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Pharmacist Retail
Full Time
Inova Health 
Fairfax, VA 22032As a Retail Pharmacist, you will be responsible for assessing and monitoring the needs and progress of patients regarding drug therapy while providing education and information to patients, families, team members, physicians and the community. To help achieve our mission, you will fill and verify medication orders while assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating and documenting the care of patients/populations served. Your ability to participate in patient care which is appropriate to the patients' age, diagnosis, symptoms and physician orders, while following established policies and procedures, is of vital importance. Ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations related to Pharmacy operations while providing functional supervision of professional, paraprofessional and support staff is required.
Job Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities
- Prepares and manages the process of reviewing medications, interpreting physician orders, detecting therapeutic incompatibilities and delivering medications to patients and consumers.
- Provides compassionate and pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of healthcare professionals, patients, families and respective caregivers.
- Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging and labeling pharmaceuticals.
- Controls medications by monitoring drug therapies and advising interventions.
- Completes Pharmacy operational requirements by organizing/directing technicians' work flows, verifying their preparation/labeling of pharmaceuticals and verifying order entries, charges and inspections.
- Complies with state and federal drug laws as regulated by the state Board of Pharmacy, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Food and Drug Administration. Monitors nursing unit inspections, maintains records for controlled substances, removes outdated and damaged drugs from the Pharmacy inventory, supervises the work results of support personnel, maintains current registration, studies existing/new legislation and advises management on needed actions.
- Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations.
- Maintains pharmacological knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks and participating in professional societies.
Additional Requirements
Fulltime M-F 8AM to 630PM
Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy
3 Years Retail Pharmacy Required
VA Pharmacist License Active Upon Start
Inova is Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Our mission is to provide world-class healthcare – every time, every touch – to each person in every community we have the privilege to serve. Inova’s 18,000 team members serve more than 2 million individuals annually through an integrated network of hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, emergency and urgent care centers, outpatient services and destination institutes.
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