Clinical Pharmacist, Inpatient Operations 32 hours

Boston Children's Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Health, vision, dental insurance

403(b) Retirement Savings plan

Tuition and license/certification Reim

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital is seeking a part-time pharmacist (32 hours) to cover inpatient operations. The role focuses on medication orders review, patient education, and supervising support staff in a hospital setting.

A Massachusetts pharmacist license is required or must be obtained within the first 90 days, with pediatrics experience preferred. The position supports a day/evening rotating weekend schedule and offers comprehensive benefits, professional development, and opportunities to

Qualifications

• Active Massachusetts pharmacist license or intern license with eventual licensure
• Experience in hospital pharmacy and pediatrics preferred
• Ability to review orders, determine dosing, and provide drug information

Responsibilities

• Distribute controlled substances and oversee non-sterile compounding and inventory
• Interpret and evaluate medication orders for dosing and safety, contacting physicians as needed
• Review, fill, and dispense orders; verify labeling and accuracy
• Provide drug information and patient education; complete medication history documentation
• Supervise support staff and ensure procedures and protocols are followed
• Participate in quality improvement activities and ensure timely medication supply

Skills

Pharmacist license

Clinical pharmacy

Patient education

Medication safety

Education

Bachelor's degree in pharmacy

Pharmacy Doctorate preferred

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 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

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

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 flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.