Clinical Pharmacist, Inpatient Operations 32 hours

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekend shift rotation

Full benefits eligibility

Job summary

Boston Children’s Hospital is seeking a 32-hour pharmacist to cover inpatient operations in a dynamic pediatric environment. The role emphasizes accurate dispensing, clinical medication review, and collaboration with the care team to ensure safe and effective pharmacotherapy.

Responsibilities include interpreting orders, ensuring appropriate dosing, supervising support staff, providing drug information and patient education, and engaging in quality improvement activities.

Qualifications

• Massachusetts pharmacist license or Massachusetts pharmacy intern license is required; interns must obtain licensure within 90 days of employment.
• Up to one year of post-degree coursework and/or an internship; two to three years general pharmacy experience, or one year of pediatric experience.
• Experience with EPIC Willow and Beacon highly preferred.
• Hospital pharmacist experience preferred

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 and to identify adverse reactions; contact physician as needed.
• Reviewing, filling and dispensing physician medication orders/prescriptions.
• Checking orders/prescriptions filled by support personnel; verify 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 per procedures

Skills

Analytical skills

Hospital pharmacist experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy

Doctorate degree in pharmacy

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 32-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 (1 eve/week 2:30PM -3PM start, every 4th weekend)