Drug Diversion Pharmacist

Inova Health is seeking a dedicated Drug Diversion Pharmacist to join the team. This role will be full-time Monday - Friday, day shift - hybrid |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.

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 Job Responsibilities:

• Detects and investigates any perceived or confirmed incident of controlled substance diversion or theft and identifies areas for possible diversion including Prescriber/and authorized administering practitioners, floaters, and travelers; Monitors diversion software/EHR and medication automation to identify possible medication diversion within the Inova Health System.
• Creates, implements, manages, and maintains a comprehensive surveillance, auditing, and review programs to assist in the prevention and detection of controlled substance diversions.
• Oversees Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADC) controlled substance inventory management processes and proper counts and reviews and recommends processes to detect and prevent diversion.
• Reviews audits for pharmacy personnel when conducting daily Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADC) transaction activities, reviews security reports to Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADC) to identify unauthorized users.
• Leads process improvement initiatives as it pertains to controlled substance diversion monitoring and auditing processes.
• Ensures the timely resolution of Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADC) controlled substance discrepancies as supported by departmental policy and procedure, oversees the day-to-day operations of the team members doing daily audits to ensure compliance.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

• Licensed Pharmacist in the state of VA.

• Experience: Five (5) years of regulatory/compliance pharmacy experience.

• Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) within 3 months of hire.