Clinical Pharmacist

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Children’s Hospital is seeking a pharmacist to cover inpatient operations on a full-time basis. The role involves safe, accurate medication management, collaboration with physicians, and ongoing patient education in a busy hospital setting.

The position requires a Massachusetts pharmacist license (or intern license with progress toward licensure) and may include day/evening shifts. Experience with EPIC Willow and Beacon is highly preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy; Doctorate degree in pharmacy preferred.
• Up to two to three years general pharmacy experience, or one year directly related pediatric experience.
• Hospital pharmacist experience preferred; EPIC Willow and Beacon experience highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Controlled substances distribution, non-sterile compounding oversight, inventory oversight, discharge prescriptions and hospital patient daily medication supply review.
• Interpret and evaluate medication orders to ensure drug and dosage appropriateness and identify adverse reactions; contact physician as needed.
• Reviewing, filling and dispensing physician medication orders/prescriptions.
• Checking orders/prescriptions filled by support personnel; verifying correct preparation and labeling.
• Providing drug information as a subject matter expert and providing patient education.
• Completing medication history documentation and participating in quality improvement activities.
• Supervising support personnel and ensuring procedures and schedules are followed.

Skills

Analytical skills

Patient education

Quality improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy

Doctorate degree in pharmacy preferred

Tools

EPIC Willow

Beacon

Job description

Position Summary

The mission of the Department of Pharmacy is to provide excellent and innovative pharmaceutical care to patients and the community through safe and collaborative practices, incorporating education, research, and technology. We are currently searching for a 40-hour pharmacist to provide coverage in our inpatient operations area.

Key Responsibilities

• Controlled substances distribution, non-sterile compounding oversight, inventory functions oversight, discharge prescriptions, and hospital patient daily medication supply provision review.
• Interpreting and evaluating medication orders to ensure drug and dosage are appropriate for patient and to identify possible adverse reactions, contacting physician as needed.
• Reviewing, filling and dispense physician medication orders/prescriptions.
• Checking orders/prescriptions filled by support personnel, verifying products are correctly prepared and labeled.
• Providing drug information as a subject matter expert.
• Providing patient education.
• Completing medication history documentation.
• Performing quality improvement activities.
• Supervising support personnel within the assigned work area and ensuring products are prepared and distributed in accordance with established procedures, schedules and protocols

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, Doctorate degree in pharmacy preferred

Experience

• Up to one year of post degree course work and/or an internship and: two to three years general pharmacy experience, or one year directly related‑ pediatric experience.
• Analytical skills to collect information from diverse sources, apply professional principles in performing various analyses, and summarize the information and data to solve problems OR design relatively complex systems and programs.
• Hospital pharmacist experience preferred
• Experience with EPIC Willow and Beacon highly preferred
• Analytical skills to collect information from diverse sources, and summarize the information and data to solve problems or design relatively complex systems and programs

Licensure/Certification

• Massachusetts pharmacist license, or Massachusetts pharmacy intern license is required; Massachusetts pharmacist intern license holders must obtain pharmacist licensure within the first 90 days of employment.

This position is eligible for full-time benefits. This is a day/eve rotating weekend shift position.