Clinical Pharmacist, evening shift

Boston Children's Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital is seeking a 40-hour pharmacist for the inpatient operations area on an evening schedule. The role covers controlled substances distribution, non-sterile compounding oversight, and daily medication supply for hospital patients.

The position requires Massachusetts pharmacist licensure and a PharmD (or equivalent) with pediatric experience preferred. Qualified candidates will interpret orders, review prescriptions, supervise staff, and participate in quality improvement,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy, Doctorate degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and evaluate medication orders to ensure appropriate drug and dosage, identifying adverse reactions and contacting physicians as needed.
• Review, fill and dispense physician medication orders/prescriptions.
• Check orders/prescriptions filled by support personnel, verify correct preparation and labeling.
• Provide drug information as a subject matter expert.
• Educate patients about medications.
• Complete medication history documentation.
• Perform quality improvement activities.
• Supervise support personnel and ensure compliant distribution.

Skills

Medication safety

Clinical pharmacy

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Pharmacy degree

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, evening shift, to provide coverage in our inpatient operations area.

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, evening shift, 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

Education

Minimum Qualifications

• 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

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors.

Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes the following:

• flexible schedules


• affordable health


• vision and dental insurance


• child care and student loan subsidies


• generous levels of time off


• 403(b) Retirement Savings plan


• PensionTuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement


• cell phone plan discounts


• discounted rates on T-passes

Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.