Clinical Pharmacist

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Children’s Hospital is seeking a full-time pharmacist to join our onsite retail pharmacy. You will interpret orders, fill prescriptions, educate patients, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe and effective medication use.

The role requires a Massachusetts pharmacist license (or intern license with license obtained within 90 days) and a PharmD is preferred. Hospital pediatric experience is highly valued; expect rotating days/evenings/weekends and strong

Qualifications

• Massachusetts pharmacist license required; license must be obtained within the first 90 days of employment.
• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy; PharmD preferred.
• Hospital-based retail pediatric experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interpreting and evaluating medication orders to ensure appropriate drug and dosage and to identify adverse reactions; contact physician as needed.
• Reviewing, filling and dispensing physician orders/prescriptions.
• Checking orders/prescriptions filled by support personnel and ensuring correct preparation and labeling.
• 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 procedures are followed.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in pharmacy

Doctorate degree in Pharmacy

Job description

Position Summary/Department 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 work in our onsite retail pharmacy.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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 assigned work area and ensuring products are prepared and distributed in accordance with established procedures, schedules and protocols.

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/or: two to three years general pharmacy experience.
• Massachusetts pharmacist license, or Massachusetts pharmacy intern license is required; Massachusetts pharmacist license must be obtained within the first 90 days of employment.
• Previous hospital-based retail pharmacy pediatric experience highly preferred
• 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.
• Communication skills to effectively deal with conflicting views or issues and mediate fair solutions or well-developed writing skills.

Licensure/Certifications:

• Massachusetts pharmacist license

Schedule is rotating days/eves/weekends