About this opportunity
Hampton Roads Community Health Center lists this HRCHC Pharmacist In Charge opportunity in portsmouth, Virginia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
General Description:
The Pharmacist in Charge is responsible for providing safe, effective, patient-centered pharmacy services within a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) environment. This position will play a key leadership role in the development, opening, implementation, and ongoing operation of the HRCHC pharmacy.
Supervisory Responsibility:
Provides supervision to the Staff Pharmacist & Pharmacy Technician(s).
Essential Functions
Pharmacy Operations and Patient Care
Safely and accurately dispense medications in compliance with prescriptions, laws, regulations, and professional standards.
Review prescriptions for dosing, interactions, contraindications, allergies, and therapy duplication.
Counsel patients on medication use, adherence, side effects, storage, and precautions.
Collaborate with healthcare providers to resolve medication issues and optimize therapy.
Help patients overcome financial, access, social, and insurance/formulary barriers to medications.
Support chronic disease management and clinical pharmacy services within scope of practice.
Maintain accurate pharmacy records and documentation, including controlled-substance accountability.
Participate in medication safety, recalls, adverse-event reporting, quality improvement, and risk management.
Deliver respectful, culturally responsive, and patient-centered care.
FQHC and 340B Program Responsibilities
Support pharmacy operations consistent with HRCHC’s responsibilities as a Federally Qualified Health Center.
Maintain working knowledge of the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program and its application to FQHC pharmacy operations.
Support appropriate patient eligibility, prescription qualification, purchasing, inventory, billing, and documentation processes consistent with applicable 340B requirements and HRCHC policies.
Maintain records necessary to support pharmacy, FQHC, and 340B compliance.
Participate in internal audits, monitoring, corrective actions, and external reviews.
Collaborate with Finance, Compliance, leadership, and other departments regarding pharmacy purchasing, inventory, billing, reconciliation, and 340B operations.
Promptly report suspected diversion, duplicate discounts, medication discrepancies, controlled-substance concerns, fraud, waste, abuse, or other compliance issues through appropriate organizational channels.
Maintain readiness for applicable regulatory, 340B, and program reviews.
Regulatory Compliance and Quality
Ensure pharmacy operations comply with federal and Virginia laws, regulations, professional standards, and HRCHC policies.
Maintain compliance with Virginia Board of Pharmacy and DEA requirements.
Develop, implement, and update pharmacy policies, procedures, and SOPs.
Maintain accurate records and documentation according to required retention standards.
Ensure proper pharmacy security, medication storage, temperature monitoring, inventory management, and controlled-substance accountability.
Support quality improvement, medication safety, risk management, compliance, and inspection readiness.
Assist with regulatory inspections, corrective actions, and responses to findings.
Inventory and Financial Stewardship
Manage medication inventory to ensure adequate supply while minimizing waste, expirations, and unnecessary costs.
Maintain effective purchasing, inventory reconciliation, and internal controls.
Monitor medication utilization, high-cost drugs, and purchasing patterns to improve efficiency and cost control.
Manage wholesaler relationships, ordering, returns, and inventory-related activities.
Partner with Finance and leadership to support financial sustainability.
Track key pharmacy performance metrics, including volume, revenue, medication costs, inventory, margins, patient access, and operational efficiency.
Safeguard organizational assets through strong internal controls and segregation of duties.
Integrated Care and Patient Access
Collaborate with medical providers, nurses, behavioral health professionals, care coordinators, and other members of the healthcare team.
Communicate with providers regarding therapeutic or formulary alternatives when cost, availability, payer restrictions, or other barriers affect medication access.
Assist in developing strategies to improve medication adherence and reduce medication-related barriers to care.
Promote pharmacy services as an integral component of HRCHC’s patient-centered healthcare delivery model.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Strong knowledge of pharmacy practice, medication safety, and applicable pharmacy laws and regulations.
Knowledge of community, retail, ambulatory, or outpatient pharmacy operations, including inventory management and purchasing.
Knowledge of controlled-substance requirements, medication security, third-party billing, reimbursement, and pharmacy technology.
Knowledge of, or demonstrated ability to learn, FQHC and 340B requirements.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and project-management skills.
Ability to develop and implement policies, procedures, workflows, and operational controls.
Ability to analyze pharmacy performance data and identify opportunities for improvement.
Proficiency with pharmacy technology, electronic health records, dispensing systems, and related healthcare information systems.
Education and Experience:
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree from an accredited school or college of pharmacy.
Current, unrestricted Virginia pharmacist license, or eligibility to obtain Virginia licensure before beginning independent pharmacist duties.
Current professional credentials and registrations required for assigned responsibilities.
Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experiencein an FQHC/community health center setting and with the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
Experience developing pharmacypolicies, procedures, workflows, and internal controls.
Experience serving medically underserved or vulnerable populations.
Supervisory or pharmacy management experience preferred.
Physical Requirements:
Ability to stand and walk for extended periods and perform routine pharmacy duties.
Ability to sit, bend, stoop, reach, and occasionally lift or move supplies, medications, and equipment.
Ability to lift and carry items weighing up to approximately 25–30 pounds, as needed.
Ability to perform repetitive hand and wrist movements required for dispensing, labeling, packaging, computer use, and other pharmacy tasks.
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Worksite address
portsmouth, VA, 23703, US
Who can apply
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