Clinical Pharmacist PRN

Inova Health System; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 103,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

State-of-the-art facilities

Retirement matching

Free parking

Employee discounts

Job summary

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Pharmacy seeks a dedicated Clinical Pharmacist to join the team on a PRN basis with flexible weekend and holiday shifts.

The department emphasizes safety, quality, and patient experience as part of a leading healthcare system in the DC metro area. Inova offers state-of-the-art facilities, retirement matching, and free parking to employees.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy.
• Licensed Pharmacist in the state of VA.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Interprets, prepares, and verifies medication orders.
• 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 continuous quality improvement.
• May perform additional duties including decentralized rounding with clinical teams, responding to emergent bedside alerts and codes, and precepting learners.

Skills

DEA compliance knowledge

Formulary review

Clinical pharmacotherapy

Precepting learners

Education

PharmD or Bachelors in Pharmacy

Tools

BLS

ACLS

PALS

Job description

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Pharmacy is seeking a dedicated Clinical Pharmacist to join the team. This role will be PRN various shifts. MUST BE FLEXIBLE available on weekends and holidays.

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:

State-of-the-art medical and training facilities

Retirement benefits with match from day one

Free Parking for all employees

Exclusive savings opportunities for in-store events, theme parks, discounts, movie tickets and local offerings and so much more!

Clinical Pharmacist J ob 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 continuous quality improvement.
• May perform additional duties as assigned, including, but not limited to:

  • Participating in decentralized rounding with clinical teams.

  • Responding to emergent bedside alerts and codes (adult and pediatric as designated).

  • Precepting learners as appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelors degree in Pharmacy .

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:

Experience: One (1) year hospital Pharmacist experience.PGY1 Residency

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world‑class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy‑related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Job Info

• Job Identification 690483
• Job Category Pharmacy
• Posting Date 09/28/2026, 04:40 PM
• Locations Inova Mount Vernon Hospital (On‑site)
• Degree Level Doctoral Degree – Professional (MD, DO, JD, DPT, PharmD, DNP, etc.)