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Overview:

Sentara is hiring a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for our Population Health Team

Location: Sentara Park- Virginia Beach, VA*

Status: Full Time (40 hrs/wk)

Shift: Days

Hours: 8am-5pm

*This Hybrid position requires 2-3 days per week in office at Sentara Park, in addition to days on site at affiliate practices throughout Tidewater Virginia and allows for some work from home days

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist participates in all aspects of the medication-use system while delivering comprehensive and personalized pharmaceutical care to patients in their designated areas. This role assumes leadership and accountability for specific clinical pharmacy areas, demonstrates advanced skills and expertise, and obtains advanced certification in their practice area if available.

• 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 advanced knowledge of medication use, disease states, and regulations applicable to their area of practice

• Serves as the primary resource for drug information and education

• Provides in-depth patient counseling when required

• Supports the training of new employees and participates in the creation and maintenance of training materials

• Assumes local and system responsibility and ownership for assigned tasks

• Consistently follows and assists with the development of policies and procedures

• Demonstrates superior customer service, effective communication, decision-making, and organization to ensure efficient job performance and success

• 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

• Precepts pharmacy students and/or pharmacy residents as assigned

• Provide peer coaching and constructive feedback to other colleagues in a professional and productive manner

• Successfully leads local and system implementation of various system initiatives

• Serves as a system expert and site lead in specialized clinical pharmacy functions

• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned

Education

• Doctorate Degree in Pharmacy (Required)

Certification/Licensure

• Virginia Pharmacist License (Required)

• Basic Life Support (BLS) (Required)

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) (Required)

• Pharmacy Board Certification (Preferred)

Experience

• Minimum 3 years of Clinical Pharmacist experience (Required)

• Ambulatory and Clinical Pharmacy 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:

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.