About the role
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
* Experience in an FQHC/community health center setting and with the 340B Drug Pricing Program. * Experience developing pharmacy policies, 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.
Compensation: $120,640 - $141,440