Compounding Clinical Pharmacist
Listed compensation
$126K - $206K
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
Inova Compounding Pharmacy is seeking a dedicated Clinical Infusion Pharmacist –to join the team. This role will be full-time day shift (Monday – Friday) weekend as needed.
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.
As our Compounding Pharmacist, you’ll be at the heart of creating customized medications that make a real difference in patients’ lives. Your work will combine precision, science, and compassion to deliver safe, effective, and personalized treatments.
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
- Prepare and compound customized medications – including creams, capsules, suspensions, and sterile preparations – according to physician prescriptions and established formulas.
- Select, measure, and mix pharmaceutical ingredients using specialized equipment such as balances, ointment mills, and encapsulation machines.
- Maintain strict quality control by following USP <795> and <800> guidelines, ensuring all compounded products meet regulatory and safety standards.
- Document all compounding activities accurately in compliance with state board of pharmacy requirements and company SOPs.
- Interprets, prepares, and verifies medication orders as appropriate.
- Provides clinical consultation and cost-effective alternatives.
- Issues controlled substances in compliance according to the DEA and VA Board of Pharmacy requirements.
- Participates in the medication formulary review and approval process.
- Monitors drug therapies for interactions, allergies, and appropriateness.
- Reports adverse drug reactions promptly and accurately.
- Minimizes non-formulary procurement and supports substitutions.
- Supervises pharmacy support staff.
- Participates in continuous quality improvement.
- May perform additional duties as assigned, including, but not limited to:
- Participating in decentralized rounding with clinical teams.
- Responding to emergent bedside alerts and codes (adult and pediatric as designated).
- Precepting learners as appropriate.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education: Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or bachelor’s degree in pharmacy.
- Licensed Pharmacist in the state of VA.
- Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) within 90 days of hire.
- Experience: One (1) year experience in compounding and or specialty as a Clinical Pharmacist.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience: One (1) year experience in compounding and or specialty as a Clinical Pharmacist.
We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience.
And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.
Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.
Key Responsibilities
The pharmacist will prepare and compound customized medications while maintaining strict adherence to safety and regulatory standards. Additionally, they will provide clinical consultations, monitor drug therapies, and supervise pharmacy support staff to ensure high-quality patient care.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or a bachelor's degree in pharmacy and possess a valid pharmacist license in the state of Virginia. A minimum of one year of experience in compounding or a specialty clinical pharmacy role is required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Compounding Clinical Pharmacist at Inova a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Pharmacy — ranked against 9,813 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.
Pharmacist Career Context
Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 55% are remote, 55% have no call, 63% require no weekends.
Pharmacy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$166k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $164k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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