience (Preferred)
Residency Trained (Preferred)
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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.
For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
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