Clinical Pharmacist

CommonSpirit Health; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Joseph East is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to support doctors and nurses in safe prescribing and dispensing of medications. You will review every prescription before final check, focusing on interactions, dosing, allergies, and appropriateness, ensuring patient safety with each encounter.

You’ll document clinical activities, communicate drug information to patients and health professionals, and continually expand knowledge across all age groups to provide exceptional patient care.

Qualifications

• Pharmacist degree required (PharmD or equivalent) and KY licensure by hire.
• CPR/BLS certification required by hire.
• Ability to interpret prescriptions and ensure safety before dispensing.

Responsibilities

• Review prescriptions for interactions, dosing, allergies, and appropriateness.
• Enter/verify orders in computer system and dispense medications.
• Verify medications prepared by others and ensure accurate labeling.
• Communicate drug information to patients and health professionals to optimize outcomes.
• Maintain knowledge base to provide clinical services across age groups.
• Maintain working knowledge of automated systems.

Skills

Clinical pharmacology

Interdisciplinary communication

Documentation of clinical activities

Drug information for team

Education

Bachelor of Science Pharmacy

Doctor of Pharmacy

Tools

Pharmacy computer systems

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Clinical Pharmacist, you’ll help our doctors and nurses safely prescribe and dispense medications to help our patients feel better and recover from their illness or injury.

Every day, you’ll build trust in these interactions by reviewing every prescription in your queue. We never rely entirely on the computer to check for safety; we always use an expert for the final check. That’s you. You’ll review prescriptions for potential drug interactions, correct dosing, patient allergies or anything that looks unusual in your opinion.

To excel in this role, you must enjoy learning new concepts and researching information in real-time to provide solutions for our patients. You should also continually look for ways to go above and beyond for your patients, delivering an exceptional experience along with exceptional care.

• Demonstrates ability to document clinical activities and interventions such as consults, patient teachings and other patient specific information as defined by policy and procedure.
• Interprets medication orders and/or prescriptions for drug interactions, appropriate drug selection and appropriateness. Accurately enters / verifies the order or prescription into the computer system, labels, and dispenses medications in a timely manner.
• Verifies and checks medications prepared by other pharmacy personnel.
• Communicates drug information to patients and health professionals. Resolves drug related problems by consulting with other health care professionals to achieve appropriate patient outcomes. Unclear orders written by a licensed provider are clarified with the licensed provider. Assists the licensed provider in appropriate drug selection and therapeutic regimens.
• Achieves and maintains an adequate basic knowledge base to provide clinical services for all age groups served. Provides basic clinical services as required by policy and procedure.
• Maintains a working knowledge of automated systems

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelors Of Science Pharmacy, upon hire or
• Doctor Of Pharmacy Pharmacy, upon hire
• Pharmacist: KY, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and

Preferred

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well‑being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.