Pharmacy IV Quality Control Coordinator

Overview

Sentara is hiring a full-time Pharmacy Quality Control Coordinator located in Chesapeake, VA. The role provides operational, analytical, and business support to ensure compliance with federal laws, regulations, and programs governing medication use, prevent diversion, and maintain oversight of key medication use metrics. The coordinator conducts, monitors, analyzes, investigates, and completes special projects associated with these metrics, assists with self-audits, develops monitoring or operational protocols, creates efficient internal controls, and provides periodic reports of audit findings and corrective action plans to leadership and committees. This position networks horizontally across disciplines and vertically through the leadership hierarchy.

Travel Requirements: This role will be expected to travel to the Charlottesville location at least once per month to conduct audits and collect environmental monitoring samples. Additional travel may be required during cleanroom certification periods and during months when media-fill testing and gloved fingertip competency assessments are scheduled.

Responsibilities

• Conduct weekly cleanroom environmental and compliance audits
• Perform and document monthly surface sampling activities
• Coordinate cleanroom certification activities
• Oversee monthly cleanroom cleaning requirements
• Complete 1 to 2 hours of direct observation for each IV technician monthly, including documented feedback and competency reporting
• Coordinate and administer media-fill testing, gloved fingertip testing, and associated training programs
• Train and onboard new IV room personnel
• Ensure compliance with cleanroom documentation requirements within Pharmacy Keeper
• Participate in IV room quality, regulatory, and operational workgroups
• Support ongoing quality improvement and regulatory readiness initiatives

Requirements

• Education: Bachelors Level Degree (Preferred)
• Certification/Licensure:
  • Advanced 340B Operations Certified Expert (340B ACE) Certification - Apexus (Preferred)
  • Certified Pharmacy Technician (Preferred)
  • RN License (Preferred)
  • LPN License (Preferred)
  • Relevant certifications are valued
• Experience:
  • 3 years relevant experience in one of the following areas: health care, accounting, finance, pharmacy, information technology, or nursing (Required)
  • 2 years IV room pharmacy technician experience (Preferred)
  • Lead IV Technician and/or Designated Person experience (Preferred)
  • Strong working knowledge of USP and USP (Preferred)
  • Clinical and business experience (Preferred)
  • 3 years auditing experience (Preferred)
  • Prior hospital experience (Preferred)

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

Pay

The base pay range for full-time employment is $62,316.80 - $99,694.40 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs. Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually.

Schedule

Shift: Days, Monday-Friday (40 hours/week)