Sr Clinical Pharmacist - Behavioral Health - Addiction Services

Inova; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement match

Student loan assistance

Mental health support

Work-life balance

Job summary

Inova Health is seeking a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to lead addiction services across Inova, focusing on acute care and inpatient withdrawal management at Inova Fairfax. The role includes education, developing order sets and pathways, coordinating with pharmacy teams, and optimizing workflows including methadone and OTP regulations.

Strong leadership and patient-centered care are required. The position offers full-time hours with potential weekend rotations, sign-on bonus, and relocation

Qualifications

• Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor degree in Pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Interprets, prepares, and verifies medication orders as appropriate.
• Provides clinical consultation and cost-effective alternatives.
• Issues controlled substances in compliance with 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.

Education

PharmD or B.Pharm

Job description

Inova Health is seeking a dedicated Clinical Pharmacist - Behavioral Health - Addiction Services to join the team. This role will be full-time Monday - Friday; shift varies; some weekend rotation |Sign-on Bonus & relocation assistance eligible.

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.

We are seeking a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to collaboratively advance addiction services across Inova, providing clinical expertise across settings, with a primary focus in acute levels of care, supporting our inpatient withdrawal management (detox) unit at Inova Fairfax and consulting services at all five hospitals and free-standing Emergency Departments. This role will include running patient medication education groups, contributing to updating and developing evidence-based order sets and InovaCare pathways, partnering with retail and specialty pharmacy teams to facilitate timely access to restricted and prior-authorized medications, and evaluating workflows, especially as they relate to methadone treatment and OTP regulations. The ideal candidate is a clinical leader who is committed to clinical excellence, patient-centered care, teaching, care coordination, medication optimization, and system improvements that lead to better patient outcomes.

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 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 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: Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor degree in Pharmacy.

• Experience: Five (5) years as a clinical Pharmacist.

• Licensure: Licensed Pharmacist in the state of VA.

• Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) for Critical Care and Emergency Medicine within 90 days of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience: PGY2 Behavioral Health Residency strongly recommended.