Float Pharmacist

Valley Vital Care; Fredericksburg (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Valley Vital Care is seeking a Float Pharmacist to staff infusion sites across central and southern Virginia on a full-time, exempt basis, providing consistent coverage for planned and unplanned absences. This role rewards adaptability and relationship-building, requiring you to quickly integrate into diverse teams, uphold high practice standards, and collaborate with site leadership during deployments.

As you travel between sites, you will manage medication safety, review orders, perform

Qualifications

• Pharmacist license in good standing and eligible for Virginia.
• Experience in infusion, home-infusion, or hospital sterile-compounding preferred.
• Familiarity with USP 797/800 and pharmacy regulatory requirements.
• Ability to travel regularly across central and southern Virginia.
• Excellent organization and patient-safety focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Provide full pharmacist coverage across sites: review orders, verify medications, dispense, and consult patients.
• Oversee sterile and hazardous compounding compliance per standards.
• Rapidly integrate into new sites and ensure smooth handoffs between deployments.
• Build credible relationships with site staff and leadership; adapt to varying workflows.

Skills

Pharmacist license

Infusion experience

USP 797/800 knowledge

Travel readiness

Clinical communication

Education

PharmD preferred

Job description

Float Pharmacist

Float / Senior Float / Lead Float Levels — Valley Vital Care Infusion Services

Location: Central & Southern Virginia | Position Type: Full-Time, Exempt | Reports To: Director of Pharmacy

The Opportunity

Valley Vital Care is building an internal team of flexible, clinically excellent pharmacists who keep our growing network of infusion pharmacy sites safely staffed, no matter what comes up. As a Float Pharmacist, you'll step into sites across our regional footprint for planned and unplanned absences, demand surges, seasonal peaks, and new site activations, carrying the same high practice standard everywhere you go.

This role is built for an adaptable, relationship-driven clinician who\'s energized by variety: new sites, new teams, and the satisfaction of being the dependable answer when a site needs one. It\'s a hands-on staff pharmacist position, not a supervisory one — you\'ll support each site\'s leadership rather than manage it.

What You\'ll Do

• Clinical Coverage & Medication Safety — Provide full pharmacist coverage: order review and clinical verification, sterile and hazardous compounding oversight, dispensing, and patient and clinician consultation, applying USP 797, USP 800, and DEA standards consistently at every site.
• Rapid Site Integration — Ramp up quickly at each assignment by reviewing the site\'s coverage brief and key workflows, and run a clean handoff in and out of every deployment so nothing gets dropped.
• Relationship Building & Credibility — Earn trust fast with each site\'s pharmacists, technicians, nurses, and Clinical Operations Manager. You\'re a respectful guest and a dependable colleague — never an outside auditor.
• Reliability & Flexibility — Honor every assignment you accept, flex to changes in location, schedule, or therapy line within fair limits, and keep your credentials and training current so you\'re always ready to deploy.

Three Levels, One Career Path

We hire at the level that matches your experience, and we\'ll tell you which one fits during the interview process.

Float Pharmacist — Core Coverage The entry point for the role. 2–4 years of pharmacist practice; credentialed across a subset of sites and core therapy lines; building breadth across the network.

Senior Float Pharmacist — Full Network 4–7 years of practice; credentialed across all active sites and the full therapy mix; comfortable with short-notice deployment and the most complex coverage; mentors newer floats.

Lead Float Pharmacist — Coverage Lead 7+ years of practice with PIC-eligible credentials; coordinates the float schedule, mentors the float pool, and can serve as interim Pharmacist in Charge for short-notice gaps.

What You\'ll Bring

• Active Pharmacist license in good standing (willingness to obtain additional state licensure if the footprint requires it)
• Pharmacist practice experience, with infusion, specialty, home-infusion, or hospital sterile-compounding experience strongly preferred
• Working command of USP 797, USP 800, sterile-compounding practice, and pharmacy regulatory requirements
• Demonstrated adaptability across settings or teams, with the interpersonal skill to build credibility quickly with people who didn\'t hire you
• Reliable transportation and willingness to travel regularly across the region, with occasional overnight stays
• Strong organization, clear communication, and a patient-safety-first orientation under changing conditions

Preferred: PharmD; multi-site, float, relief, or PRN experience; biologic and specialty infusion exposure across multiple therapy lines; comfort working across multiple pharmacy information systems.

Why Float at Valley Vital Care

• Variety, without the volatility of agency work — a steady employer with a different site and challenge built into the job
• A salaried role with a flexibility premium that recognizes the travel and adaptability the work requires
• Exposure to every site and therapy line in the network — one of the broadest clinical apprenticeships in pharmacy
• A clear, well-defined path toward Pharmacist in Charge and pharmacy leadership roles

Position Details

• Reports to: Director of Pharmacy; takes operational direction from the site Pharmacist in Charge (PIC) during each assignment
• Scope: All active Valley Vital Care infusion pharmacy sites across central and southern Virginia
• Travel: Frequent travel between sites; mileage and overnight expenses reimbursed per policy
• FLSA Status: Exempt

This is a staff pharmacist role, not a Pharmacist in Charge or Director position. Float Pharmacists support site leadership rather than supervise it

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