What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Clinical Pharmacist - Oncology position at Inova Health System?
Inova Schar Clinic is seeking a dedicated Sr. Clinical Pharmacist - Oncology to join the team. This role will be full-time Monday - Friday; shift varies| Sign-on Bonus & relocation assistance available.
Inova is consistently ranked as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.
Clinical Pharmacist Job Responsibilities:
- Interprets, prepares, and verifies medication orders as appropriate.
- Provides clinical consultation and cost-effective alternatives.
- Issues controlled substances in compliance according to the DEA and VA Board of Pharmacy requirements.
- Participates in the medication formulary review and approval process.
- Monitors drug therapies for interactions, allergies, and appropriateness.
- Reports adverse drug reactions promptly and accurately.
- Minimizes non-formulary procurement and supports substitutions.
- Participates in decentralized rounding with clinical teams.
- Responds to emergent bedside alerts and codes (adult and pediatric as designated).
- Precepts learners as appropriate.
- May perform additional duties as assigned, including, but not limited to:
- Spearheading grant work and submission related to the practice of pharmacy.
- Lecturing and facilitating learning opportunities for pharmacy students, PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residents, and practitioners.
- Performing duties on local, system. And national committees which contribute to the development and professional advancement of pharmacy practice.
- Serving as a leader or facilitator on a regional or national professional organization.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education: Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor degree in Pharmacy.
- Experience: Five (5) years as a clinical Pharmacist.
- Licensed Pharmacist in the state of VA.
- Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) for Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 90 days of hire.
Preferred Qualifications:
- PGY1/PGY2 Oncology residency.
- Board certified Oncology Pharmacist or certification obtained within two (2) years of employment.
As a recipient of federal financial assistance, Inova Health System (“Inova”) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services or benefits under any of its programs or activities, whether carried out by Inova directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Inova arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
This policy is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at 45 C.F.R. Parts 80, 84, 91 and 92, respectively.
Salary : $5,250