Clinical Pharmacist (Inpatient)

Quick Facts

• Role: Clinical Pharmacist (Inpatient)

• Focus: Inpatient pharmaceutical care, order verification/dispensing, and medication safety

Description

Provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care to hospitalized patients in accordance with federal law, VA policy, and recognized standards of practice. Select, monitor, and optimize drug therapy; reconcile medications during transitions of care; counsel patients and caregivers; and document interventions in the electronic medical record. Verify medication orders for appropriateness and safely dispense medications following USP 797, DEA, and Joint Commission guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmaceutical care: drug therapy selection based on pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics; monitor efficacy, side effects, and clinical outcomes

• Evaluate prescribed medications for appropriateness, therapeutic duplication, drug-drug/drug-disease interactions, allergies, dosage, and route

• Conduct medication reconciliation across transitions of care

• Participate in interdisciplinary rounds with evidence-based medication therapy recommendations

• Monitor and document patient response using labs and clinical parameters; communicate interventions to the medical team

• Provide pharmacokinetic dosing consults (e.g., antimicrobials, anticoagulants) and therapeutic drug monitoring

• Recommend medication regimens for formulary compliance and antimicrobial stewardship

• Document all clinical interventions and recommendations in the electronic medical record

• Support quality assurance, medication use evaluations, and performance improvement

• Report adverse drug events, near misses, and medication errors (ADE reporting)

• Oversee pharmacy technicians and contribute to pharmacy training programs

• Review/verify all medication orders prior to dispensing; assess allergies and interaction risk

• Compound and dispense medications (including extemporaneous preparations and narcotics) per quality assurance procedures

• Support inventory control, storage inspection, and automated dispensing equipment operations

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship

• Proficiency in written and spoken English

• Graduate of an ACPE-accredited pharmacy program (BS Pharmacy and/or Pharm.D.) or foreign degree equivalency with required certification

• Full, current, unrestricted pharmacy license (maintain current registration as required)

• Subject to background/security investigation, pre-employment physical, and onboarding requirements

• Selective Service registration required for eligible males

• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program

• EDRP application submission within required timeframe (if applicable)

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular salary increases

• Paid time off (37–50 days annual paid time off per year)

• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance; retirement pension and 401K with employer contributions

• Parental leave (up to 12 weeks paid after 12 months)

• Child care subsidy eligibility after 60 days (income-based)