Clinical Pharmacist | Every Other Weekend | Day/ Evening Shift Rotation

Christiana Care Health System; Elkton (MD); On-site; USD 58,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Annual membership to care.com

Paid PTO and parental leave

Fitness and wellness reimbursement

Job summary

Christiana Care Health System in Elkton, Maryland, is seeking a pharmacist to join an exceptional pharmacy team. The role requires a PGY1 Residency and involves participating in clinical rounds. Responsibilities include evaluating drug efficacy and serving as a resource for healthcare providers.

The position offers great work/life benefits, including medical and dental coverage from day one, paid parental leave, and discounts on various services and products. Join us to make a difference in patient care!

Qualifications

• PGY1 Residency required, with equiv. exp. considered.
• Current/eligible for licensure in Maryland.
• Board certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate drug efficacy and therapeutic goals.
• Monitor and document patient drug therapy.
• Provide accurate drug information to healthcare professionals.

Skills

Clinical resource skills

Antimicrobial stewardship knowledge

Patient care collaboration

Education

BS degree in Pharmacy

PharmD degree

ASHP-accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency

Job description

Do you want to work at one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation?

Our amazing Pharmacy Team dispenses approximately 8 million individualized patient doses per year, as well as 262,000 retail/mail order prescriptions. We provide medications that are safe and efficacious.

Life is full of choices, and whom you work for is one of life's most important decisions. ChristianaCare has earned national recognition for excellence. Choose an organization that provides career advancement and the opportunity to impact health.

Come and join us in the ChristianaCare Pharmacy - Dedicated to getting the right drug to the right patient at the right time!

The position requires a PGY1 Residency and will actively participate in rounds for both ICU and other unit(s) as needed. In this position, you will serve as a clinical resource for providers and staff. You will also assist with antimicrobial stewardship program efforts, in addition to other listed duties and responsibilities that are central to our clinical pharmacy program.

This is an every other weekend position (16 hours, 8 hour shifts) that primarily works day shift with an evening shift component. Holidays as required.

Why ChristianaCare?

• At the Cecil Campus, operations run through a network of inpatient pharmacies, including a central pharmacy that focus on critical care, emergency medicine, neonates, oncology, pediatrics, perioperative services, sterile and non-sterile compounding and trauma.
• Clinical services include robust acute and ambulatory care services. In the acute care setting, the department employs a decentralized model of practice, placing pharmacists directly into patient care units as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Education and Experience Requirements

• BS degree in Pharmacy required
• PharmD degree preferred
• ASHP-accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency required; equivalent experience will be considered (3 years of acute care hospital experience)
• Current/eligible for licensure in the state of Maryland
• Board certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Evaluate drug efficacy, document drug use patterns, monitor therapeutic goals and outcomes, review for contraindications/precautions, drug–drug, drug-food, drug-laboratory, and drug-disease state potentials as well as provide verbal and written consultations concerning drug therapy as requested.
• Evaluate appropriate laboratory tests necessary to monitor and support the patient’s drug therapy as well as document recommendations, interventions, and services rendered as appropriate.
• Report, record, assess, and evaluate adverse drug reactions.
• Provide accurate, timely, and cost-effective drug information to medical, pharmacy, nursing, and other healthcare professionals.
• Serve as a resource and mentor for the staff pharmacist.
• Support and assist interdepartmental projects such as MUEs, P&T drug monographs, newsletter articles and performance improvement activities.
• Provide informative sessions or materials to patient groups or healthcare professionals as needed.
• Serve as a preceptor for both pharmacy students and pharmacy residents

ChristianaCare Offers

Incredible Work/Life benefits including medical/dental/ vision insurance coverage on your first day of employment, paid PTO, retirement plans, twelve weeks of paid parental leave, annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more!

If you 're inspired to make a difference, we invite you to become a ChristianaCare caregiver!

Hourly Pay Range: $58.26 - $93.22This pay rate/range represents ChristianaCare’s good faith and reasonable estimate of compensation at the time of posting. The actual salary within this range offered to a successful candidate will depend on individual factors including without limitation skills, relevant experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements.

Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.